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Record-breaking drive in the all-electric ID. Buzz through more than 75 countries

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Jul 4, 2025 #all-electric road trip, #electric vehicle world record, #EV charging infrastructure, #global EV adventure, #ID. Buzz battery range, #long-range electric van, #Rainer Zietlow EV tour, #sustainable travel record, #Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, #Volkswagen ID. Buzz world tour
  • All-electric world tour in the ID. Buzz1 from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
  • The goal: to break the world record for the most countries visited during one trip in an electric vehicle
  • Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, electricity provider Elli and other companies are supporting private driver Rainer Zietlow and his team

Hanover, 3 July, 2025 – There is a lot of discussion about electric mobility and the expansion of charging infrastructure. And there is someone who wants to prove that electric vehicles can take you around the world: eight-time Guinness World Record holder Rainer Zietlow has set off on this mission, travelling in an ID. Buzz1, starting at the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles customer centre at the VW Bus plant in Hanover. 

A project like no other, the 55-year-old from Mannheim will drive through 75 countries with his team. Those interested can follow the journey on www.idbuzz-worldtour.com with the current location and reports on previous sections of the route. The tour will take Zietlow to New Zealand on the eastern part of the route, and then to Vancouver in Canada on the western part. Wherever there are roads, the team will make the record-breaking road trip on the vehicle’s own four wheels, with just the ship passages and necessary interruptions for customs clearance as breaks. The ID. Buzz world tour will take more than eight months.

“With the 86kWh battery in the ID. Buzz, we can achieve a range of more than 400 kilometres per charge,” Zietlow explains, “so I can also cover stages through sparsely populated sections of the route.” His ID. Buzz corresponds to the production version but has an additional on-board charger so that it can take on high-voltage alternating current (AC, up to 125A) and convert it into direct current (DC) wherever there is no quick charger or a different standard for DC charging.

Zietlow doesn’t lack experience: “I’ve travelled to more than 110 countries so far and have already made it to Qatar with my ID. Buzz predecessor,” reminisces the explorer from Mannheim, Germany. He has taken around a year to prepare for the current tour: “I am not a company driver, I drive on my own account and at my own risk but supported by my partners.” 

This includes Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles as the manufacturer of the ID. Buzz. “We are very impressed that Rainer has the courage and expertise to take on a world tour like this,” says Lars Krause, member of the Brand Board of Management. “I travel a lot of long distances in the ID. Buzz myself and can report that the topic of charging is no longer a problem, certainly in Europe. With his tour, Rainer’s team will inspire many people to switch to an all-electric vehicle.” 

The spare parts supply for the ID. Buzz is also secured in case of an emergency: the model has now been introduced in many countries that Rainer Zietlow will cross, including Indonesia and Australia, Taiwan and Japan, the USA and Canada.

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