aah rearing to read. ah, everyone who loves books has to go insane with a dw literature list. 100 german must reads the issue with existing batteries is that they saw they're really horrible. c we are living during the most extraordinary time in history of transport will go for the electric with my the gotten rid of the little and mobility shall we read experiences neos ai

system and battery swamping tack our state of the art. but just how good are they? no me just took over to car. she is going to bark it in for you. and the whole process from here on a scale we thought rev analyzes automotive battery swapping in all the rage. but is that a good or bad idea? said to wait here, we need walkable batteries to see if the wood or do we just need better batteries? red explores, this indian city is hoping people will swamp out motorized, transportation for pedal power. can the idea catch on minutes of that i look at the melodies i went on on the single ones on douglas like a look at that other of your business shots, if possible. gotta take a look at them. if not, it's worked out that gender and brad discovers meet the you know, cycling world record holder who swamped out 2 wheels for one is coming up

soon. all should indicate by laws has owned option vehicle law commission, the high false revolutionary new tech, emerging green mobility solutions, and tales of valor and victory right now on wrath. with your boundary level is low. do you want to find a charging point nearby? and now we have 10 screws. laser guided that on through the battery from the vehicle. we're going by 2025 to be present in 25 markets,

both slides. so we have big on vision. neil is founder and ceo, william lee had a vision for his cars. one that laid emphasis on digital technology, artificial intelligence, battery swapping, and a tight knit community of neo buyers and fans. it's worked wonders in china neos home market. but lee has now set his sights on conquering europe, which is no way because it's an environmental friendly country. people's mindset this open we of course have the highest percentage of evie sold it in europe and it is a sustainable country. 98 percent of the energy comes from the renewable sources and we liked us and we will enter for new counties this year. so germany, the netherlands, sweden and then grabs louise. copper is an onslaught and check out the 1st ever neo battery swapping station outside of china is car, the neo, the,

the 1st neo model in europe. ah, your boundary level is low. i think you should switch to eco mode. do you want to find a charging point nearby? louise can stay in the essay as the empty battery is replaced with a fully charged one. so just to rest our parking lot station pocket and we're good to go. so now if you release the break, yeah. then this one normally takes over please you want to your surroundings and do not press the guest pedal, the flyer or open the dollar. i could put my hands away right now, which is which is pretty funny. so what you see didn't know me just took over to car, she is gonna park it in for you and, and the whole process from here on his voice on the swamp station does more than just replace your battery. so this car has an ulcer version of the station has identified that the car has also

for version it's gonna update the car ah, and then is going to do the battery so so we always have the latest software update when you get out of power help system, ideally, and most people have their, their car connected at home to life. i car pulls in the data also if you don't have it connected, it pulls in the latest updates, but it also installs. yep. it for you. so you don't have to manually press the button and go this wall position does little for you. if you f over to your software, you cannot change anything. we can just change the features in the buttons you have on the screen. but with the firmware over the air, we could choose to say, look, we want the air conditioning to work. when the swap is happening, we want the screens to work. when is what was happening. so those things we can rewrite ended the core code of the car and change the experience. because now you see the screens are off. yeah, it could be that we rico the car and away that in an extra for ver,

it's to be on the o swap. stations also that you change the size of the battery, you want to use the old battery is not going directly into the method is 1st moved on the sides. then in the meantime, a new battery. it's being taken out from the battery hotel and will be put into the vehicle and only after the swap event has finished, we have the old battery who is going into the battery will tell and is being charged in theory up or downsizing your battery as possible and to make sure it's glitch free, an operator keeps an eye on things using a touch screen. we have more than 860 swap stations is going very, very fast. we have completed the swap stations in around 4 years. the goal of neo is to and soul and operates $4000.00 swap stations worldwide by 2025 and a thousands of these will be outside of china. ah.

