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with its electric car set to power heading to the european market. does the future of e mobility belong to china? they have their products ready and they have a plant to conquer the european market. why are brands like meo and their innovative marketing strategies? years ahead of european automakers from left to funds that been putting in a lot of work over the last 2 decades to build up this industry, focus with alpha. how did by manage to overtake previous market liter kessler and become the biggest e car maker on the planet? they control the own way to chain off the street. oh,

it's a very romantic situation for the european goth 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 situation for the european car market. the prices for cars have gone up net 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 the 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 transport and environment as an in 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 tradition. he saw 1st of course,

there are the current supply chain problems, although that's more short term and we wanted a lot of mistakes had been made in the past. the car lobby had been hoping that new combustion engine models would not after all be banned in 2035. and there was a lot of dithering m one. actually cyber fuel efficient. and now things really need speeding up on yet securing raw materials, speeding up supply chain sellers 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. and for both of them, good happens 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 recognized 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 politics as

a frameworks and also financial aids in order to motivate the local industry to develop but 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 rush of state 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, double the number of charging stations and the rest of the world combined with some of them in beijing for example, accessible to dryers 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 the whole radio chain of the electric car, including also we're at the battery,

especially in the field of battery. the kamala cheap, several breakthroughs and advancement, half feet made by the chinese industry. in addition to setting new standards with its innovative lithium iron phosphate batteries by the 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 bro fitting 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 as of yet. they also have more profitable working conditions with the environment and workers paying a lot of the price wedge ones after i buy. that's my some cars are cheaper than in europe too much. been since i goofy gardens. i've found a wilcox, but while there is much to be critical of in terms of long term commitment to 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. so yeah. which title and for pounds, and i will panel handcuff 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 e cars from china's byte talent he out of something new, she has to le, by 6 is

a german based international rental company. and in future, anyone reserving one of their e cars will have a 5050 chance of being handed, the keys to a slick looking bide like the hon in 51 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 twine our patient ping and one day when it comes to the mobility, the chinese are slowly but surely getting europe's traditional automakers hot under the collar. the tube and excellence internal combustion engines was undisputed but now was electric mobility are there? 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

our 2007 or 2008. when they at 1st started turn to get into the european market and failed. meanwhile, neo has launched its e t 7 executive sedan 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 kneelhauss is 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 is a strategy behind it, like he 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 our volkswagen or. yeah. other oh yeah, you go p in all west and a common you factors em. but the chinese deliver, the chinese government funded um a specially a small cost that many schooling. 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, one with my own dodge and out in germany. the government wants to see 15000000 e vehicles on the roads by 2030 and is now looking at which political steps would help consolidate that. and introduce even more e. carson be a factor and at the european manufacturers are unable to keep up. and then of course, customers are going to turn to chinese car makers. saki and continental fountain is mashed along. 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 do you robin, ca, market works and how to successfully enter the car mark? my bet would to be that the china are successful in getting

a market share in europe in the course coming years. as the pays 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 l. they are right now the new mercedes benz e q s s u v. 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. the general driving impression in the u. s. s. u, v, is smoother. hell, 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, 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 at $265.00 kilowatts at the rear

leverage consumption between 18.6 and 23 kilowatt hours per one. i'm going to give in the range of her own 536-2660 kilometers. the top model is the $580.00 formatting which delivers $400.00 kilowatt. 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 me pretty like figure is for a machine. this imposing the interior of the q s s u, v. as you can tell, at 1st glance is 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 method reality head up display that will project in 10 meters of distance. and that means it's around 77 inches of picture 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 a lot of leg room,

a lot of head room, and it's also pretty luxurious. you have everything you need back here so you can adjust the seats 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 to you sbc socket. and if you have nobody sitting in the center, then you can pull 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 test car is equipped with an option, a 3rd row of seats. but as it's usual for luxurious cars, you don't have to follow the seats yourself. you simply press the button and they will move out of the way electrically. you have to be careful though, because the 2nd someone presses the button,

the front seat will also start to move. i mean, it can definitely fit back here, but you should not be taller than i'd say one meter in 70. but for children it's definitely the right place. i thanks to the adaptive suspension leak. us can be put into our throat mode and lift the chassis by 22 millimeters. that way it can handle awful passages that you would not expect from such a call within motor on each axel, the format of the 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 standard, making the huge car more maneuverable. the angle can actually be increased to 10 degrees, the port,

and over the air update that can be done any time battery of the e q s s, 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, we'll give you around $250.00 k ominous 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 he will also recuperate energy. the driver can choose from 5 different dr. modes,

eco comfort, sport, individual and off road in the q s s, u, 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 badly been tega. but those do as of now not yet exist in purely electric version b, e 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. in

a graveyard, an ac kroganow for used cars from europe. everybody's looking for their damage in their office a couple on a quest to keep german classics alive. people like us are responsible for keeping mostly cause of a road and the people who risked their house to find automotive treasure amongst trash. do we have too many this? we don't have access to protect included the love of vintage design, b economics of the scrap metal industry and accuracy. do it yourself spirit come together here. my name is city, provide, you know, hello to mechanic and the restore. i'll so it must a conflict. i just love the way most of these cars were built and the kind of indians they came with most of these cargo jay and his wife tina decided to turn their passion for classic vehicles into 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 built as drained and this is a very rare vehicle. this is a c 43 am jean from 1996. 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. here most of these cars come from europe and america and, and most of them come in to gonna sauvage sauvage means them slightly damage. understandably, it doesn't take long before cards with one wheel in the grave, qualified to go fix it under. once the car reached the end of its driving life is

up here at the adverb, plushy scrap, yards, where nothing goes to waste. nowhere in the middle of the blue 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 dominant or off mechanics like myself. we tend to come here when we're looking for how to find pot it help us to source pop locally, ramadan imports indigo wondering hotspot. the duties are extreme with on site workers. process up to 20 cars a day meticulously, dismantling them to sort and harvest valuable components. veritable automotive gold . you need skills to diaz these kind of work to do knew where to cut and where not to cut. and that are from pass to the are very dangerous.

a car comprises of so many companies that in gin their wise their body, their seeds then then they lead us inside would have to come and there remove every 10 and then we sort it beautiful parts get bought up by mechanics for car repairs. those but no one once including engine blocks get broken down sorted and so just scrap to the steel industry today, j has spotted something he likes. ah, we're coming around here. i thought i had got our been cut up, and the wheels underneath it attracted my i caught my eye and i, i decided to get them. these are all the wheels. uri's in wheels. that's why i like them to looking for one flow wound or strip the pain to restore it and put it on one of my vehicles. the best of the metallic harvest goes to nearby market. and

with a set trend rally will secured. that's where jay is heading next. a go. i'm in the middle of a bill. so kind of the biggest automotive markets in gonna, he looked to the left, you see m replacements there in pools, an airbag. and if you look to my right, you see a lot of brake pads, horses for underneath already, it's a hoses and most jane wills shock absorbers and things like that. so this is like being in the candy store because all the powers that i need them for restore my classic cars. this is why fi of them? couple of cds. i just purchased a home for the beautiful on 190 and mercedes benz on the mighty 90. the whole house cuts in it was 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 low where you found it is 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 cammy ingenuity of cannon 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 gun metal. but am 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 scrapbook but them 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 junior, next time for more exciting developments from the world of

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