The AGH Racing team has officially unveiled its latest project – RTE 3.0, a fully electric race car that marks a new chapter in the history of the Kraków-based scientific club. 

RTE 3.0 is not just another student race car – it is a technological breakthrough that sets new standards among Polish academic teams. It is the first four-wheel drive electric vehicle in the history of AGH Racing, based on an ultra-light and extremely rigid carbon fiber monocoque construction – a solution known from professional racing series. 

Engineers emphasize that this modern load-bearing structure not only reduces the vehicle’s weight to just 225 kg, but also significantly increases driver safety. 

The RTE 3.0 is powered by four electric motors, integrated directly into the wheels, with a total power output of 140 kW (190 hp) and an impressive torque of 1000 Nm. Thanks to proprietary torque vectoring algorithms, the car achieves unprecedented handling precision and accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.5 seconds – performance comparable to professional racing cars. 

Power is supplied by a 600 V high-voltage battery with a capacity of 7.86 kWh, designed by students, which ensures optimal performance and safety parameters. 

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The optimized aerodynamic package generates over 3200 N of downforce at a speed of 120 km/h, ensuring exceptional stability and traction even at lateral accelerations of up to 2.5 g. 

For the first time in the team’s history, the car has been equipped with an autonomous driving system. Based on cameras, laser scanners, and on-board sensors, the system, supported by artificial intelligence algorithms, analyzes the environment, determines the route, and controls the vehicle without driver intervention. Although this technology will be further developed in the coming months, it already forms the foundation of future AGH Racing projects. 

RTE 3.0 is the result of the work of over 120 students from various departments of the AGH University of Science and Technology – from mechanical engineering, through electronics and computer science, to project management. The project combines academic knowledge with practice, showing that Polish students are capable of creating technologies at an international level. 

In the 2025 season, the AGH Racing team plans to take part in four rounds of the prestigious Formula Student competition – in the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland. The competition is not only a test of the car’s technical capabilities, but also a test of teamwork and the ability to present engineering projects to an international committee.