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id. 3. i post astra electric and the test them both strain. the entry level of price for the volvo. x 30 is just around 36600 euro. what do you get? well, 1st of all, you get a bunch of assistance systems. almost anything you could wish for blind spot us is oncoming traffic mitigation. it will recognize pedestrians, bicycle spike or is so in the safety sense, you get everything you need. there's also an meet cost and tricked vx. the t features the latest generation of all those automatic parking system which can handle base power, low and perpendicular mending fits empty spaces on either side of the car or detected when driving it speeds on to 22 kilometers per hour and then displayed on the touch screen as soon as the driver has selected a spot, the pockets this pilot steves the vehicle into place by taking over the steering

the shift x celebrate the pedal and breaks the drive, the get continuous progress updates via the display. what else do you get? a $200.00 kilowatt, we'll driven, caught with a 51 kilowatt hour battery that will achieve around 350 kilometers of range. if you compare that to, for example of this in the compact segment, let's say opal off dry electric vw id 3 or test the model 3. then all of these will start. busy around $4142000.00 euros, and even though some of these will have more range than the volleyball, some will also have less range and also weigh less power for price that is way higher than that of the bulb. and pricey of versions that the x, the c include the single night long range model with a big bass tre, reaching out to 476 kilometers. and this 40 jewel motor with 315 kilowatts of power

. so what are the down sides? what won't you get in the volvo? the x 31 of the things you won't get is an instrument cluster. so behind the steering wheel there is nothing. if you want to know how fast you're driving the speed limit or any other information, you will find all of that in the central display in the infill team and system that takes some getting used to. but usually after a few minutes, you will have found yourself looking at the right spot instead of searching for your current speed behind the steering wheel. and just to be set and you have a safe journey, there's volvos on board computer keeping an eye on things. the general a driving impression in the. busy that is absolutely nice what you would expect from a valuable it is very comfortable. the loudness in the interior is ok as well. nothing too loud, but also not to silence of the things to see traffic in particular,

one pedal driving which is possible in old variance and shows great to come foot and increased range and other poles that you sent to on the range from the on board heat pump, which comes standards except in the single my to addition to all the way to put it to the interior of the ex 30 is to lean their opposite the no buttons summit. the steering wheel above that's about it. lean for payment system is as usual with volleyball. i'll post the cars up, right? that's okay. it reminds you of your smartphone and it's also easy to operate above . the touch screen looks very good, it's quite bright, it's easily readable, even if the sunshine on it, it has google maps on it. so if you plan to do along the trip,

the call will automatically find charging spot along your route and then create the battery. so it's in the ideal stage to get charged. the only thing is, if you plan to charge on your own, or if you don't use the navigation, then the battery won't be pre heated ends. in worst case, it won't charge as fast as it could. would you also can see the side doors uh clean as well. that's not even a level for the windows because this one is right here in the center console. and what you also have in the center console is a 2 cup holders. and if you don't need the most cup holders, for example, if you want to put anything else inside, then you just put that away and you can place whatever item you want to in that tray. that's pretty nice. the vehicle can be shared with friends and family via an app that enables it to be moved without. the key is also

a remote function for checking whether the vehicle is looks and the windows are closed. the same goes the pre heating or cooling the interior, activating the home or locating the vehicle. the space in the back is definitely what you would call a compact. there is almost no leg room left. it's okay, you can put it in the middle because there's a little more space or at the sides. the head room is absolutely ok also because of the huge panoramic glass roof. but the seating position is not exactly comfortable because as you can tell, the floor is quite high due to the battery of cause. and then you will have your legs bend quite a bit and that is not a position you will want to keep for a long distance trip. the seats, as such, are quite comfortable. no questions ask, but the position isn't the

just as in the front you have no buttons in the door. instead, the window levers are here in the middle where you will also find 2 u. s. b c sockets for smartphone charging. they're also handy funding pockets in the front seat banks. while the front has a capacity of 19 liters. the trunk conflicts in between 318, and 904 leaches of comcast. the or anything you want to adjust and the car is done via the sensor touch display and that is also true for. busy the side view mirror, which by the way, look quite nice because they almost bought a list, but they need to choose the mirror adjustment from the menu in the infant payment system. and then you do it with the buttons at the steering wheel. similar to what

testable as it is not intuitive, but to do is only one time a scene. see the car has memory function, follow the different drivers. it is ok. this new stop button for the engine to get the vehicle going. the drive is simply press, is the brake pedal and engages for wood over of us using the guess the coming up, my volvo, x 30 experience. i like driving the car, even though i'm not a fan of su visa, it is quite nicely motorized. the fact that you don't have an instrument cluster, it's forgotten after a few kilometers and the integration of google maps in the, in full time. and system is also. busy thing i really appreciate things i didn't like where the range that is in the small. busy and the space in the back,

but all in all a very decent call the office very good, the value for money cx, the t might not be the best value e v. but the entry level model is still a very good call at a reasonable price despite the deficit of space and the rate. of course, if you'd like to go fos to jewel mode to version that manages to hit the 100 k p h . and on the 4 seconds you will have to show out to woods of 48000 t arise in germany, which is almost 12000 mold. and so the entry level version with the volvo x i see then it comes down to the question of savings versus speed. the cars, a car car, the other phenomenon with millions of unique stories. that could be in a german coffin. we need you guys wherever you are. however, up here flick the right. what the question is now? where should we go?

