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with pickup trucks aren't that popular in europe. but there are a few companies that have cashed in on this niche market. enter ford with the ranger raptor, a capable off roader, where the payload of 717 kilos to help you move people and cargo alike. hi guys. welcome to barcelona. today i'm here with the all and you fought range are wrap the pick up. i asked myself the question, why is to this car so famous and popular round the, what is it because of its capabilities? is it because of the reliability? all is a just because up it's variations. i'm going to find out today for you. the ranger has been one of the top selling pickup trucks in europe over the past few

years. and the raptor is the top of the line ranger, which means it comes packed with features. and now ford has tweaked the newest iteration the biggest change fought did to the ranger rep. there was an engine swap before we had a toolkit, a diesel with 213 horse power. now we got the eco boost me 6 with 292 horsepower and 491. you meet us of talk. they are promising a lot of fun. while some pick up tourists aren't thrilled with a gasoline only option. ford is announced that a 2 liter diesel variant will be available starting mid 2023. it won't have as much power as the 3 liter v. 6. by pickups and diesel power trains do go hand in hand. ah, so let's talk

a little bit about the general driving impression in yet. and of course, you can feel that you are driving a big and heavy car just by watching in the side mirrors where you can see the lanes are pretty close to your wheels. and you can see over the top of the cars in front of you, this gives you a something like a boss feeling i would say. but all it, all the range a raptor dress really comfortable. it's surprisingly comfortable. and like a modern s u, v to me, i really like that point and i think it doesn't even feel like an all of fraud car anymore. it's just a normal car for me to drive here. the 10 speed, automatic gear box shifts gears easily and smoothly, which helps this monster feel quite docile on the road. but board also revise the entire chassis, which means the raptor is versatile and capable, especially when you swap asphalt per dirt. weighing

a little over 2400 kilos. the raptor isn't light, but it's still nimble. although with fuel consumption of $13.00 leaders per 100 kilometers. it isn't the most environmentally friendly car either. and that figure will drop when the pick up is load. it pour when you switch to a more aggressive driving mode from the many options on offer. the new fod range are wrapped up office, a huge variety of dr. motes, which would change the configuration of the engine and transmission, of course. and of course the a b as calibration on the stability control. all the steering and fought did this because they say if you drive on a bad conditions by example, you just put it in another mode, this car and the car will change everything itself. so you have no problem driving and bad conditions i and conditions you don't feel comfortable with. and ford

has even packed in a surprise for you when you take the raptor off road. the most special drive mode in the ford ranger rep. that is the bahamas quote. the bah mode sets of the car up for all of fraud. but you should drive really, really fast with it because they stiff up the suspension. everything is working really, really fast in the or fro terrain. so if you hit the exhilarated fool then yeah, you can, you can go like 180 kilometers with that fought ranger raptor in an approach around which is pretty impressive if you feel it. ha mode is an homage to the legendary bah, $1000.00 race where the ford ranger has already proved its metal. and this version hits the ton and 7.9 seconds. so what's my final verdict for today? i had a lot of fun driving the ford ranger rep there in the off road and then on the road

as well. i think it's a comfortable car and gives you a lot of variation and it's capable to drive off fraud to really, really good. all in all of the only dom point for me is because i live in cologne. i couldn't park it right there. but if you buy one of these, you will consider yourself prices for the top of the line, ford ranger rafter. begin at just under 80000 euros in germany. but how many takers it will find in europe, which is on the path to electrification, remains to be seen. on the plus side, you get a car with massive amounts of off road capability, and the capacity to lug around a payload of more than $700.00 kilos. but the price of fuel economy figures leaves something to be desired. this is it the largest electric truck in the world?

here the e dumper is operating in the limestone quarry of a swiss cement works weighing more than a 120 tons. the dumped truck can transport up to 54 tons of rock. it can tackle slopes of up to 14 degrees at a speed of up to 40 kilometers an hour. what's more, this behemoth even generates its own electricity. when driving downhill with a full load, the $634.00 kilowatt synchronous motors, regenerative system, generates more electricity than is required for the empty ascent. this is how the dumper batteries are charged and how additional c o 2 neutral electricity is generated. and here are a few images of how the unique machine was created from a conventionally powered tipper. the conversion has resulted in around $50000.00 leaders of diesel being saved every year. a company in the german state of syringe

via specializes in converting machines to electric power at farm. oh, in the small town of libby, sal, almost all types of conventional commercial vehicles are converted to fit electric drive trains and then tested. here is a fully converted homo machine on a test drive, accelerating with the quiet wish of its electric motor. the projects technical lead, sebastian house is satisfied after all, each of these conversions is an individual project and this one is a special vehicle for customers from asia. in the future, this electrically converted garbage truck will be making the rounds in singapore. this same facility also sees the conversion of diesel powered construction vehicles, which also make the switch to e power. the mechanics, santa hydraulics of the excavators are retained while the battery and motor are

