my grammar lessons to work as a swimming instructor. and our 2 children going through just. what's your story take part. in for migrants. now here's a shocker germany is an automotive titan and totally devoted to the automotive industry cars rule the roads and 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 in a city spends 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 lee 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 persuade it to 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 a personal treat

a child. but do the alternative forms of transport in my home city berlin make the great and can i still adopt nearly 15. my family and i are planning a day trip taking the train you want to go to only looking up the ticket prices on line i discover it's more expensive than taking the car the train leaves every 2 hours that's not good and it's the so-called not that called for trouble more on that later. for every day purposes i find myself renting in east la for short distances it costs about 2 euros a trip but not das. during the last weeks i've been taking these very often best running all over the city.

and they move me from a to b. very fast and i have to admit sometimes i prefer to take. in school and walking. 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 but 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 4 hour day trip my family and i took the train the day at the lake was super relaxing but the journey there and back certainly it wasn't. my kids are still talking about how full the trains were it was actually a double decker train but who 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. 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 does he think 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 yeah that's right is it because we're still fixated on the car and because most of the decision makers are car drivers and car fans 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. spending about. it will take years now to build new rail tracks and buy a new trains but there's no way around it to fix i've had enough of over crowded trains i am going to try car sharing their own vehicles parked all over the city ready to be rented when ever you need one finding the car however it's usually a challenge hello you're talking only starts when you enter your 4th idjit pin code using the calculator in the glove compartment. if you're bad as i didn't want to use a car anymore and not surprisingly i get stuck in traffic. driving through 30 meters and i'm basically. 247. 1000 kilometers of new roads have been built in germany since 9094 cars rule the whole country. living without my own car is

much more complicated and difficult than i expected to be the alternatives are not working that well. i think i will resist not. cycling works best for me only 9 percent of german cycle to work i'm going to hold 8. 100 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 go to his 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 of us 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 earths needed in our batteries

that mitigate extracting and transporting these materials is an environmental nightmare often carried out under inhumane conditions but their reserves are abundant studies show that worldwide deposits of these materials could meet demand for years to come. one good thing about us e-commerce is that we don't emit greenhouse gases although 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 issue. that we share of green energy is growing which definitely plays in my favor. as battery technology improves the range of e-commerce 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 back up its 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 thursday 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 they'll 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 com makers 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 m p 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 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. mover kutner 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 maker 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 just dropped of innovation is when a new market begins to disrupt 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 i would is produced and sold in china all vehicles with combust. tonight engines what would happen if electric vehicles gained the upper hand and demand for these cars dwindles. because i was 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. the biggest manufacturer of electric cars worldwide is the u.s. company tesla but 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 france is schneider electric is a global leader in charging stations but sales in the german market pale compared to other european markets. 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 card. and cities in china and india will be bought 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 the mobility. and

being overtaken by the competition. now that would be a pity considering the business opportunities in the election will billet he said 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 but given the fact that india's megacities are among the worst polluted in the world it's time to switch from dirty to clean mobility like by diego and up based electric scooter rental service. the bright yellow taxis and donvan croutons will tell you you are in kolkata no no university as the city of joy. but the city also faces major difficulties

like lack of public transport and traffic pollution and. electric scooters could help reduce the burden of air pollution especially if. we get some research and found out that only 15 percent of india actually has a drivers license so there was a majority of indian didn't have a license and that was the market that we wanted to adopt we did a little bit more research and found out that electric scooters where the speed of 5 kilometers an hour doesn't require a license to write and that was the aha moment. and that's when we decided that we want to start this company. founded his rental service and over 2 years ago with 60 scooters not he runs a feat of 85. the rental service. clients can pick up and drop off the scooters x. 7 different points across cog on average a scooter is used by 3 to 4 right as

a day. all our school does have probably came on batteries so a dime 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 out there the waco can be swapped if any problem is about to be filed. is perhaps one of the. lions have worked exactly different garners of the city. taking a gap to the business hub of her and back used to cost between pre-funded and $400.00 rupees to 5 yards when she rents an electric for $45.00 rupees less than $0.60. she can hop. on with a fully charged battery she can go up to 60 kilometers. on the scooter i'm not only spending less money i also end up saving time.

i did was act on but i have several things to do in a day i intend to buy 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 says that come what they have seen any. corporate customers like this food delivered get even better rate a strategy which it does also raise the visibility of. scooter's it is primarily aimed at younger stock the pounders and college students. let us think about that. if you talk about the course i don't really know how to go about it and i see my friends who are using their own bikes to do this job to spend a lot on maintainance so that's the biggest benefit to me that's trying to entice.

me like it's them though i do you would think that according to greenpeace india is a still home to 15 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world with delhi ranking as the world's most polluted capital. but why efforts are being made in delhi and it's never being areas the city of struggling with the rapidly rising pollution that. this city is known as the diesel capital of india over 60 percent of vehicles in calcutta august and even driven but it is hard for businesses to find investors for a mission free 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 that approach. we really want to make sure that none of it goes well you the air and you know as many people ask as would we

ever going to internal combustion who does and we tell them no we might move to maybe higher speeds what does that leave in never that is that that is the ethos of our brand even never going to i see i.c.t. is 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 lack of manufacturers of scooters and the batteries they need. start ups like double eagle may give you the necessary impulse 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 more easily and cheaply the north german city of hamburg is looking to be a trailblazer on this front it's becoming

a smart 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 through their group. we're very pleased for you we've had some astonishing results. the program is very intuitive it's very similar to a smartphone or tablet. anyone can use it it's very own problematic i was seeing a big improvement in coordination at c.s. this 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.

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 is a wish i did as i think yes was in the top 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. to your fertility the 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 cause don't have to stop and start in france with . 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 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. have been and outsourcing ensue constantly want to create a platform where the entire process is seen to firmly staying on to registering and paying. long complex big and.

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 hafen city university researchers have developed digital models to analyze behavioral patterns such as where people tend to congregate. to hope 1st of all we research how public squares work we track people who are out walking their dogs shopping hanging out to see how public places function and we collaborate with companies in other research institutes who also have an interest in public places working well and attracting people to the end of the things go to dog and office. building contractors can see if their projects meet 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 stress can be caused by so many things noisy car engines traffic jams sirens well basically all the things that surround us city dwellers 247 so how to keep it together in our stressful world our resident guru recommends enjoying the calm and the beauty of the early morning. it's morning. that the day begins. i. know why he saw flying. along what a great feeling. the

city wakes up slowly. nish to things still quiet then. sorry not today i've got meetings non stop me put in the time i need a taxi taxi but 1st another coffee to be no taxi superstock i take the tram it's got its time i think you. can pick. up. this is much better. this in there sleeping longer would be one option or come off or just get up early . out of this as the white to go.

and that's all for made for this week for me and the team in berlin thanks for watching.

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