The Arts et Métiers Team (AMRT) student association was founded in 2020 by Théo Laplasse, a student at Arts et Métiers, with the ambition of participating in the international Formula Student competition with an electric single-seater vehicle. In June 2025, the association, made up of eight engineering students in the Grande Ecole program at the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Cluny, won first prize in the ENEDIS EV Challenge with their electric kart.
A winning bet
After reviewing their strategies following their non-participation in the Formula Student competition, the team members decided to carry out a one-year project that could be taken up and improved upon by their successors. They first identified the Low Cost Kart challenge, but ultimately opted for the ENEDIS EV Challenge. Starting in 2023,the kart was designed and developed during the summer, then manufactured in 2024, during the team's second year at the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Cluny. The kart, designed and manufactured from start to finish by the students with the help of teachers and technicians, impressed competitors with its light weight and range.
The feedback on the chassis was overwhelmingly positive: it was even tested by a top-level driver, promising an even better version 2 for next year, according to a member of the team.
Technical skills and team spirit put to the test
Despite crashing during the endurance race, the team was able to quickly repair their kart, thanks in particular to the welding simulator training included in the ELF project. Their ability to repair their vehicle quickly impressed the other teams. In terms of autonomy, they completed almost all of the races, while the other teams had to recharge their batteries.
The kart, the lightest in the competition at 110 kilograms compared to an average of 230 for the other karts, won over the jury and took first place in the challenge.
A big thank you to Christophe Priolet Lefebvre, assistant engineer at the Cluny campus forge workshop and welder for the AMRT team, without whom this project would never have been such a success!
The students warmly thank their supervising teachers and sponsors for their support throughout the project. They will now pass the torch to the first-year students, ensuring the continuity of this wonderful adventure.
Team members
DUFOUR Adam, MARCHANDÉ Mathis, MATEOS-MARTIN Arthur, RÉROLLE Cyprien, RODIER Antonin, TOLFO Matéo, TOUCHON-PERRY Baptiste, VANDENDRIESSCHE Léo.
The ENEDIS EV Challenge
This year, the ENEDIS EV Challenge brought together two teams from Arts et Métiers in Cluny and Bordeaux, as well as high schools, universities, and technical colleges.
