BGRacing is the Formula Student team from Ben Gurion University of the Negev with 60 volunteering students from various faculties. The team participates within the FSAE Organization which is organized by the SAE and is open to engineering students from around the world, presenting their design and construction of a prototype race car.
The BGR team was founded in 2006. Since then, the team built 9 different race cars according to each competition rulebook, of which 3 of them are with an electric powertrain. In the 2015 FSAE competition, the team finished in 8th place, the highest achievement of any Israeli team so far!
In that same year, the team developed its first electric car and since then the group has focused on electric vehicles, aiming to reach autonomous control in the near future.
In August 2022, the BGRacing team made history by being the first Israeli team to participate in the prestigious Formula Student Germany FSG2022 competition in the Grand Prix Formula One track in Hockenheim and in the Rimac Group Formula Student Alpe Adria FSAA2022 competition in Croatia. The electric race car - designed and built by the BGRacing team - completed both competitions.
In May 2023, the BGRacing team was invited by ISTRC to participate in the EcoMotion 2023 event at the Expo Tel-Aviv. In the Academy section of the Exhibition area, visitors could meet representatives of the team. Read the impressions of the team members (in Hebrew).
Opportunities for collaboration
In the fields of EV battery accumulators, Battery management systems, Traction inverters, EV motors, Vehicle sensors (cameras, wheel encoders, steering angle, GPS, IMU), control (sensors, actuators), simulations, data management (storage, code management), Integration for multi-disciplinary systems.
Formula Technion is a Formula Student team since 2013. Each year, they design, build and race an open-wheel formula car style at Formula Student competitions in Germany and other countries across Europe, which consist over 600 universities from all over the world. Up to 2020, the team built Internal-Combustion vehicles. The team has managed in the last years to make desirable achievements and holds the record for the lightest car in the history of the competitions. In 2022, they built their first fully autonomous electric racecar.
Formula Technion team provides students from all faculties a place to develop their skills, until they reach their full potential, alongside gaining new skills and interests. All while they make connections with their peers and sponsors.
The Technion Magazine published an article about the new autonomous electric vehicle of the Formula Technion team (in Hebrew).
In May 2023, the Formula Technion team was invited by ISTRC to participate in the EcoMotion 2023 event at the Expo Tel-Aviv. In the Academy section of the Exhibition area, visitors could meet representatives of the team. Read the impressions of the team members (in Hebrew).
Opportunities for collaboration
The Formula Technion team is a nonprofit team which depends on sponsors' donations and cooperation with companies. In return, they offer an access to highly motivated and experienced graduates from all Technion fields and disciplines, a chance to introduce and advertise the sponsoring company by displaying their logo on the team's racing car that takes part in many competitions worldwide, and in different events, in addition to make an appearance on the team's social media accounts.