so what's my final verdict for today? i have to say i had a lot of fun driving the neo e s 8, which is really comfortable. and the swapping station was really impressive to me because you can switch a battery in and a 5 minute, which is even faster than going to a petrol station. and i think this is the future of mobility views. e t 7 sedan is set to be launched in germany at the end of 2022, with 478 kilowatts of power, and 850 newton meters of tor. the top of the line model is set to go over 1000 kilometers on a single charged thanks to its solid state 150 kilowatt hour battery neos clearly got v, w and tesla, and it's cross hairs. oh, the issue with existing batteries is that they saw this as the classic batteries

not included so that we really need walkable batteries to save the world. or do we just need better battery? a battery swapping is the buzzword when it comes to eve. but what isn't the deal with battery swapping, and is it a good or bad idea? welcome to what's up where we talk about everything electric with, with one of our batteries in rather a lot of everyday items from water to titus to cameras. for why not swap out the batteries in the machine that he buys mobo? that's what a lot of manufacturers seem to be thinking. new in china and norway ample in california, is the i'm in germany fan mobility in india and governor in thailand to name just a few and some countries also the battery swapping. it's the quickest way to get

people to switch to ease without range anxiety case in point india. in february 2022, when in dest budget for the year was announced, union finance minister, near malesky, the roman said that battery swapping was clearly the way forward. and the indian government was hoping to standardize batteries, which would mean a one size fits all battery that could work for a variety of different kudos or cars. in india, bounce infinity offers the e one scooter with the option of operable batteries. he'll model coff has died up with go grows battery swapping network and heat or electric has stayed up with sun mobility. so it seems to me, battery swap is gone. but even though everyone seems really gung ho about battery swap in technology, we're still wondering is battery swapping a good, a bad idea to fully understand this? let's jump back in time to the 1st manufacturer who taught us battery swapping or

lecture cause battery is switched in an efficient, fully automated manner back in 2007 and israeli company named better place certainly thought battery swapping with a good idea. found a shy agassi had a lofty goal to reduce the world's dependence on fossil fuels, and he convinced a lot of people that this was the right way to go. better place raised plenty of funding. and general nissan agreed to build cars to their specifications, so that batteries could be swapped out. in effect, they had separated the battery from the electric car buying experience in agassi's onwards. in a sense, if you want to think about it, this is the classic batteries not included so badly if managed to reduce the cost of the car for the customer and eliminated long charging times because their automated battery swapping system took all the 5 minutes to perform the transplant so in effect, better place where the originators of automotive battery swapping. but unfortunately

by 2013 their batteries were dead. and see despite a network of swapping stations across israel, better place didn't fare too many cars before it went bust. and that i might have a reason cited for this failure, including the fact that circ out with hasn't any of the word and most cami goes weren't really ready for electric cars, let alone innovative charging or swapping solutions. who so is battery swapping a good or a bad idea? well back in 2030, this guy seemed to think that was good around the time, better place with filing for bankruptcy. he unveiled his vision for battery swapping in the tesla model f, but by 2016 death law had abandoned batteries whopping in favor of beth and put out the network. but not before they had pack looking fed some more interesting things about batteries. well, the issue with existing voucher is, is that they saw,

okay. yeah, they're really horrible. they're expensive, or reliable. they're, they're through spinky ugly, bad in every way. well, jump ahead to 2022 and it's still hard to dispute. some of the things that must said about batch if it's generally agreed that car batteries are expensive and heavy and dig a long time to charge less. you have to be careful how you charge them because you might damage the battery chemistry, which good lead to your battery going to a better place sooner rather than later. what has changed between 2013 and know a lot, including diesel gate which was a catalyst for our electric future. between 20132021. global e v. sales have drawn 33 dames and with more ease on road. now is the time for more

charging infrastructure and innovative battery solutions. i with battery swapping ginger anxiety is a non issue. some more people are likely to buy ease with swap, a bull batteries. and if you're selling ease, without a battery, you're reducing the initial amount of money. a customer needs to spend plus batteries don't last forever. their efficiency tapers off and eventually they die. and replacing the battery in an e. v costs a lot of money. in fact, it upset one tesla modeless owner so much that instead of being 22000 your loads on a new battery, he blew his card up with 30 gallows of dynamite instead. ah squabble, batteries do offer benefits, but they're not. flawless. evie owners have no control over the condition off the