right to wherever you are and send us your stories and your crazy car into the let's catch up soon on rent. the room or, or actually true. money was in china, not be the that the tv is going to die. because the traditional german legacy brands, let me see this on coal, cannot compete with the up and coming tiny tv makers. so they are not on the verge of, sorry, the tone. i'm too young from the the rest. i'm going to show you is that the case on august the last 2 or 2 of your frontier, thoughts with you are going to venture so you will come from the in general. so shoot me an theme to walk you through. choose onto sure. go up. we saw that she to the court brand don't seem to

have a way to call when you get out of town. this left me who had already jump on the bund stagen and purchased 2 electric vehicles. is set the buffalo. what's going on? what's happened to you that the vision is clear, a purely electric portfolio portfolio and yes, we firmly believe that the electric mobility is going to support the sustainable and so you are missing the future to this goal is no longer costs have to modest investments that you actually vehicle sector, german and also makers, including may status bmw and folks via an over the past decade old gone to based when i heard that vast and ultimate curse, representative payment status,

we're going to give up on the electric vehicles. i quickly check out the most serious germ of financial media, such as the reports in one of those blocks. which said these, what i'm vicious goals, according to the internal plans, me say this bins and to achieve more than 20 percent of itself was fully electric cars in 2023. however, distilled god based company only managed to achieve electric share of 12 percent of the approximately 12 meeting costs delivered last year. given this pace it, since i'm realistic for the traditional german ultimate garment status, to achieve its goal of fully electric sales by 2030. and so after our runs of criticism from the supervisory board, the head of miss said is ola continues, has put an end to his comprehensive electric strategy. essentially hollow being the target for the end of this decade,

the sales ratio of my status hybrids and electric vehicles at most retail level of 50 percent. but from this news come, read concludes that me say this and even german automakers as a whole. a balance of the box, electric vehicles, and stop competing these chinese manufacturers, even though they haven't given up at all, saying they've given up is completely nonsensical. there's no such thing. i think i would like to paraphrase the same mark twain. yeah. the reports about the death of the electric vehicle, i'd greatly accelerate what we are saying now what you're seeing now is a slight, didn't right on the road to the electric field. we did each because to whomever you talk him, the industry in the medium to the past towards the sustainable will be at the wheels. in many, many, many use cases, the electrical equipment and the industry is ready,

willing and able to follow that pass before the majority of the vehicles. so the notion that invest in countries unable to compete of flipping the table collectively giving up on electric cars on leaving, trying not to play along come therefore only be described as some people being overly anxious. not long after this claim was made, some of trying those on social media voices stepped forward. to clarify, on set the right courts attract people to various reasons, people have been feeling very anxious. whether it's about the white a modal themselves. the one moment they think that being surrounded by the west and the country is doomed, the next the fee i will replace humanity. am i doomed? such feelings are understandable, but not particularly helpful because you'll be able to help to all your pace of phoenix who is the leading technical consultant in the european automotive industry . and has also witnessed the growth of trying those electric vehicle industry. i

think at the moment there is a very high attention to any new step according to the electric. we're cause to have the option of electric vehicles in both parties. um the the see the moment the, the situation. we have plenty of prices around to the political, economic lands on. right. and people are really somehow in fear of change in some respects as those voices from china and europe mentioned. the uncertainty about the future of electric costs may steam from the fact that we currently live in the us certain words. because so many of our previous understandings has been negated by new circumstances. we have started to become accustomed to engaging every single. but when it comes to the future of all more ability, a highly important topic,

what do the experts in europe sick? and while the electric will be that we use to choose us for the industry. so there is no doubt about that. every major role we have many, many un trends they, they have set their fits of electric ability as to the main trends of demand for more options for the future to come full scale, assess slice, don't target x results. cracks my any thoughts on the end of the dream, i'm not entirely result foundation. they have also got their proponents in germany . the v is the future to my unfortunately, our politicians have lost interest in the future. is this professional 49 students who have, who used to be known as the godfather of the automotive industry in germany. as an academic, he pays close attention to is optimistic about the development of china's electric vehicle industry and is often a v i p as a professional chinese event. however,

he is not optimistic about the future of electric vehicles in the european american market. the reason stains from politics about 1040 on the political side there have been significant changes and these changes are slowing down the electric car. the main reason why electric cars are now weakening in germany in the u, who is the lack of support from the political spirit. firstly, in terms of buyers premiums, and secondly, due to the general political attitude that internal combustion engines still have a future to play not beat up by the 200000. so this is the view of professional didn't have a as an academic of server. what have germany is major, traditional automakers has recently set about the future of electric vehicles. this is all kind of in use. the treatment of miss status. as we mentioned before, the phased criticism from the supervisory board, because it's a business plan for

