By Gary S. Vasilash

Gebrüder Weiss Holding AG is an Austria-based logistics company. That means it moves things for other companies.

Evidently it is rather good at it, given that the company has been in existence since 1474.

The company announced that a vehicle it is the main sponsor of has set the world altitude record for e-vehicles—a solar-powered transport truck.

The vehicle was developed by Peak Evolution, based on a modified Aebi VT450 transporter, with the combustion engine being replaced by two 120-kW motors.

It drove up the western ridge of Ojos del Salado, the highest active volcano on Earth. It is in the Andes, on the border of Argentina and Chile.

The truck went up to 6,500 meters (a.k.a., 21,325 feet).

Why was Gebrüder Weiss involved? Said Frank Haas, Head of Corporate Brand Strategy & Communications, “This success underlines our ongoing support for sustainable mobility projects and innovative technologies.”

The company is also working with the Austrian Space Forum for a planned mission to Mars.

While such undertakings may seem bizarre, evidently if the company has been in business as long as it has and is able to fund such unusual projects, clearly it knows something that plenty of other companies don’t.