In 2017, Formula Student Germany introduced a new class of the competition dedicated to Driverless, that is to say to autonomous vehicles.

Starting from 2018, Formula SAE Italy & Formula Electric Italy along with Formula Student UK and Formula East have decided to follow the German event introducing a Driverless competition too.

In the first two editions 2018- 2019 of Formula Driverless, the teams participated in 3 dynamic events:

• Acceleration
• Skidpad
• Trackdrive

Starting from 2020, the Autocross event was also scheduled in the Driverless dynamics.