Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has agreed to
provide technical support to Tokai University's solar car team, which will
compete in the 2013 World Solar Challenge (WSC 2013), one of the world's
biggest races for solar cars, to be held from October 6 to 13 in Australia.
Under the sponsorship agreement, Panasonic will provide the Japanese university
team with its HIT® solar cells which boast the industry's top-class electricity
output*2 as well as its high-capacity lithium-ion batteries.