Why Vertesys exists
Vertesys is Theo Couasnon. The first projects happened in a garage: an electrified mountain bike, a motorcycle turned into a café racer, a BMW E30 restored, with whatever was to hand.
Internships then took him into the heart of motorsport: rally, GT at Prodrive, Formula 1 at McLaren, simulation at Dallara. There he saw what racing electronics make possible: every signal of the vehicle in front of the driver and the engineer, settings that never leave their limits, data that actually gets used.
With Volta he lived it from the inside. To race France's first electric racing car approved by the FFSA, the team relied on a MoTeC controller and displays, obtained through a partnership. Without it, a student team could not have afforded them: the cheapest 7-inch display from an established brand already costs over 900 euros, and some makers unlock each feature separately.
Vertesys sets out to put that level of tooling within reach of teams that build their own vehicle: the same rigour, set up by the team itself, at a price a student or workshop budget can follow.
From the garage to Vertesys
- Before engineering school
The first projects
A mountain bike converted to electric with a 1,000 W kit, then a Yamaha SR 125 turned into a café racer, filmed and shared on YouTube.
- 2021
ESTACA
Automotive engineering school in Laval: vehicle dynamics, powertrains, embedded systems.
- 2022
The first harness, in rally
At 2C Competition, an FIA-compliant harness extension on a Skoda Fabia Rally2, then WRC service work at PH Sport. The same year, technical director of the first French team at the F1 in Schools World Finals, at Silverstone.
- 2022 to 2025
Volta
Co-founder. A Peugeot 208 Cup becomes France's first electric racing car approved by the FFSA. Head of controls: low and high-voltage architecture, control code written in Simulink, three CAN buses. Three races, at Magny-Cours, Albi and Val de Vienne.
- 2023
Prodrive
Chassis and bodywork parts for the Aston Martin GT3 and GT4, and race support at the Nürburgring.
- 2024 and 2025
McLaren F1
First the gearbox: a reliability upgrade, from concept to production. Then control systems: shift tuning on the dyno and on HIL, and reliability tools for the 2026 energy deployment.
- 2026
Dallara
Simulator engineer: the architecture of an installation, customer sessions in LMDh, IndyCar and F2.
- 2026
Vertesys
The test motorcycle rides in September with the NewVCU controller and its display. NewAnalysis, then DashForge Cloud, open in October.
How we work
Say what is proven. Ridden, proven on the bench, tested in software or in design: every claim carries its status.
Configuration is data. Adding a motor, an inverter, a board or a display page means writing a data file. The code stays the same.
Your team stays in charge. When a signal changes, your team changes the page or the setting itself. It needs neither us nor a licence per display.
Generated, verified firmware. The code is produced by the tool, built with no warnings, and every release goes through a battery of checks before it ships.
What is proven, and what is not yet
We would rather write it here than have you find out in testing.
| Item | Where it stands | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The controller and Dash S | Riding on our test motorcycle since September 2026: drive modes, regen, brake priority, traction control. | [RIDDEN] |
| Dash L, 7-inch | Runs on the bench with its DashForge pages. Not yet fitted to a vehicle. | [PROVEN ON THE BENCH] |
| DashForge Cloud and NewAnalysis | Both apps are online, with their first teams. | [LIVE] |
| The housings and the circuit board | Drawn, not yet manufactured. That is what stands between the products and a release date. | [IN DESIGN] |
| Type approval and endurance | EMC (UN R10), speedometer (UN R39), ingress, temperature: no evidence yet. It is the next step. | [PLANNED] |
Next steps
- First pilots with teams and makers.
- The controller's dedicated board, then the display housings (12 V supply, sealed connector).
- EMC pre-scans, then temperature and ingress evidence.
- Bringing up the higher-tier controller on its board, for racing.