when your family is scattered across the globe. because if you do decide to. return to the bridge i am in a big. family from somalia live around the world. want me to urgent assistance to. the family starts october any d w. now here's a shocker germany is an automotive titan and totally devoted to the automotive industry cause rule the roads to

a large extent of the economy people all over the world love german cars perhaps a bit less since the diesel gate scandal but mostly dispensed b.m.w. still have cache and most of their models still run on gasoline or diesel but for how much longer the climate crisis demands we take action and demand for more environmentally friendly mobility is growing so what's the next move our topic today on made welcome and when you live in a city like berlin it's actually quite easy to get around town without a car i for one enjoy riding my bicycle to work so admitted li it's more fun in summer than it is in winter and berlin could certainly do with more cycle friendly roads but it's still an appealing option we persuaded one of our reporters on the show to try out a few alternative modes of transportation himself let's see how that worked out for him. believe it or not i am

a german and i have sold my call although i can afford it this is my contribution to fight climate change now i'm facing my personal anteater to check. but do the alternative forms of transport in my home city berlin make the great and can i still adopt at nearly 15. my family and i are planning a day trip taking the train you want to go to italy looking up the ticket prices online i discover it's more expensive than taking the car the plane leaves every 2 hours that's not good and it's a so-called we're going to not that called for trouble more on that later. for every day purposes i find myself renting in a lot for short distances it costs about 2 euros a trip but that does add up. during

the last weeks i have been taking these very often they're standing all over the city. and they move me from a to b. very fast and i have to admit sometimes i prefer to take. a. walk in. my friends keep telling me if you want to cut your costs use public transport and i do live in a very central location with good access to the metro overgrown trains. honestly i'm not a fan of public transportation during the rush hour it's so crowded and sometimes it's so crowded that i can't get into the train there's no air conditioning so i don't like. still for our day trip my family and i took the train. the day at the lake was super relaxing but the journey there and back certainly wasn't

my kids are still talking about how full the trains were it was actually a double decker train ended up having to sit on the stairs. how was the train ride for you not so nice and why not. because we didn't have any seats. or was a very uncomfortable. would you want to take that train again. it's so hard to follow you time to vent my frustration and talk to a traffic expert how to see thing germany is doing in the move away from conventional cars. the political will just doesn't seem to be there we hear declarations of intent but it's just rhetoric so far why is that. violence is it because we're still fixated on the car and because most of the decision

makers are car drivers and car found themselves. for years now we've invested far too little in the rail network we didn't change enough and now we're paying the price with a rail service that's overburdened by construction work underway everywhere. it will take years now to build new rail trucks and buy a new trains but there's no way around it effects i've had enough of over crowded trains i am going to try carsharing there are we have goals parked all over the city ready to be rented when ever you need one finding the car however is usually a challenge hello your booking only starts when you enter your 4 digit pin code using the calculator in the glove compartment. i feel bad as i didn't want to use a car anymore and not surprisingly i get stuck in traffic. driving for 30 meters

and i'm basically. 247000 kilometers of new roads have been built in germany since 994 cars through the whole country. living without my own car it's much more complicated and difficult. hope and i expect it to be the alternatives are not working that well trading barbs i think i would resist would not buy a car. cycling works best for me only 9 percent of german cycle to work i'm going to hold a modern good unfortunately. i wonder how enthusiastic i'll be about this in winter. well i belong to that trend setting one percent and it went up there are even fewer of us on the roads which is actually nice especially when you take those east glitters into account today everywhere these days getting in the way of cyclists and pedestrians and often

doing things they're not supposed to like riding double on one east scooter and absolute no go and while east glitters can be quite annoying for cyclists they too are part of an electro mobility concept that aims to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions there's still a hit show to battery powered vehicles aren't always 100 percent environmentally friendly and the distance they can go on one charge is still limited a big drawback for consumers but where there's a will there's a way right here are a few facts and figures. electric cars like me are still quite a rare sight there's only 5 and a half 1000000 events worldwide that's just a tiny fraction of the estimated $1400000000.00 cars in total but the numbers are growing economies use role materials mined in south america the democratic republic

of congo and china these include lithium cobalt rare rare earths needed in our batteries that mitigate extracting and transporting these materials is an environmental nightmare often carried out under inhumane conditions but there is a have are abundant studies show that worldwide deposits of these materials could meet demand for years to come. one good thing about us economists is that we don't emit greenhouse gases all their money factoring us certainly does my part still have to be produced but my power train only has $200.00 parts as opposed to a combustion engines 1200. where my electricity comes from is another huge. share of green energy is growing which definitely plays in my favor. as battery technology improves the range of economy is increasing. right now it's rarely

