A vehicle with a record-setting 3,145 miles per gallon

15 students from the University of British Columbia won the Society of Automotive Engineers' Supermileage Contest with the help of their Mark V vehicle on June 9. The competition is not only about mileage, but strictly rules out electric motors, requiring all competing vehicles to rely solely on internal-combustion engines.

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Though the UBC team have already won fame and recognition with their 3,145 miles per gallon figure, yet they have plans to achieve a greater mileage of 4,000 miles per [U.S.] gallon at the next Society of Automotive Engineers Supermileage Competition in Japan this August.

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