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with its electric car set to power ahead into the european market. does the future of e mobility belong to china? they have their products ready and they have a plan to conquer the european market. why our brands like me and their innovative marketing strategies, years ahead of european automakers from left to fund. they've been putting in a lot of work over the last 2 decades to build up this industry book has been without found. how did by manage overtake previous market liter, tesla, and become the biggest e car maker on the planet? they control the own way to chain off the electric car.

it's a very problematic situation for the european golf manufacturers to germany and europe even stand a chance of catching up with a competition from china or have they been left in the dust for good. so that is really a change of to types here. in 2022, the chinese auto industry launched an unprecedented offensive on the european market with over a dozen new vehicles covering all model categories. and the timing is hardly a coincidence. at the moment, we have a very special, a situation for the european car market. the prices for cars have gone up, and at the same time, we need to achieve green and, and electrified mobility. and here is, i believe, for a very good does. some may call it a golden opportunity for new entrance in the game,

mainly coming from china. e cars have recently become increasingly expensive in europe. among the reasons is domestic car makers model strategies. although russia's invasion of ukraine has also been a factor in a dramatic rise in energy cost for production in europe means that raw materials previously imported at low price from russia need to be acquired elsewhere. and for a lot of money to transport an environment as an geo that conducts regular studies on cleaner transportation, it discovered that the proportion of new e cars on the roads of europe dropped to 11 percent in 2022. while in china, it increased to 18 percent here to chinese, outstripping europe. so what are the reasons for this development? some i'm not traditionally far 1st, of course there are the current supply chain problems,

although that's more short term and one at a lot of mistakes had been made in the past. the car lobby had been hoping back, new combustion engine models would not, after all, be banned in 2035. and there was a lot of dithering. m will naturally to have a feel afresh. and now things really need speeding up on yet securing raw materials, speeding up supply chains, ella and ramping up battery production. and in the long term, looking at recycling facilities too. so that's a lot of factors to accommodate and will perform can for faculty longer than when it comes to expanding its electron mobility industry. china has evidently done a number of things better than countries in europe, including germany. the chinese government has nearly a decade. the go recognised a debt there the new game. it's not the combustion engine. the more the new game is electrified mobility, and they have set industry politic us a frameworks and also financial aids in order to motivate the local industry to

develop a compelling offer. and now after many years of development, these are the products and the efforts i ripe. and with an eye on maximizing self sufficiency, china introduced a rash of c subsidies covering r and d for all e mobility components. offering buyer incentives, speeding up a certification process compared to non electric models. and last but not least doubled the number of charging stations and the rest of the world combined with some of them in beijing for example, accessible to drivers at 0 cost. having a steady supply of required rama euros made before batteries may be for electric motors, or you name it as inc. this is a, this is a key, a key task for the government. they control radio chain of the electric car, including also were at the batteries, especially in the field of battery technology. separate breakthroughs and

advancement asked deed made by the chinese industry. in addition to setting new standards with its innovative, lithium iron phosphate batteries bide also makes electric motors and chips all under the same roof. the world's biggest e car manufacture has a wide range of models. european drivers can choose from the hon luxury sedan, the tongue as u. v. and a small compact called at o 3 and they cost up to a 3rd less than the respective european rivals. ah, they are broke the thing from a low energy prices because say using a high share of coal finance. yeah, china has secured access to a lot of resources in africa to through direct foreign investments. it has totally different supply chains than we do with us. yeah,

they also have more profitable working conditions with the environment and workers paying a lot of the price that one after i buy. that's why some cars are cheaper than in europe too much. but anti goofy doesn't jive thousands of will pop while there is much to be critical of in terms of long term commitment, china's e mobility strategy is miles ahead of the west of get sean active and they already want 80 percent of public fleet slide taxis and government vehicles and key regions to be 0 emissions vehicles. why? the kind of set up we're not even close to in europe. we're not really familiar with which title and for pounds. and i will panel cuff, commercial customers and company cars or the entry market for new electric cars who annoyed act was out and on that front door 6th recently said that it was buying 100000 acres from china's byte talent. he out of something that she has to law by 6 is a german based international rental company. and in future,

any one reserving one of their e cars. we'll have a 5050 chance of being handed, the keys to a slick looking bide like the han fight one there. 2 reasons. first, the availability of cars and the foreseeable future of our and the fact that chinese models are certainly comparable to high and european models. we're toying our patient premium one day. when it comes to e mobility, the chinese are slowly but surely getting europe's traditional automakers hot under the collar. that human excellence, internal combustion engines was undisputed. but now with electric mobility out there that the cards got shuffled again. it's a very broad romantic situation from the european car manufacturers because the quality of the chinese sir electric cars is much better than it boss or yeah, 2007 or 2008. when they at 1st started to,