more than 400 kilometers an often way less. finding a charging station can also be an issue. as to our batteries 95 percent of them could be recycled in an environmentally friendly way but it's still not economically viable. but i recommend you sit back and relax it's surely only a matter of time today electric cars cost more than conventional models but that gap is closing the day of climate friendly affordable electric cars may be about to . so until that day how we have left to put up with big bulky and thirsty as you these clogging the streets of cities i'll never understand why any city dweller needs a loud and dirty tank is sized to get the shopping done or pick up the kids from

school but as we know the markets demand now that said demand seems to be changing in many parts of the world and if european comic as want a share of the future spoils lead to better get a move on. the production of electric vehicles is moving full speed ahead in china with chinese firms like b a i c and b y g claiming their stake in a growing market. they already dominate the global market for electric vehicles china also has the highest number of registered tv's on its roads. but for now conventional engines still dominate the market and here in germany it is no sign of any major transition in the car industry towards electric vehicles. move account number is an economist. he's all too aware of the global challenges that germany's automobile industry is facing. you know. china is a leading car make

a world right and a competitor for german manufacturers germany also exports a lot to china so it's a partner but when it comes to the move to electrum ability chinese companies will probably be among the biggest rivals which could lead to disruption in the german car industry. the concept of destructive innovation is when a new market begins to just dropped an existing one the auto industry could face severe disruption resulting in massive job losses. german auto makers are still doing well around the globe and especially in the world's biggest car market china a significant percentage of their overall output is produced and sold in china all vehicles with combine. engines what would happen if electric vehicles gained the upper hand and demand for these cars dwindles. he's working on these new mobility concepts have

a head start because they're developing the industry if the german automakers don't follow suit they won't grow in this area it will be the market that decides which one wins and the fear is that the german car companies could fall behind in the human body and think that that's. the biggest manufacturer of electric cars worldwide is the u.s. company tesla. the chinese companies b y d n b a i see together dominate the global market followed by b.m.w. the electric division. comes in a lowly 10th position. german manufacturers of electric cars are struggling in the domestic market one reason is there are too few places to charge the cars francis schneider electric is a global leader in charging stations but sales in the german market pale compared to other european markets. and.

when it comes to the infrastructure for electric charging other european markets are easier than the german market is they simply don't have the same regulations the german market is particularly complicated for us. right now there are only 5600000 electric cars in the world. that's a small fraction of the 1400000000 combustion engine cars around the planet. but the share of electric vehicles is growing rapidly. many countries have already decided which way they want to go. the registration of combustion engine car. as in cities in china and india will be back in 10 years time the us britain and france are not planning to follow until 2014 striking behind will be germany 2015.

if nothing changes then most electric vehicles on german roads will be asian made german vehicle manufacturers risk falling behind the move to emo belittling. and being overtaken by the competition. now that would be a pity considering the business opportunities in the election will billet he sector especially in booming emerging markets such as india the south asian subcontinent has a fast growing middle class looking to improve their standard of living and that includes owning cars a given the fact that india's mega cities are among the worst polluted in the world it's time to switch from dirty to clean mobility like digo and up based electric scooter rental service. the bright yellow

taxis and donvan crimes will tell you you are in kolkata no no universally as the city of joy. but the city also faces major difficulties like lack of public transport and traffic pollution. electric scooters could help reduce the burden of pollution especially if. we did some research and found out that only 15 percent of india actually are the drivers license so there was a majority of indians didn't have a license and that was the market that we wanted to we did a little bit more research and found out that electric scooters where the speed is 5 kilometers an hour doesn't require a license to write and i was the aha moment. and that's when we decided that we want to start this company. did you not founded his rental service in kolkata over 2 years ago with 60 scooters. he runs a feat of 85. the rental service. clients can pick up and drop

off to school does x. 7 different points across colorado on average a scooter is used by 3 to 4 right as a day. all our school does have probably came on batteries so anytime battery is green or about to be green customers can go to any of the points and swap out the battery free of cost if a customer has any problem middle of the road we have roadside assistance and even there the waco can be swapped if any problem is about to be filed. is perhaps one of the. and big sur 2 different garners of the city. taking a cop to the business hub of or and back used to calls between pretty $1400.00 rupees 5 yards when she runs in to look for $45.00 rupees or less than $0.60 but she can hop cost time with

