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Closure of DHBW & OSU At both universities, teaching activities were temporarily suspended completely before the end of the semester. At the DHBW it was on the 12th of March, then OSU followed on 28th of March.This was accompanied by the complete closure of our premises a short time[…]

New Season: It is the start of a new season in which we welcome new members and look forward to exciting new developments in the season 2020.  Starting this season, we have concentrated our focus on e-mobility and autonomous driving to give more weight to these promising topics and[…]

We can look back on a successful season 2019 in the competitions FSAE Michigan, FS Austria, FS Germany and FS Spain. All the competitions with the data gained and the valuable feedback helped us to improve our concepts and systems. In FS Germany, the most important competition for us,[…]

Between April 3rd and 4th, the ZF Teambuilding Hut took place in Hinterzarten in the Black Forest. Accompanied by Frank Ross and Peter Oster, our team took part in the workshop focusing on motivation and communication in the “Rinkenklause” in order to strengthen the team spirit in the run-up[…]

The annual ZF Race Camp took place from May 16th-18th. The Race Camp is a kind of dress rehearsal for the upcoming Fomula Student competitions this summer. Our team was represented with both the GFR17e and the new GFR18e. We were able to prove our worth in both static[…]

May 15th was a big day: The rollout of the GFR18e!  For weeks the team worked together towards this day, spending more than a few nights in the shop to be able to proudly present our new electric racer to our sponsors, supporters and friends. At the beginning of[…]

Kreatize supports us among other things with the production of our inverters. A big goal of this season is the weight optimization of these inverters. A housing made of CFRP is used to achieve the greatest possible weight saving. So that all plugs and other connections are securely fastened[…]

This season we have focused on optimizing our cooling jackets. As in previous years, Kuhnstoff GmbH supported us in producing them. With total of two cooling jackets installed in the GFR18e, these generally serve to cool our two electric motors. In each case, a cooling jacket sits outside on[…]

Communication and motivation – these were the topics of ZF Team Building Hut at the Rinkenklause in the Black Forest in mid-March. Together with our coaches Frank Ross and  Peter Oster we tackled these areas as a team with games and projects. On the first evening we spontaneously set[…]

On the 1st and 2nd of December, two girls from the team had the opportunity to attend a Female Leadership Workshop organized by Continental. After short consideration, two of us made the journey from Ravensburg to Hanover, the Continental Headquarters. On Friday, the first day of the two-day event,[…]