Hitting the heights at an altitude of 5,816 meters with electromobility

After driving more than 57,000 kilometers through the USA last year, Rainer Zietlow was now aiming high. In 2021, he completed the longest journey by an electric vehicle in a single country, beating the previous Guinness World Record. Now he was making another record attempt with the VW ID.4 GTX. His goal: to climb the world's highest, still passable mine road at the Uturuncu volcano in Bolivia using only electric power. He did it! He conquered an altitude gain of 5,816 meters, thus securing another Guinness World Record.

Professional driver Rainer Zietlow proved the staying power of e-cars. Instead of breaking another long-distance record, however, this time he was tempted by a vertical challenge. With a Volkswagen ID.4 GTX, he travelled to Bolivia to set his sights on the world's highest, still passable mine road at the Uturuncu volcano, which was repaired by the Quetena community at the foot of the volcano after the pandemic phase.

"Our goal was to show that electromobility is also capable of high performance at extreme altitudes,"

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Zietlow reports.

With the ID.4 GTX, he vanquished the volcano in the south of Bolivia to just a few meters below the summit - a world record! An adventure in thin air on sandy and rocky slopes. On the journey to base camp through Argentina and Bolivia, he was able to rely on Enel X Way's wallbox network, installed along the route at intervals of 300 kilometers.

Back in Bolivia's seat of government La Paz, Rainer Zietlow was presented with the Guinness World Record certificate by a Guinness representative at the German Embassy there. HARTING also actively supported this challenge, as the technology group is VW's Tier 1 supplier of charging cables and the original equipment manufacturer of the on-board charging cables.,

"Congratulations to Rainer Zietlow for this great success. We are delighted for him and his team on this further Guinness World Record,” adds Marco Grinblats, Managing Director at HARTING Automotive. “This has once again sent an important signal and raised awareness of the fight against climate change."

Rainer Zietlow supports the SOS Children's Village in La Paz with his world record drive.