Tour Map
Daily updates on the VW ID.4 USA Tour
DAY 98: HERNDON, VA
For the ninety-eighth day, we celebrated the handover of the Guinness World Record for The Longest Drive in an EV Car in one country (Non-Solar) …
DAY 97: HERNDON, VA
The ninety-seventh day and our last day of touring with the VW ID. 4 has arrived. The day began in Herndon, VA and we visited …
DAY 96: COLLINSVILLE, VA TO CHANTILLY, VA
We have finally reached the ninety-sixth day of touring the U.S. with the ID. 4. Collinsville, VA would be our starting point and we began …
day 95: Richmond, VA TO COLLINSVILLE, VA
The ninety-fifth day began in the city of Richmond, the capital of Virginia. We headed south and we found ourselves back in North Carolina. The …
DAY 94: JACKSONVILLE, NC TO RICHMOND, VA
Day ninety-four started with a fully charged ID. 4 in Jacksonville, NC. This being one of the very few times we had to charge at …
DAY 93: CHARLOTTE, NC TO JACKSONVILLE, NC
We reached the ninety-third day and Charlotte, NC would be our starting place. The home stadium of the Carolina Panthers football team, peeked out over …
Our VW ID.4
The VW ID.4 was voted 2021 World Car of the Year by a jury of 93 distinguished international journalists from 28 countries.
- IQ.DRIVE
- Discover Pro navigation with 10" display ID.Light
- Heated front seats & heated steering wheel
- Wireless charging & App-Connect with wireless capabilities for compatible devices
OUR PARTNERS
World Records and long-distance drives of Rainer Zietlow (GER)
Biography - Rainer Zietlow
- 2005: Guinness World Record for reaching 6.081 meters with a standard Volkswagen Touareg
- 2006: Guinness World Record for the first circumnavigation with a VW Caddy powered by CNG
- 2007: Long-distance drive from Berlin to Bangkok with a Volkswagen Caddy powered by CNG
- 2008: Long-distance drive to all CNG-stations in Germany with a VW Passat powered by CNG
- 2009: Long-distance drive from Lisbon to Magadan with a Volkswagen Caddy powered by CNG
- 2010: Long-distance drive from Argentina to Alaska with a Volkswagen Caddy powered by CNG
- 2011: World Record drive on Panamericana from Argentina to Alaska with a Volkswagen Touareg
- 2012: World Record drive from Melbourne to St. Petersburg with a Volkswagen Touareg
- 2013: Guinness World Record drive from Moscow to Camchatka with three Volkswagen Amarok
- 2014: World Record drive from North Cape to Cape Town with a Volkswagen Touareg
- 2015: World Record drive from Cape Town to North Cape with a Volkswagen Touareg
- 2016: World Record drive from Magadan to Lisbon with a Volkswagen Touareg
- 2017: World Record drive from Shanghai to Lisbon (Silk Road) with a Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2018: Long-distance drive with a VW Touareg to its world premiere in Beijing and back to Wolfsburg
- 2019: World Record drive on Panamericana from Alaska to Argentina with a Volkswagen Amarok
- 2020: World Record drive through Germany in a fully electric Volkswagen ID.3
- 2021: Guinness World Record drive through USA in a fully electric Volkswagen ID.4
Derek Collins is a Kansas City based multimedia artist. He has worked with a variety of people around the world. From music videos in Los Angeles to construction photography in the Midwest. During his time in university, he was a finalist for the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick Vietnam Voices, Student Competition – best short documentary.