battery. they get at a swap station. they just need to live with it until their next swap. and until batteries get standardized, you're stuck with the battery that specific to your e v manufacturer which limits your choice. and as if the case could swap a little back please, especially with cars, there's no option to try charging them at home. then just the fact that swap a will batteries mean a lot more batteries, you need more batteries than just the number of vehicles on the road. and it costs more money money, which is eventually recovered from the customer via subscription plan. so eventually with you end up being what it would have cost to buy the machine with the battery in the put flip and the thumb manufacturer, se swapper bill back, she's need less lithium. you still need more batteries. so more manufacturing, more minerals, more mining and more shipping, not exactly green. and in the case of swapping stations specifically for cause the

robotics to automate a charging station at another element of cost to the process. all things considered battery swapping seemed like a quick solution to our charging dilemma. on the one hand, it's low hanging fruit for $2.00 and $3.00 release. and when it comes before we listed need, like constantly like taxes of fleet vehicles, swap over batteries do make sense. but queuing up to swap the battery in a private gas seems a bit much, especially since if all goes well, even if batteries don't get a whole lot better, fast charging infrastructure soon. we'll said we really need to swap batteries to save the world. or do we just need better batteries? ones that are lighter, more efficient, charged faster, and last longer and the batteries won't ever become more efficient, is manufacturing more and more of them going to saddlers. but the problem that we someday can swap if you want more red,

check out our youtube channel. if you want regular features about new cars and car culture and about mobility around the world, read can make you very happy. ah vintage classics and future tech or just some of the exciting content waiting for you. subscribe to us at youtube slash d w. read and you'll always be up to speed. most big cities have t problems in common traffic and the associated pollution that comes with it. but as one indian city is discovering pedal power just might be the best way to fix things on keith compar cycles for part of his 5 kilometer commute to work. but he doesn't

own a cycle. instead he writes a different one each day. and it's always ready to go with the click through an app. it's part of one of indiana's largest file sharing services called my bike and counter is a loyal patron. yeah, my recommendation. i really like my boss care because the cycles are equipped with baskets, where i can store things like my laptop, the free lunch bottle and water bottle. but for me, if i got to stand for my community, are my cycle to the bus stand and parked the bike over there? what love park, then i take a bus if you stopped on it and grab another my bike able to reach my office like it might help me figure out what i would come to our lives. and i'm at about the largest city in the state of good lap. like in other indian cities, i'm at the bath is working to integrate cycle sharing into the public transport system. here that includes a fleet of bosses that operate in normal traffic,

as well as other is assigned their own dedicated lanes known as the boss. rapid transit system or b r t s. growing pollution has spurred the push for better public transport across indian cities. the biggest cause of pollution is vehicles, their numbers going up across the country and therefore, so as the traffic which causes more pollution and higher emissions. i'm at the bath is known to have one of the best public transport systems in india. but there is room for improvement. a recent study found that more people would use public transport if the city improved what's known as last mile connectivity. that is transport that bridges the gap between travelers, homes, and their newest boss, more metro stock. what we tried to do was to talk to people about a bit of travel behavior into powered the travelling red, weird with the goal. and what are the modes that they typically ship as well?

just focus on bus. it is also focused on the shuttle quadratic shows, all the focus on the other movies. so understanding that travel needs is what we were trying to do last my connectivity is very important for the public transportation network. at the center of excellence for transport in a math about urban planning experts worked with a focus group to advance the city's public transport system. they know that for their last mile o more passengers traditionally have depended on rickshaws, private or shared, or simply their own. 2 feet, but rick shaw services can be unreliable, or expensive, and walking can be uncomfortable and even unsafe, especially for women. accountant argy sony is trying to offer an alternative with my bike. he launched the service in 2013 and initially spent years optimizing it by studying commute or behave here. he believes bike sharing is the key to solving the

