from carbon emissions can be prepared to cause serious damage to the environment. so the project is highly controversial in fact the whole topic of emo billet he divides opinion here in germany to some even musk is a crusader hero challenging german common factor is to trade in their combustion engines for batteries to others he's a false prophet brazenly leading the mobility sector down a dead end. tesla is the dumbest form of the mobility you could imagine. because a megalomaniac. stamp act of tesla on the image of the mobility has been detrimental if not disastrous.

what's wrong with the cars they have 0 exhaust are good for the climate surely there are good things. about making cars with huge ranges except that those cars are carrying batteries which are almost one turn in weight 900 kilo batteries and batteries have a very dark side. the production of those batteries involves a lot of electricity generated from coal. production requires so much c o 2 that you'd need to drive a car for years before it starts to become a net c o 2 save or. if one really needs the mobility and battery powered cars you 1st have to check that those batteries are small and light and the other cars are too you can't model them on combustion cars. but do german manufacturers fare better with their e-car.

i've talked to a lot of major german car makers. actually pressing to know was how for years. they've looked at tesla as the standard to follow. uses his bicycle as often as he can he wants to see more small vehicles like this one but many drivers aren't convinced people often want big cars and status symbols how can we stop that habit . when it's something that has to end there are sound options out there that are modern and now enjoy widespread acceptance like car sharing. the former green peace activist even says certain gasoline powered cars could be an option like this he had converted to a low consumption 30 years ago. taken

this development a step further and smaller and lighter cars with state of the art combustion engine technology. we now have small that city cars. are likely needing just one and a half liters of fuel per 100 kilometers. that would have helped to minimize the problem is still there. but even a leader and a half is too much if we're serious about ending our dependence on fossil fuels and while one of the big selling points for e-cards is that they help reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions is still a serious hitch or to making the batteries to power electric vehicles still involves some not so environmentally friendly processes so how green cars really e-cards use raw materials mined in south america the democratic republic of congo

and china these include lithium cobalt and where earth is needed in their batteries . admittedly 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 can meet demand for years to come. one good thing e-cards don't emit greenhouse gases although manufacturing them certainly does. all their parts still have to be produced but the power train only has $200.00 parts as opposed to a combustion engines $1200.00. whether electricity comes from is another huge issue renewable sources or fossil fuels the good news is that the share of green energy is growing which definitely plays in their favor. until now it's been easy to overlook the problems with electric vehicles because they're still only in the

market last year they had market share in wide cost sales was just 2.6 percent but look at it this way that market share more than tripled between 20112018 china is the largest global market accounting for 1202900 followed by the us germany takes place at just over 100000 followed by norway and the u.k. . the german comic is a late comer has to be mobility now they're trying to catch up with tesla well they succeed by colleagues. paid a visit to the world's largest combat a factory to see how they're coping. it's a fine day for a drive in the countryside i can get this fully electric v.w. i.v. 3 to 100 kilometers an hour inside 8 seconds but i'm not doing this just for fun i want to know whether folks wagons can hold their own against tesla sedans.

tesla's model 3 tops the global e-car sales charts this commercial goes so far as to suggest that germans have doubts about their own industries ability to produce competitive models that big and that big think. for 'd this and it. is that really the case. let's make a little comparison. test those model 3 is more of a family car and the company's least expensive model though not yet available in europe it costs the equivalent of 43000 euros and has a range of 415 kilometers. this idea 3 compact i've borrowed from folks wagon costs around $7000.00 euros less than its u.s.

rival. charging its empty battery with enough power to drive 100 kilometers takes just 10 minutes longer than charging the tesla. but there's a difference. the id 3 can't quite cover the same distance as tesla's model 3 though again it's a lot cheaper. so how is v.w. preparing to take on the competition. it's speak out plant in eastern germany has been converted to 100 percent electric car production. that manufactures the id 3 and latest. the id 4 it's a global market offensive. through and we have to produce $1350.00 vehicles and in the future we want to make $1580.00 cars per day that is then $300000.00

electric cars per year it could soon overtake tesla's entire output but isn't v.w. a bit slow off the mark on the immobility front. side in terms of development the timing was just right for us. now we'll be able to produce vehicles in large volume . i remember something similar being said about s.u.v.s people asking v.w. are you a little late but then as now we were spot on with the timing the technology was ready so we could move on to mass production. in northern germany is the headquarters of the world's biggest automaker. i have an appointment with the head of marketing and sales. this i.v. for is aimed at the fast growing s.u.v. segment. the i.d.

