Tokai University win 2009 Global Green Challenge

[chikara]

Tokai University have won the 2009 Global Green Challenge (formerly the World Solar Challenge). This was previously a race for solar powered vehicles only but was changed this year to include the Eco Challenge for environmentally friendly production and experimental vehicles. The race is from Darwin in Australia's north 3000km down the Stuart Highway (the "track") to Adelaide in Australia's south.

Zero to Darwin Project website (in Japanese)

[tōkai devotee]

I was planning to start such a thread as Tokai has a very special significance to me, but Chikara-san beat me to it!

Go Tokai!!! YAY!

[JaySee]

A Dutch team of the Delft University of Technology came in second this year, which is ok... they won the 4 previous editions, so I guess it was only nice of them to grant another university the pleasure of winning this time for a change

[chikara]

I was planning to start such a thread as Tokai has a very special significance to me, but Chikara-san beat me to it!

Go Tokai!!! YAY!

I thought there may be some connection with a "tokai devotee"

[chikara]

A Dutch team of the Delft University of Technology came in second this year, which is ok... they won the 4 previous editions, so I guess it was only nice of them to grant another university the pleasure of winning this time for a change

The Dutch team has dominated the race but rolled their car in Darwin during testing before the start of the race this time which resulting in the need for hasty repairs and affected their performance during the race.

[tōkai devotee]

I was planning to start such a thread as Tokai has a very special significance to me, but Chikara-san beat me to it!

Go Tokai!!! YAY!

I thought there may be some connection with a "tokai devotee"

Gosh! My secret's out!! Yes, it's Tokai, as in 東海、where I lived for 3 1/2 years. And before you ask, I didn't go to Tokai University. I worked while living in Japan.

[astaroth]

Gosh! My secret's out!! Yes, it's Tokai, as in 東海、where I lived for 3 1/2 years. And before you ask, I didn't go to Tokai University. I worked while living in Japan.

And I have always thought it was because of the tocai, a Friulan wine (I know it's also Hungarian ...)

[tōkai devotee]

And I have always thought it was because of the tocai, a Friulan wine (I know it's also Hungarian ...)

Wine?? Did someone say wine? I wouldn't mind some!!