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[Taro Toporific]

[SIZE="3"]Tokai Uni takes World Solar Challenge[/SIZE]
---Nuon and Michigan to fill the podium---
The Register | 20th October 2011
Tokai University has taken the World Solar Challenge after one of the tightest last days in the history of the race. After 3,000 km and four days, less than 30 minutes separated first and second place, with The Netherlands' Nuon team running a close second. [color="Silver"]{Michigan University is/will be third}[/color]...more...

Embiggen photo.

[Coligny]

hhh... I see whut you did there...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

This kinda brings back fond memories. In the 1990 World Solar Challenge (dominated by the world's major automakers and not by universities as it is now) I was somewhat involved with the Tokai University team's Hamazero entry...didn't make it to Adelaide in time for the official race cut-off point, but they still made it there eventually.
Interesting to see that average winning speeds are much the same now as they were then. And that automaker money (if such a thing still exists) has also disappeared from the race. I guess they got scared that they could actually make vehicles that run for nothing....

[Coligny]

I guess they got scared that they could actually make vehicles that run for nothing....

Last time I checked Renault was not is the oil business...

But it's usually more comforting to think that a secret hand kills all the electric or water powered cars rather than to realise that we have still no fooking clue on how to make that stuff works flawlessly...