3 was developed for the lower priced compact market and as a more affordable rival to test this popular model 3. but will focus wagon have the courage to switch from a classic combustion engine car maker to an all electric future. produces only economy we want to make $300000.00 cars here per year and we're already moving forward on the next factory and then we'll also. a collector cars including ninety's which will give us some breathing space and in china there will be even more production factories will soon be popping up all over the place. in her eyes conventionally powered cars will gradually become niche models the german auto giant aims to be c o 2 neutral by 2050 for decades the car maker has been putting standardized jacey's in its conventional vehicles sharing those construction designs between different

groups brands has been a key factor in v.t. abuse rise to the top spot but will the concept also work with cars is a platform this platform was developed with each car's in mind too so we can offer customers affordable immobility options it's 100 percent volkswagen but of course skoda say at an audi we'll use it too and there will also be a premium platform so it will be pretty nicely covered. towards the end of my adventure with the idea 3 i'm passed by a classic v.w. bug once the best selling car of all time. now the car maker hopes that the cars will help them stay in front of the competition. it'll be interesting to see how things develop and of course for tesla once they get that gigafactory off running. thanks for joining us for another episode of may next time.

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basis to give you his life from far away waiting and counting in the u.s. joe biden edges. closer to the white house after notching wins in crucial swing states the democratic nominee tells supporters he's confident of claiming the white house vote is still being tallied in several states for president donald trump is mounting legal challenges in a bid to put the brakes on the ballot count. a

more your blue cross welcome to the program there is still no winner in the u.s. election but there are some encouraging signs for democratic challenger joe biden the former vice president breathing a little easier after picking up wins in some closely fought states president trump meanwhile is facing increasingly difficult path to win reelection he's launched several legal challenges aimed at stopping vote counting after making on founded allegations of voter fraud so here's a look at the results of where we stand right now and these are changing and we will bring you up to date as best as possible our figures show biden is currently with 264 electoral votes to president donald trump 214 now that puts joe biden just 6 electoral college votes shy of the magic 270 needed to win the presidency how did he get there well 1st of all we have michigan the

counting is done there biden's one that's dave's got 16 electoral college votes and it was a close vote the win in michigan as said lisa in just 6 short along with another win in the neighboring state of wisconsin our figures indicate he's won wisconsin with 10 electoral votes. so what is a little less certain going out west nevada nevada like i said 6 electoral votes there that could be key but it is a very very close race if joe biden maintains his lead in nevada it could bring him victory but it is a tough call with the president united states right on his heels also in georgia 16 electoral votes on the table trump is leading but the margin is narrowing and narrowing and narrowing the trump campaign has filed a lawsuit alleging that in eligible late absentee ballots may have been added to

the count and let's head back out west the data for biden is no good but razor thin in arizona it's a very very tense race for the white house it is hardly over yet even if things are looking slightly better for joe biden the counting is still going on if we look at the country those states are filling up with colors and the path to victory appears to be narrowing significantly for donald trump but it ain't over till it's over and let's get more on exactly what that means with my colleague stacey bivins here in the studio georgia yes we keep bouncing around the country wisconsin michigan pennsylvania maybe arizona maybe not go at it now we're landing on georgia what is georgia mean for the election right now well georgia is key because it will determine 1st of all. it will keep joe biden alive or 2 on

a champ alive either one of these camps they both need georgia and the thing is you mentioned the lawsuit in georgia with the trump campaign it's concerning 53 votes 535353 not 53500 just 53 so what happened was is that the camp says that these 53 votes came in on election day but after the 7 pm get to that line now i don't know how they know this and they're going to have to prove how they know this or if this is true but this is what what they're focusing on and part of this has to do with the trump campaign just wanting to seem like it's viable so even if trump loses he doesn't want to seem like a really big loser so he wants to feel like once you give the the image that if in fact he does lose it's not because it's fair it's because something else has happened look at all these little things that these democrats have done these democratic governors have done to keep me out of the loop there i've seen

a reality t.v. show i think about this. the biggest the biggest loser you know 53 votes that really gives a whole new understanding to counting every vote the united states is a huge country one of the largest democracies in the world this is not the 1st time that we've you know had such razor thin margins such difficulties counting votes what is going on in america that we can't seem to get a quick reliable count on just where people stand on their elected leaders also be fair we usually get pretty quick results even though you know it takes a long time for the results to be complete we usually have an idea who's going to win usually in the wee hours of the morning but we're in the middle of a pandemic and one of the challenges that we have here is that there's millions of votes that came in by mail. and there's a shortage of staff because of the pandemic and also there's not one national nonpartisan group. that oversee these elections it's usually handled by whoever is

pena left democrat or republican and a lot of these republican states and counties there's been a little bit of voter suppression so fewer drop boxes and fewer polling places so that adds to the build up of all of all of the votes that's very much the fox guarding the hen house a lot of these situations so earlier we had joe biden speaking in his home state of delaware very clear not to declare victory but maybe coming a little bit closer to it let's have a quick list. and now after a long night of county it's clear that we're one you know states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency i'm not here to clear that we've won but i am here to report to the count is finished we believe we will be the winners almost counted. we have won wisconsin

