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Zeekr drifts into the record books; Weird Al Week begins again

Zeekr's electric vehicle squeezed through a narrower gap while drifting than any car before it, according to Guinness World Records.

On air: Hank Ledger and Gloria Vance on BBN Newsroom
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorZeekr, the Chinese electric car brand, has a Guinness World Record for the tightest gap passed through while drifting, sideways, in an electric car.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have seen diplomats pass through tighter gaps, but never sideways.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd in Milwaukee, Weird Al Week begins again, with the Milwaukee Record republishing everything it has ever written about him. Again.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAgain is carrying a great deal of that sentence.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkip has found something, and I fear it is wet.

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