PEAK EVOLUTION: a record mountain bike ascent to 4550m at Signalkuppe in Switzerland
Channel: Claudio von Planta - Documentaries
Date: 22/11/2021

PEAK EVOLUTION (www.peakevolution.ch) is a pioneering mission of 3 visionary Swiss engineers building a solar-powered electric 4x4 truck designed to establish an EV altitude world record at nearly 7000 meters demonstrating the advantages of e-mobility compared to fuel-hungry combustion engines. 

In 2021 the PE team started to convert a diesel-powered truck with an electric drive train. In 2022 they will do all the technical tests in the Swiss Alps, and in December 2022, they will ship their 240KW EV super truck to Chile, where they intend to drive up to the top of the 6894m high Nevado Ojos de Salado, the highest active volcano in the world. 

In 2020 the PE team with the brothers David and Patrik Koller and their friend David Pröschel have already explored the route to the top of Nevado Ojos de Salado, and they are confident to reach the summit as well with their 4x4 EV super truck.

The renowned documentary filmmaker Claudio von Planta (www.vonplanta.net) will capture the entire PEAK EVOLUTION story starting with the construction of the truck in Switzerland and following with the record expedition in Chile. It will be Claudio's third electric mobility world record documentary. In 2010 he shot the BBC World TV series RACING GREEN https://vimeo.com/ondemand/racinggreen2 with the first electric car driving the entire Pan American Highway from Alaska to Argentina. In 2019 he filmed the Apple TV+ series Long Way Up https://www.longwayup.com/, where he followed the actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman riding electric Harley-Davidson motorcycles across South America. 

Claudio's first encounter with the Peak Evolution team happened in July 2021 when they tried their luck with a world-first mountain bike ascent to the 4550m high Signalkuppe near Zermatt in Switzerland. For Claudio, this was a perfect opportunity to feel the pulls of these 3 adventurers. They are clever engineers, but they are also highly experienced mountaineers with a passion for establishing records. They clearly have enough determination and the right skills to succeed with their world record mission in 2022. 

The progress of the Peak Evolution story will be published in a YouTube and TV documentary series.