520000 over votes virtually the same margin the president trump won that state 4 years ago in michigan we lead by over 35000 votes and it's growing a substantially bigger margin and president trump won michigan in 2016 michigan will complete his photo soon maybe as early as the day and i feel very good about pennsylvania virtually all the remaining balance to be counted are cast by mail and we've been winning 78 percent of the vote by mail in pennsylvania we flipped arizona and the 2nd district of nebraska of special significance to me is that we've won with the majority of the american people. and every indication is that that majority will grow the popular vote lead

of nearly $3000000.00 votes and every indication is that will grow as well in the senate hershon are on track to win more vote ticket in the history of this country than ever won the presidency advise for is over 70000000 votes. so shoes on the other foot if it was good enough these margins of victory for trump in 2016 now biden saying hey they're good enough for us as well but it can't be very satisfying victory especially when the polls consistently for months are showing biden nationally of 7 to 10 points in the major states you know 58 points here he's just squeaking by what happens well and a win is a win so even though democrats are upset that it wasn't a landslide and it wasn't this huge repudiation against donald trump that they were

hoping for at the end of the day that the democrats believe that they have a path that's best for america so they just need to win that that's that's the main thing what happened with the pollsters i don't know this is a this is a real issue and if i had this ability to know this i would not be sitting across from you i'd be having like margarita's in majorca something i don't know but it's something that they have to think about but the results have been very instructive for me this looks like 2 things 1st of all the republican party needs to broaden its base you can't rely on the shrinking demographic of non educated why people to get you through. for the democrats they need to do is my grandfather said dance with the one that brought them so they need to invest more and getting more african-americans more latinos to vote because even though trump didn't get huge points with them it was enough to drag this whole thing out you know well. you know

going off what your grandfather said let's see what people in delaware had to say we have our reporters on the ground there in delaware and this is a little bit of what a few voters were thinking of where we're at right now in this election. just flew righteous to find out who won i wouldn't say i'm as nervous as a lot of people. presidents really don't really affect my life that much and never say about it just because it's so close right now but i'm feeling good about it because biden did just when the scots in michigan and i know right now we're waiting to hear about nevada and it's looking good with pennsylvania so i'm really hoping that it's going to be a success right in. the presidential election is not going to determine a change to change it determine among the people. that is take. the stand approach the 1000000 process. the process.

it's a little disappointing how many spaces in counties where red at or near me but overall it is what it is not necessarily that we don't know the results yet so there is no absolute answer all right so some reserved good feelings going on in joe biden's home state let's talk about donald trump he's often seen as such a divisive figure he's never you know his of approval ratings have never really gone over the mid forty's they've been even lower than that been hit so hard for you know criticism of the coronavirus and yet he performed very well what do we learn about donald trump from this is from his you know his 2nd election is 2nd campaign i'm not really sure that we learned so much from donald trump as much as we learn more about the american public and what we've learned is that there is a deep divide and it's almost 5050 and i think that his presidency exaggerated

that even more and it emboldened some people who feel like they are the new quiet majority and they want the change to move slower or they. are afraid of brown and the other and they identify with the things that he says now democrats find his rhetoric extremely racist a massage and a stick but for them this is for some of those voters this is how they feel for other voters it's a bit more cynical it's about the bottom line they appreciate the tax cuts and they can ignore all the rest of the rhetoric or all the rest of the rhetoric and a little bit maybe some of them agree with some of it too i was listening to a sound bite by jury questionnaire where he said well more black people need to want to succeed if marching doesn't mean that you want to succeed but there are a lot of people and some of these rural areas in bigger areas that agree that agree with with that so it's that donald trump reflects part of america that

a lot of other america thought was much smaller and was fading away but it's here indeed and you know going off of the election it's still early we don't have a result go either way right now are there any lessons we can learn you know whether you're democrat republican or do we see from this election i think what we learned is that 1st of all you can't trust the polls all the time and that we're already there. and you really have to focus on your base and extending your base if you want to win because this whole thing about trying to claw votes away from people is so un-american and so undemocratic and it's so deflating to so many people so it's just better to try to get more people involved in the process as opposed to disenfranchising so many people. can indeed be a very unsatisfying kind a way to win regardless of what side stacy bivins thank you very much for that

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