a fully charged battery and she can go up to 60 kilometers. on the scooter i'm not only spending less money i also end up saving time. was act i'm going to have several things to do in a day i break the bike for the full day or on an hourly basis i invariably end up spending less than if i had to take a bus a cab on the tram. was is that come what they see me. corporate customers like this food delivered and get even better rate a strategy which will also raise the visibility of the. scooter's it is primarily aimed at younger stock the pounders and college students. let us think about that. if you talk about the costs i don't really know how to go

about it when i see my friends who are using their own bikes to do this show they spend a lot on maintenance so guess the biggest benefit to me that's foreign to science. is them go why do you think that according to greenpeace india is a still home to 15 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world with denny ranking as the world's most polluted capital. but quite up it's been made in delhi and it's never in areas the city of scrabbling with the rapidly rising pollution that. the city's known as the diesel capital of india over 60 percent of vehicles in calcutta august and isn't good but it is hard for businesses to find investors for a mission freed rental systems since this is an extremely new money bags are on willing to finance it as the founders of expedience however devoted consider changing their approach. really really

want to make sure that none of the vehicles buy you the air and you know as many people ask us would we ever going to internal combustion does and we tell them no we might move to maybe higher speeds what does but live in never that is that is the ethos of our bad move in never going to i.c. i think. compared to a 4 stroke engine and electric scooter has a much lower carbon footprint depending on how the electricity was generated but switching to immobility is also a technical challenge as there is still a lot of manufacturers of scooters and the batteries they need. start ups like double d. deal may give you the necessary impulses to get those wheels rolling. just like in kolkata people in cities all over the world are keen to lower their stress

levels and get around easily and cheaply the north german city of hamburg is looking to be a trailblazer on this front it's becoming a small city using artificial intelligence and other digital technologies to improve traffic flow and it wants to encourage people to use public transport more often here's how it works. as our cities grow increasingly congested with more and more people on the move governments have to come up with new solutions to improve traffic flow and these days their digital this software is helping hamburg to improve the coordination of its construction sites because of their group. we're very pleased that we've had some astonishing results. the programmers very intuitive it's very similar to a smartphone or tablet that anyone can use it it's very on problematic i was seeing a big improvement in coordination years the software shows where

a construction site is planned if it looks like it will cause snarl ups building work can be scheduled specifically or it can be bundled with other projects so as to minimize disruption to traffic. beefed up so less. in hamburg traffic lights are already digitally coordinated when in this simple bus approaches the lights automatically switch to green. the control center software keeps the rest of the traffic flowing. in the mornings there are lots more cars and motorbikes heading into the city as opposed to out of it so signals a program to optimize traffic in that direction as were floated justifications in the start up to get. hammered as a pioneer in the field of smart mobility in 2021 the city will be hosting the intelligent transport systems world congress by then local authorities hope to further reduce the time people spend waiting in traffic. is also

a bit of your fertility for main focus is communication between traffic lights and cars signaling to motorists when lights are green before the green wave concept will be replaced by a system providing information on traffic lights including a crossroads so that approaching cars don't have to stop and start. rail travel is one of the most dependable ways of avoiding traffic. the journey planning app is making it easier to get home from the train station it gives travelers access to bike and car sharing services. is a good moment and i have an app for hamburg that shows what public transport options are available where the nearest car sharing station is the nearest underground station overground station and the distances between them that. have been a person influenced and we want to create

a platform where the entire process is seen to from leasing up to registering and paying just. complex big income. people in big cities not only need to be able to move around efficiently they have to share the city's public spaces at the hamburg half and city university researchers have developed digital mom. addles to analyze behavioral patterns such as where people tend to congregate. hop festival we research how public squares work we track people who are out walking their dogs shopping hanging out to see how public places function we collaborate with companies and other research institute who also have an interest in public places working well and attracting people to know the things go to. building contractors can see if their projects me criteria

and compare potential sites in terms of advantages and disadvantages proximity to a research institute or an airport for example. in this way advances in digital technology are giving city dwellers new opportunities to enhance the urban experience. and thus reducing the level of stress something we could probably all benefit from the stress can be caused by so many things noisy car engines traffic jams sirens all basically all the things that surround us city dwellers 247 so how to keep it together in our stressful world our resident guru off recommends enjoying the calm and the beauty of the early morning. it's morning. and the day begins. i. know why he saw flying. what a great feeling. the

city wakes up slowly. nish to things still quiet then. sorry not today i've got meetings nonstop me with the trucks i need a taxi taxi probably but 1st another coffee i didn't know taxi see i take the tram it's getting to time because. this is much better. this election leaping longer would be one option or cut off

or just get up earlier. this is the way to go. well that's all for mate for this week for me and the team in berlin thanks for watching.

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