that looks into whether old classic cars might be more environmentally friendly than modern electric vehicles. melissa chan, thanks for watching. be dealt with the we are all set. we are watching to see all the to bring you the story behind the new, the will on about. com biased information for free might say do 2 and then is this the end of the road for classic cars? there's a fight against climate change, condemned these moving pieces of history to the grades so you must be fine. um,

it's disrespectful and ignore and the way the reference for things built in the past is now simply tossed aside declaration you only solution is to use bags all to some positive fuse or are these seemingly emotional machines an integral parts of a climate friendly future? we have to address this issue of sustainability that clearly is a so much interest in the future generation kind of electric drive trains or a synthetic fuse provide a solution. i could imagine some of these markets and the whole time is one of those things markets. but if you could indeed play a role the time, there is no progress without an understanding of the pasta. is driving a classic car and more sustainable in buying

a new car. wash the cost pencil preservation rather than replacement. they, i've rejection all the use and throw mentality. producing cars has a major environmental impact. building a modern e. v, for example, produces 26 tons of c o 2 emissions by the time of classic couldn't make this amount of pollutants. it's owner could theoretically drive it for an average of 2000 kilometers a year for 46 years. but is this the final nail in the coffin for the classic car? of course that comes of i've easily 2, provided one understands what they really are. classic cars are witnesses, awesome ability that have survived the years and have shape or lifestyle. it's more than anything else. and things are in motion in the classic car seen at the last meal. amelia, the traditional italian race for historic vehicles. mercedes entered cars that were powered by a fuel synthetic. we produce c o 2 unusual fuel that can be used in conduction

engines. i think there will be always or holes in the future. uh, events or races like the mill amelia. because this is how the whole culture of our history of our heritage. so therefore we also proof this year we drove all our classic cars with synthetic fuel with use and proof that it is possible even at the long insurance race like the mill, amelia. we drove over 2000 kilometers risk if fuels without any problem can save classic cars on the claimant. some politicians seem to like this idea as to it because shouldn't be filled with you. few, it's so that they have the ability to be yours on the street in the historic condition. and even critics seem to agree seeing if using

classic cars positively, to the super expensive super inefficient. and they will not be an option for the mass market. but i could imagine some nice markets and the old time is one of those markets. but if you could indeed play a role mercedes less no stone unturned in their efforts to ensure their head start for you. cause with claimant friendly at the mill. amelia, the mercedes, 300 esl from the 1950s, was accompanied for over 2 side of the kilometers by a tanker carrying if you that the car needed you to is the solution for classic cars because you'd always have to carry the if you with you on road trims to a specific network of a few stations doesn't exist, and i don't think it will be built any time soon since they are a few more than just in each solution. for our classic cars, it's a discussion that has been designed in europe at the political level for some time . should if use in combustion engine cars find a place in sustainable claimant,

friendly mobility. the i'm convinced that you the side, if you it's all so the filling station to the booby markets for the fuse by the cost for a higher price low to, to process they have to use a cure if use to give us a try f in q that was the idea behind that lot about 2 sets of all cost is about could use us to do our culture wants to deliver use to their customers so that they can drive with the system like a pushes into just as a bad while some people want to hold onto their traditions, others are radically breaking with the creeds of the past. the traditional classic

car riley miller, amelia, and i also have an eco class. the milli mealy, agree, in which electric vehicles also compete. as a response to the global electrification of mobility classics are being converted into the powered cars. back in 2015, a german company called the mobility began converging classic cars, tvs by putting electric drive trains and them which means and 1930 h d k w suddenly feels very different to drive the old ones. yes. ok. this car is now 80 years old. and it's having another revival. one sits in the open, enjoying the scenery without the noise. i don't believe that with a combats a classic like this. i am likely to influence climate change that i'm it's, but this might take us all in the general populace that it's possible to change things if you want to. it's a super in the belgian company months. so automobiles specializes in turning mercedes classics from the b $1.00 oh,

