Revolve NTNU
Revolve NTNU is Norwegian University of Science and Technology's team for Europe's Formula Student motorsport competition. Established in 2010 and with their first car completed in 2012, when they were the first Norwegian team to participate at the Formula Student competition, the team has expanded to 80 students from different engineering disciplines at the university. They built Norway's first electric race car and Scandinavia's first four-wheel-drive electric race car.
History
2010–2012
The team was established in 2010, when it had eleven members, and first competed with a car named KA Borealis R at the 2012 Formula Student Competition, held at the British Silverstone formula racing track. They were the first Norwegian team to enter, and won the newcomers' prize.2013
The team's 2013 car, KA Aquilo R, placed 16th at Silverstone and won the National Instruments Measurement & Control Award.2014
For 2014 Revolve NTNU built Norway's first electric race car, KOG Arctos R. which placed 8th in the electric race car division.2015
The 2015 car, Vilje, the team's second electric car, placed 26th at Silverstone after a last-minute replacement of the motor with one hand carried from a manufacturer in Slovenia, and then 4th at Formula Student Austria and 6th in the Vienna e-Challenge.In fall 2015 the race car building program became an official subject of study at the university; as of 2016 it was the basis of eleven master's theses in progress, as of 2017, seven.