to get into the european market and failed. meanwhile, neo has launched its e t 7, executive sudan in europe. he comes with a unique service program that enables drivers to swap empty batteries for full ones . in a matter of minutes. there'll be neil houses opening across europe, upscale show rooms, ended elevating the ownership experience and the neo mile range will soon see the addition of sub brands. for compact models. there's a strategy behind it. the key was to introduce a flagship, a halo model, right? which demonstrated technology which ha, ha, ha, ha, hi, price point and, and the house, the margin right to start business. and then go into the mass market a, china doesn't just have the executive segment in it. sites from the sporty by atto 3 to the multi purpose by d one and the,

or are one many, there are cars for every budget and with a series of smaller models about to hit europe at the lower cost segments. we see that the um yeah, there's no broad act offer from my are folks wagon ora ya other. oh yeah, uber pin or western a common use actress m, but the chinese deliver the chinese government funded um a specially a small cost minuscule ruling. hong kong, for example, is the top selling e car in china, shifting well over a quarter of a 1000000 units in 2021. and that's in large part thanks to its low price there. the equivalent of $3700.00 euro's not surprisingly, it is likewise headed for europe and is already on sale. in lithuania, the affordability of electric mobility. these is one of the key factors to master,

to transition towards carbon neutral mobility. raj and i'll, in germany at the government wants to see 15000000 e vehicles on the roads by 2030. and it's now looking at which political steps would help consolidate that. and introduce even more e. carson be at center and at the european manufacturers are unable to keep up. and then of course, customers are going to turn to chinese car maker saki and quantum. anton fontanello smashed alan. china is firmly in the fast lane and has already left the floundering european car industry in its wake. the chinese oems. they have started exactly how the european ca market works and how to successfully enter the car mark . my bet would be that the china are successful in getting a market share in europe in this coming year. as the pace hots up we'll

european bill cars be able to catch up is china's e car offensive a cause for alarm or catalyst? because the future of automotive production will likely be decided sooner rather than later in oregon to denver, colorado. right? next to me is the probably most luxurious electric s u b out there. right now the new mercedes benz e q s s u b. if that's true, we want to find out today, but 1st we'll head out of the city right into the mountains. oh, and we're going to change the color little bit. as expected, the flagship electric su,

v of the brand comes with all the bells and whistles such as over the air updates for digital features and car software. ah, the general driving impression in the u. s. s. u. v. is some movers. how it is silent on the interior, you. he almost no wind noises then of course, you profit from the fact that electric cars are way more silent then for example, of combustion engine cars. furthermore, the adaptive suspension keeps most of the bombs outside. so you don't really fill them in the interior. in fact, this is really close to what i would imagine. if i think about luxurious driving, ah, the entry level version, which is the q s $450.00 plus comes in with $265.00 kilowatts at the rear. and every consumption between 18.6 and 23 kilowatt hours per one. i'm going to give

you the range of our own 536 to 660 kilometers. the model is $580.00 for monday, which delivers $400.00 kilowatts and it will make the dash from 0 to 100 kilometers an hour and 4.6 seconds. while 6.7 seconds is the time the $450.00 plus takes 30 like figures for a machine. this imposing the interior of the q s s u v. as you can tell at 1st, glad it's really high quality. you have some nice materials. nice stitching thing here. everything feed looks very luxurious, that in the middle you have the infotainment system which is due to its size and the weights tilted pretty easily usable,

at least that's what i think. furthermore, you have like 2 different options in head up displays. a smaller one, which we have right here, that gives you an image in around 4 and a half meters of distance. that we have your most important information like speed, speed limit, and also navigation if you're using it. and then there is the bigger version, which is the mental reality head up display that will project in 10 meters of distance. and that means it's around $77.00 inches of pizza. you will get in your field of view. and that is pretty neat. if you need it, i don't know, but i definitely go for the basic version because you will have your speed and the speed limit, which is also pretty nice because then you don't need to look down to check that in the space on the back is ample just as you can expect it from a car that is more than 5 meters in length. you have on off lakehoma,

a lot of head room and it's also pretty luxurious. you have everything you need back here so you can adjust the seeds electrically. you can add some seed heating, you can adjust the temperature for the climate right here, and you can charge your smartphone with these 2 u. s. b c sockets. and if you have nobody sitting in the center, then you can for that down here, wireless smartphone charging a little space where you can have like maybe some snacks and cup holder here at the front. so basically you have everything you need for a long journey. and i'll just car is equipped with an option, a 3rd row of seats. but as it's usual for luxurious cars, you don't have to fold their seats yourself. you simply press a button and they will move out of the way electrically. you have to be careful though, because the 2nd someone press the button, the front seat will also start to move with.

yeah, i mean, it can definitely sit back here, but it should not be taller than not say, one meter and 70. but for children, it's definitely the right place. awe thanks. did the adaptive air suspension leak, u. s. s e v can be put into our fraud law and lift the chassis by 22 millimeters. that way, it can handle awful passages that you would not expect from such a car within a motor on each axle, the format of versions are perfect for off road use, since the power can instantly be sent to the wheel with the highest traction. we're axel steering with up to $4.00 degrees, comes a standard, making the huge car more maneuverable. the angle can optionally be increased to 10 degrees. this works by an over the air update that can be done any time. the

battery of the e q, as, as u. v has a little more than 107 kilowatt hours of available energy. and charging can be done with up to $200.00 kilowatts. that means 15 minutes of charging will give you around 250 kilometers off additional rate. ah, once you press the brake pedal, the rakes will not actually start working, but 1st the electric motors will start recuperating up to the maximum that they can perform. and it's only after that, if you need more breaking power, that the brakes will kick in that way, you will use less of your brakes so they will wear down slow and you will also recuperate energy. the driver can choose from 5 different dr. modes, eco comfort, sport, individual and off road in the u.

