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On This Day: July 21, 2018

Guinness World Record for Fuel Efficiency

A team of students from Pratt School of Engineering broke the Guinness World Record for most fuel-efficient vehicle on Saturday, July 21, 2018. Their hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, Maxwell, got the equivalent of 14,573 miles per gallon, besting the previous record of 12,600 by 15.6 percent. The Duke vehicle team broke the record again the next year.