problem of last small connectivity. and more you're talking about health issues. my bike is one of the on. so you're talking about climate change, my mike is one of the on, so you talk about are one mobility traffic condition. my mike is the answer. you talk about mental health and happiness. i'm sure not of not many people realize this, but a lot of my bakers ride my bike because of the mental st. and happen is that they get out of it all their bike sharing platforms exist and i'm with about. but my bike is among the largest with 10000 cycles used by over half a 1000000 people across the country. it costs just $2.00 rupees or less than $0.03 a day on the up making it affordable, and appealing to a wide consumer base. i'm of the firm belief that conveniences so is my alternative that i'm presenting going to be convenient for

the user. if yes, then i have a market for my product. if not, i'm routed and that's how we position my baby. make me the service available at the station. city officials have also made note of it's potential to boost public transport and help cut carbon emissions from private vehicles. in 2014, the city started its own bike sharing projects called under bike to integrate mobility services like my bike into the city wide network. so we'll do this on the bike system into the be provided them spaced along with the quota. and now the people can use the cycle to, to reach their destination, and they can use the ideas their, their mean truck, what we're currently only 13 percent of about residents use public transport lower than the country average. but with a metro network under construction, the city is seeking to raise about share to 30 percent by 2030 minutes. when i 1st

started using it, i was the only person in my office who was biking to work. now there are 4 or 5 people that were using it, at least one day. we often it's a small positive change, but gender rider is like on keith compar, give officials hope that i'm with about will reach its goal of better, more sustainable public transport. and hopefully more people will soon switch to pedal, power honor unicycle, yana. 10 am back in. can reach up to 40 kilometers an hour the coming of the combination of speed and balance. and the high risk is what fascinates me the most eyeballs to stay riding high in the saddle. piano keeps her concentration up and her eyes on the road a little fun could present an obstacle. happy man in

lanka. aha, i do have a handlebar that, but it's mostly so i can lean into the wind and not for support. finally, the on bicycles. you can hold on to the handlebars that had passed. the unicycle doesn't have anything to stabilize you demons. where so you have to find your center and learn to build speed and confidence without using your hands off to bomb . it takes years of practice to learn to ride with this kind of speed in skill even as a little girl, yana. 10. am back and felt magically drawn to the unicycle and began taking part in competition. but her talented balancing hasn't always been well appreciated. on the contrary, as kindle, i shall northern as a kid, i get in trouble for tipping my chair up on one leg and nursery school. what was your friend rocking back and forth while eating mine as from your guest? so they told my parents, they suspected i had a movement disorder and which was just room had, but my father was sure that wasn't true. and he me into sports. and i know that was

the best decision he could have made well, and i'm very grateful to him for it of him. now at age 21, she's collected medals in prizes the world over at the 2018 world unicycle and championships in south korea. she bag 5 world champion titles in various disciplines. and in 2020, she broke the world record for the longest distance covered in one hour. with over 33 kilometers on her unicycle, she even beat the men's record at that time. in few and many of the physically demanding sports that's just unthinkable national. that was another huge step forward that and that's really special to me is on the of yon a 10 am bag and was born and 5 organ southwestern germany. she moved to berlin to study. she set up a little workshop in her room in the apartment. she shares. she owns 15 unit cycles

for various purposes. one even has studied tires for off roading as often as she can. she takes off to go riding cross country and other discipline that yana holds. a world championship title for and the only one she's ever injured herself. it doesn't on mountain back up on in a mountain bike or hit my unicycle from behind and a mud hole and my leg got caught in between his crank and wail, fished my shin bone, got wedged ends, oak grove, and i finished the race in one. but afterwards i had to go to the medic, perry austin was pretty swollen up. but that's the worst that's happened to me. outdoor so far it is by comparison, the ride home through berlin's rush hour traffic is like a walk in the park. a unicycle in town may be unusual, but it's perfectly legal and it helps or stay in shape for future challenges.

a, my one, our world record leaves some room for improvement. i'd say evelyn, there's also a 24 hour world record in a cycle writing. i'd like to go for that one to 5, but you can sit on the cycle for a long time. you just need to practice. ride safe weather on 4 wheels, 2 or one, and see you next time on rev. ah ah, [000:00:00;00]

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