s. s. e v is a pretty luxurious vehicle. i could experience it today. no doubt about it. but there, of course, vehicles out there that are a little more luxurious than this car could think about land drove us range rover awe. maybe the bandler been tega. but those do as of now not yet exist in purely electric version b, e t u s. s. e v is highly luxurious, with surprisingly high off road capability and strong motors. on the downside, even the entry level version has a starting price up over $110000.00 euros in germany. ah. a gray yard and at kroganow for used cars from europe.

everybody's looking to put them on in their office with a couple on a quest to keep german classics alive. people like us are responsible for keeping mostly cars on the road and the people who risk their health to find automotive treasure amongst trash. do we have for many this we don't have access to protected polluted. the love of vintage design, the economics of this scrap metal industry and at chris, do it yourself spirit come together here. my name is city provide, you know, i know to mechanic and a restore. i'll thought masika like to i just love the way most of these cars were built and the kind of engines they came with. most of these cargo he and his wife, tina decided to turn their passion for classic vehicles into a business. for 10 years. vintage exotics has restored or refurbished over a 100 cars like these. this is a 1993 honda civic

e g. m is a billed, is drained, and this is a very rare vehicle. it is a c $43.00 am g from $9.00 to $90.00. 6, a concert of each engine. this is a mercedes, 190 ram for mercedes benz. and this is a very, very special car. this is a 2002 series from the end of u. m. is the only one in the country. gonna imports about $100000.00 cars a year. 90 percent of these arrived in various states of disrepair. yeah, most of these cars come from europe and america and, and most of them come in to gonna salvage salvage. mean, sam, slightly damage. understandably, it doesn't take long before a cars with one wheel in the grave, qualified to go fix it under. once the car reaches the end of its driving life, it ends up here at the adverb glossy scrapyard where nothing,

both ways though we're in the middle of a mobility scrap yard, and this is where most of their old cars that are no longer in use on the pop up, so everybody's looking for their diamond in the rough mechanics like myself. we tend to come here when we're looking for how to find parts. it help us to source pop. luckily from godaddy. important because when you pop the duties are extremely with on site workers process up to 20 cars a day meticulously, dismantling them to sort and harvest value fell components veritable automotive gold. you need skills could, is these kind of work to do, knew where to cut and where and what to cut and data from pass today are very dangerous.

car comprises of so many companies that in gin their wires their body, the seeds then then they lead us inside. we have to come and dare to move. advert tim and then we sort it usable parts get bought by mechanics for car repairs. those but no one wants including engine blocks get broken down sorted and so just scrapped the steel industry today. jay has spotted something he likes were coming around here. i thought he had got a cup up at the wheels underneath the doctor. my eye caught my eye and i, i decided to get them. these are the wheels. uri's in wheels. that's what i'd like them to looking for one floor. well, going to strip the pain, to restore it, and put it on one of my vehicle. the best of the metallic harvest goes to nearby market and with his citron rally will secured. that's where jay is heading next.

a go, i'm in the middle of. i will so kind of the bigger still to move to markets in gonna look to the left. you see m replacements there in pools, an airbag and if you look them are right. you see a lot of brake pads, horses for on utah, right, utah hoses and more steering wheels, shock absorbers, and things like that. so this is like being in the candy store because on the part of that i need them for restore my classic cost. this is why fi of them? couple of cds. i just purchased the whole for the veto on 190 a mercedes benz from 1990 the whole house, a customer who is making the vehicle by heat. so i'm going to replace it with this back at the workshop. tina is eager to see what jay has brought home

when i saw that he was, i was a quite excited out and i was really excited when i saw it because it's, it's a rare thing to find. whoa. where he found it's. it's another thing altogether. the to waste no time getting to work on the restoration. stripping off the old paint and reconditioning the metal beneath. but there is still the beloved mercedes, w 2, a $1190.00 with a radiator leak. best car was built in germany in 1983, nearly 4 decades on command genuity of kaneen scrap workers help keep it going. and it's a success. another classic car rescued from the scrap heat and another used european vehicle given a 2nd life on west africa roads. very

heartbreaking to see a lot of vehicles being cut up for gum metal. but m people like us, are responsible for keeping most of these cars on the road to them is just a matter that they are going to scrap book. but then to us it's something you'd be of great value. so we're happy to be part of the journey of keep in these vehicles alive, and the whole purpose is to keep it around for the next generation and them help develop the next phase of the automotive culture. tuning next time for more exciting developments from the world of more

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