Rule EV 5.8 2025v1.1

11. December 2025

For some reasons, we are allowing last year’s EV5.8 rules to apply this year. These reasons are:

  • The wording for EV5.8.4 changed from v1.0 to v1.1, it makes it now harder for teams to build a rules compliant battery. So timing is not how it should be.
  • EV 5.8.6 in its current wording will require additional temperature sensing which will lead to improvised and potentially insecure solutions.
  • The whole scrutineering/evaluation of good sensor mounting got much more complicated and fairness is more difficult.
  • Economy in this year is struggling, so sponsor money is even sparse so some teams want to reuse their old battery Teams must choose at scrutineering what ruleset they want to use for this event.

Chassis Identification (FS Rule A2.2.2)

26. June 2025

FS Rule A2.2.2 in its 2025 version allows teams to manufacture a new chassis without any changes to the last year’s vehicle. In order to enforce that a new chassis is actually manufactured, we will mark the chassis at the first competition that the vehicle is being used in.
In the case of FSA 2025, the marking on the front hoop will be “A 25” which means that the chassis was first used in an official event on July 20th 2025, making it eligible for use in other events until July 19th 2026.

Teams using a 2024 chassis that has already competed late in the 2024 season will receive the corresponding “Xy 24” marking.

Teams using laminate to encapsulate the front hoop: please remove the laminate in a small area as indicated on the drawing, without grinding away any of the metal of the front hoop.

Front Hoop Stamping 2025_v2

Hydrogen Concept Challenge deadline extended!

26. June 2025

The deadline for submissions for the Hydrogen Concept challenge has been extended to Saturday 2025-07-05 13:00 CEST.

 

Please send your concept papers to

 

For detailed information, please check these documents:
CV Hydrogen Concept Challenge 2025_v2
EV Hydrogen Concept Challenge 2025_v2

The winning team receives a fixed slot at FS Austria 2026 for their hydrogen powered car!

FS Austria 2025 Quiz Answers & Next Steps

31. January 2025

Thank you very much everyone for your interest in FS Austria, we have counted a record number of over 260 participants! So the competition is very fierce – there are only 58 slots!

Please find the quiz answer key here: Quiz Keys 2025

All protests have been answered, there have not been any changes to the quiz results, all questions remain in the ranking.

You can now find the results of the registration process here:
FSA 2025 Registered Teams

Registered teams will now receive their invoices via email!

If you have any further questions, if possible, please answer directly to the emails you get from us, this greatly improves and streamlines the organisation of requests on our side.

Important — And Admittedly Difficult — News

28. January 2025

Due to ongoing economic difficulties and the unexpected loss of sponsorships, we have been faced with rising costs in organizing the competition.

Unfortunately, this leaves us with no choice but to increase the registration fee for 2025 now just a few days before the registration quiz.

We are truly sorry to have to make this decision, please find all the details on the “Rules and Documents” page.

Please note that the “FSA Competition Handbook 2025” was not changed in a way that would be relevant for any questions of the registration quiz, see changelog.