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Mark Kane

VW ID.4 GTX Sets Guinness World Record By Reaching Altitude Of 5,816 Meters

A new Guinness World Record title for the highest altitude achieved in an electric car has been set by Rainer Zietlow and his Challenge4 team using a Volkswagen ID.4 GTX.

On May 18, 2022 Zietlow drove to the top of Bolivia’s Uturuncu volcano, 5,816 meters above sea level, breaking the previous record set in 2020 by about 45 meters of altitude (5,771 m). The team was awarded with the official Guinness World Records certificate in La Paz, Bolivia on May 23.

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