May 23 2022 - Harting sponsored another drive with VW, for whom the company supplies EV charging cables, and professional driver Rainer Zietlow. The goal this time: to climb the highest, still passable road on the volcano Uturuncu in Bolivia using a VW ID.4 GTX, a fully electric vehicle. Zietlow ascended 5,816 meters above sea-level, the maximum altitude of the road, and set a new Guinness World Records title for electric vehicles. With this Rainer Zietlow has once again proven the endurance of electric cars.
With a Volkswagen ID.4 GTX, he and his team of three drove to Bolivia to set their sights on the world's highest, still passable road at the Uturuncu volcano. This road was recently repaired by the Quetena community at the foot of the volcano for tourism. "Our goal was to show that electric vehicles are capable of peak performance even at extreme altitudes," said Zietlow. For the route through Argentina and Bolivia, Zietlow used the ENEL X wall box network.
On May 23rd, Rainer Zietlow was presented with the Guinness World Records Title by a Guinness World Records Representative at the German Embassy in La Paz. “We are thrilled to once again participate in setting a new record title for electric vehicles,” said Jon DeSouza, president & CEO of HARTING Americas. “We want to showcase the viability of electric vehicles as a choice in any condition, whether your drive is long in distance or high in altitude, the technology is reliable and here today." Rainer Zietlow supports the SOS Children's Village in La Paz with his world record drive.
About HARTING
The HARTING Technology Group is one of the world's leading providers of industrial connection technology for the three lifelines of Data, Signal and Power and has 14 production plants and 44 sales companies. Moreover, the company also produces retail checkout systems, electromagnetic actuators for automotive and industrial series use, charging equipment for electric vehicles, as well as hardware and software for customers and applications in automation technology, mechanical and plant engineering, robotics and transportation engineering. In the 2019/209 business year, some 5,500 employees generated sales of EUR 759 million.
