With regard to the Subaru laps, I understand that the money raised actually goes to help fund the prize money, so it serves a very useful purpose.

I must admit to being impressed that eight electric milk floats finished the "race", sadly I still can't raise any excitement about it.

I sincerely hope that no-one is still labouring under the impression that the electric bikes are in any way "green". The fossil fuel used to charge the batteries (never mind create the things) far exceeds the amount used by a similar petrol powered machine over a similar distance.

The argument is that "this is the future", well, what about hydrogen power cells? The technology has been around for a long time and powered the NASA moon flights. It is clean, it does not (unlike the battery power) produce great amounts of heat as a waste product. A hydrogen cell could be changed as quickly as a re-fuel allowing more laps, would be lighter than the batteries and eminently recyclable (is that a word?).

I wonder if the Zero rules only allow electric battery power, or is it open to alternatives? Come on Universities, you can't compete with the amount of money Honda San and Mugen San are throwing at the project so think outside the box!