$7.00 series made in the seventy's and eighty's and to modern electric cars. the for me it's the combination of the passion for cars and specifically for mercedes cars and the passion for the the ongoing energy transition in i'm back and lower sex me, carl hines, please cops. so regularly motors through the streets and has mercedes benz victoria from 1894. it is the oldest registered car in the world. and for him, it's entirely on think about to convert this machine with a switch to electric power, the size i would consider this a huge scene. it's a demonstration of disrespect and eating the rental. the way the reverence for things created in the past is now tossed aside, and new technology is mixed in the corrupt the original machine. now let's give it

somebody's custody of our a powered classics still considered real classic cars for philip, but yeah, i mean, this is a question of faith. even though his bmw was only built in the 19 seventy's to him removing the petrol engine would be sacrilege to verify the buffalo and you would take away the hots off the car in a bmw of you. the engine has always been the focus, the as the name b, m w suggests biases from a tool and vacuum. if you replace the motor, you would be getting the car you would be taking away its heart and soul name. a safe and that one flavor, even in the face of potential driving bonds, the economy is internal combustion engine, cars on the band. then i would say just let the cost that they didn't bug and then it would just be a cultural assets and piece of history. that's then still the to the very essence of the vehicle is that it moves if it's simply stands in the museum, then

a very important characteristic on the car is lost. it's important that these vehicles are preserved and remain visible and running, conditioned as the museum on wheels, so to speak, as well in this museums wilkes's. i'm the museum on wheels concept. assigned a passionate, fun base all over the world. classic car event such as the come cars, odell against or the mill. amelia, in italy, pebble beach in california or goodwood in england. attract hordes of p phones and his darts. vehicles have long since become investment pieces that are traded like shares, an electric motor and such a vehicle would result in a drastic dropping the price the. the spot to the car is no longer true to history button arbitrarily modified. it's like if you were to re touch a painting by the old mazda is for it to conform to modern taste to meet the value of a classic car lives in the preservation of the original technology might only get another patient to buy cars with older technology face other issues,

the new amelia as original rate has to be modified in recent times because an increasing number of old times i'm driving bands and environmentally harmful combustion engine machines. a problem that also concerns politicians. the future of classic cars is also important to the european parliament in process to reduce costs of here, you can tell them what product in terms of the so called did for us x religion was to reflect about definition, what is 2 or 3 colors. so this is really crucial as important because if you are asking for exemptions a place to agree, could you have to be crystal clear? what does this to a good car? what a bike is, not all the cost really has to be do surgery. he demonstrates these mobility, but only if it's really in this case do like condition there's

still plenty of discussion when it comes to the question of what a real classic car, or indeed a real historic vehicle is in germany, any car that was 1st registered at least 30 years ago is considered a classic car. but even on this roller coaster of the debates, members of the classic car seen remain optimistic. the price is like the mil amelia will that will that be in the future? well definitely for us, the classic cars on the road is our living heritage is the i see the classic ca seen as a scene that has been consolidated and has a huge following you. um, hang on. not even knowing that uh the like vehicles movement has all of the problem was the average age, the surgery to move them in as really a big challenge to interest. young people also

lunas and silver still in england has focused precisely on this target group. the company converts classic british cars from the past into electric cars in order to inspire and environmentally conscious young generation. my daughter, she thinks it's something that go green, go green, make the palette green visa building cause and passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles for future generations. and that's why a rolls royce quantum 5 from the early 19 sixty's who's 8 cylinder is once led to some environmental concerns. now the light silently an emission free for lanes in the english countryside. we have to address this issue of sustainability that clearly is the same of interest to future generations. we know that young people are less engaged with cause and in the way the previous generations, wherever and you know, we're really proud to provide and on. so for them and provide adults and for the

long self preservation of the piece for me. but environmental awareness also comes out to half the price, incredibly complex conversion of the car into an electric classic cost 705 years in heroes. by the given the low mileage of less than 1500 kilometers per year on average. such a conversion would also be ecologically completely pointless. carl high and state cops drive says mercedes benz victoria into an uncertain future. and electric conversion would be ecological pointless. an easy, those are probably not an option either. the engine from $1894.00 only starts if you select with special lights, petrol, which is also available in pharmacies under the name wind. petro is one of the world's oldest cars in danger of being banned from the streets. find the. this is a demonstration of disrespect and victor ends and that can potentially turn into

madness and might wipe away a reverence for things that were created in the past. and a 6 for the i got an ice declaration, the only solution is to use a heads or to some for us if use because in every which of this is well known of the mileage of the kilometers missing by stores because limited. so this is not a major problem for the trying to change the situation is the i'm on the gun. so take a look at the entire chain from raw materials to vehicle product, sions, operation and disposal of. and then plus the costs represent long term products and therefore have a very favorable c o. 2 footprint phones is a good student see of slab to classic cars still have a future kind of our ocean most have cultural heritage stay in motion with

electricity, climate, friends, a fuse or even fossil fuels are, will be and motionless, and museums the we will see the grace between b y, d and test law. the next 3 to 4 years, the b y d, the world's largest e v. manufacturer. how did they get that? and can they stay? don't tell the in 2011 the coverage. well.