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http://www.solarchallenge.org.za
Solar Challenge South Africa 2014: Which Continent will the winning team come from?
Josef Biesenberger in
Science
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Settled on 10/27/2014 19:33 Settled by
Josef Biesenberger
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Asia
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Europe
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Australia
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America
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Africa
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Background
http://www.solarchallenge.org.za
2012 Video:
http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/motorsport/solar-challenge-winners-craving-sleep-1.1393622#.UPMoezmeaJA
Solar Challenge winners craving sleep
Sleep, sleep and more sleep. That is the only thing the drivers of the first two solar cars in the 2012 SA Solar Challenge could think of after being on the road for 10 days.
Team Tokai, the current world champions from Japan, did it again when they were the first to arrive back after departing from Pretoria on September 18.
Driver Tatsuki Ito, 22, an aerospace engineering student at the University of Tokai, said he was delighted that the team had won again, but at the same time relieved it was over as he was very tired.
“I need some sleep, and then real traditional Japanese cuisine.”
Ito said it took extreme concentration to drive the 135kg solar car which cost approximately $10 million (nearly R82 million) to build. The cost included the design, materials and labour.
“I had very limited vision and trying to keep to the speed limit of 120km/h was difficult at times, especially when driving downhill.
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