a fully electric line up, but tools all the 13th wasn't not the chief of all. now here's chan she's narratives pushing back the deadline for completing this transition by another 9 years to 2039. so we want to achieve a net carbon neutral position by the end of the next a decade. but in order not to wait for that to happen in 1516 years, we have also set ourselves at the enter in target. by the end of this decade, stan achieve up to 50 percent of the journey by 2030, the net 0 carbon targets mentioned by mistake. this is actually more vicious than the previous go. i'll achieving a fully electric sales line up by 2013. this net 0 go means that the entire product life cycle of audio vehicles, including batteries, roll material, production, assembling, delivery, customer usage, and recycling with

a chief carbon neutrality and the environmental impact of electric vehicles. so out your entire life cycle is also a focal point. for many critics in the long term, petri electric vehicles will be the predominant tab, trying to think of the market share by 2027 know will be at a tipping point. so popped up for electric vehicles flipping something. oh, i see this was the volt to expiration made by the c o of folks, but you can in 2023. furthermore, looking across other german automakers, including bmw and audi, achieving carbon neutrality is essentially a moving to long term goal for often was only the timelines for achieving those goals. very seeing that german automakers are planning to execute the electric

vehicle. race is therefore completely at our best effects. the indeed, there are many voices in europe questioning the future of electric vehicles. for example, european countries including germany and friends, significantly reduce subsidies for electric vehicle buyers not long ago before the consolation of purchase subsidies by in our electric vehicle in germany. it's contest and that's it's you, uh, government subsidy of around 45026000 euros. imagine if you had both a mid to high spec electric mini, just the subsidy alone would have amounted for roughly 10 to 15 percent of the purchase price. for populum, all of this, like the many, this level of discount was essentially the maximum

a manufacturer could offer. if you had bought a cheaper entry level, electric car, priced between 20030000 euros, the government subsidy. would that cost the $2.00 adults and even the other persons of the cost, but now this money is gone, but here's what applies. and now the price difference is that significant, and this is the most important argument. customers are withdrawing and reverting to combustion engines. so it's the big price difference between combustion engines and electric cars. by way of comparison, china is know, a power dies for e v buyers. you can get this for running about 27000 euro. this 432000 euros, and this for less than 17000 euros of cos cannot become situations. undoubtedly the primary concern for most users. besides the purchase price, however, the continuously raising electricity prices across europe. also

a reason why many consumers hesitant to embrace each ford or more the 1st wave of quote un arrows, pioneers. oh, the so called early adopters have already terminated 1st time, positive and negative experiences. so years ago, as someone who acquired an electric car, i belonged to those early adopters. the experience of driving electric vehicle in europe. these stays, isn't necessarily bad, but it's enough to fast track you into a mid life crisis. the experience is marked by all paid public charging stations, an exorbitant electricity prices. the low compatibility of charging costs incomplete or inc. i create information about talking stages and various false treating. charging experiences. add to the audio,

coupled with range anxiety in her institute electric cars. all that reinforces my belief that the future of electric mobility cannot remain as it is now. i also understand better why many argue that the electric cars we see on the roads today. i'm early transitional products of costs. there are dissenting voices as well. ninety's of my i don't agree because if you look at vehicles from the latest generations, for example, what i said he is doing with his s and e class models. they have great range. and one can manage quite well with them. well, not era, however, kind of forgot me say this s o e of costs. we kind of hope that's a common curse. well, gradually democratized the battery a technology use today and talk more of this to more affordable, more of those that the masses cannot accept. regardless of the future of electric mobility will still depend on new technological advancements. the most important

thing, what we see here a bit to raise this is that the commodities that starts right away and we will have plenty of improvements over the next 2 years in terms of price performance, dependability as well. so this makes me call them feed that, that and next to probably the kind of fulfilling its promises to provide sustainable affordable mobility for society. again, different hours and we expect that battery technology will make significant leads forward in the next 5 years. unfortunately, it's not going to blink. we're talking about solid state batteries of your state, but at least i've also noticed that in germany, whether people are pessimistic or optimistic, i bought the car and states of electric vehicles. yes. do you believe that the future direction of our tribal mess up is electric. but kind of those traditional german comm acres which ones bone beak this conversion to internal combustion engine technology and has been criticized from moving to slowly on to lights

towards electrification. continue proving the f a clear vision of the future and they are in raising the future as that is electric, or at least for the electric for the existing portfolio. so i wasn't boring too much if you're not able to to, to mask the car. godfather of germany believes that the future of electric mobility lies and trying to see where optimistic that the breakthrough will happen in china and no question. and we think it will also spread to europe in the us. but the question always is, what will the politicians do or do you think the politicians come back to the card guy or let it live without it? you can't predict what politicians will do, where you got this message. you never did less as we have heard from it. say this folks find them and others eaves off from best. not even fading away. major

comm acres in germany, just adjusting the pace towards full electrification and more automotive tales. next time on or as the the, the

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