Panasonic-sponsored Tokai University team wins Sasol Solar Challenge South Africa 2012

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Tokai University’s solar car team won the Sasol Solar Challenge South Africa 2012 on Sept 28 with its solar car mounted with Panasonic Corp’s HIT solar cells and high-capacity lithium-ion batteries.

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The Japanese university team extended its dominance in the world’s longest-distance solar car race as they won all three races held since the inception of the biennial event in 2008.

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The team’s victory this year followed its win in the 2011 World Solar Challenge held in Australia last year, when Panasonic, as a sponsor, provided the team with its HIT solar cells boasting the world’s highest-level conversion efficiency as well as high-capacity lithium-ion batteries.

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