converted. uh huh. what then do we simply replace the diesel engine with one of our electric motors with the entire control system and the accumulator that provides the energy and you have to cool the battery, died in a given. you can see a lot of cooling houses here. drew. yet, america, you have to heat it up in certain phases and was, and we can do all that. we've developed a thermal management system for a battery packs or bucks and figured after the conversion, the excavator can work for about a day with an output of a 150 kilowatt hours and is fully charged again in less than 2 hours. the batteries which are especially made for the conversions were developed in house by the company including these, their latest generation lithium ion batteries. does this in assemble? this is a modular system that we can produce small batteries and large batteries depending

on customers, requirements, subtlety in the batteries, or crash proof cache. and the whole thing is packaged into a composite system which is protected with strong metal plates. i think that exists, build this kind of battery module secured against accidents has an output of 58 kilowatt hours. depending on the application. several of them can be used together. but the price for such an electrically converted vehicle is still much higher than the price of a diesel. however, the purchases made attractive by a subsidy of 80 percent of the conversion costs. what's more road usage fees are saved because electric vehicles are exempt from the truck toll here at light 6 public transport department. they're completely focused on an electric future. at the end of june 2022. what is possibly the largest

e infrastructure project in eastern germany was inaugurated the leipzig e bus port. 11000000 euros were invested in the bus depot, which has space for 50 electric charging points. a further investment of 46000000 euros went into new e bus as network upgrades and workshops. the items are stuck with the if it's in the real strength is efficiency or comparison. a normal diesel bus at the same size consumes around $36.00 to $38.00 leaders per 100 kilometer cellphone. while with the electric buses, with the equivalent is 11 to 12 leaders. right, so just one 3rd of the other good within war. this kind of e bus costs around 650000 euros. $38.00 of them were expected to be on the streets by the end of 2020 to $3.00 medium voltage. transformers are the heart of the system with a total connected load of 2 megawatts. it's part of the lighting,

public transport company reacting to the policy requirements of the e. u. transport companies have also set up charging points at the stops. so buses can also be recharged during breaks, but such high performance charging stations for commercial vehicles are still in short, supply cord kissed off on cannibals, dwarf and his team at the national organization for hydrogen and fuel. cell technology are working on the design of high performance charging networks for the whole of germany on behalf of the federal government deals fullest as the challenge is doing something that's never been done before. a complete change of systems mixed in the system based on fossil fuels is to be completely phased out, or at least in europe, which is basically the decision that the e u has just taken and replaced by an electric system which then it was lawful as it's weird and i nicked was assisting truck charging stations could soon look like

this one from swiss energies supplier go fast. truck makers are also in the early phases of experiments in electron mobility. for example, mercedes has the e actress truck for loads of up to 40 tons, with a peak output of 400 kilowatts, and a range of 3 to 400 kilometers. it's still about 3 times as expensive as a diesel actress. but a government subsidy of 80 percent can be had when purchasing it. the street has been tested for some time. this tech allows electric buses to be recharged from below in a short time without contact. of course, whether battery power can win the race for the best technology and commercial vehicles will depend to a large extent on how fast the charging network develops. if you want

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far from civilization ah gallows frog cookies. a mayor who overlooks one of the most beautiful harpers in the entire g and c from the terrace of his town hall. ah, and the fisherman treatise sombre to us the early bird who doesn't want to renounce the tradition of fishing, guide him air, pokey, an experimental island laboratory that with the help of the car manufacturer, citron hopes to become green and self sufficient. to visit this real world test lab and experiment and admission free living. you 1st have to take the ferry. unfortunately, when it docs in the port of emporia, it's diesel engines blow a lot of pollutants into the air, but right at the k,

you're greeted by law enforcement officers with the slowest, but most environmentally friendly police car in the world. an electric situation, a me top speed, 45 kilometers an hour rental, from kentucky. looking up this cars, the islands mascot. we used to have a motorcycle and we had to take the ferry 2 roads to fuel up because there's no fuel station here. what with the electric car, we're always ready for action. we can charge it at any charging station here and how came up and we no longer have to worry about running out of gas modem and i've been there before. it gets taken me the whole almost hopefully it's almost like optima. but hockey not only relies on a mission free mobility from electric cars. with the help of citron, they want to use the sun and wind to build a completely self sufficient green energy and charging network, a holistic approach to sustainability that includes, for example, a smart lighting system to ensure energy saving lighting across the island

in order to execute these plans you need imagination, creativity, and a strong willed decision maker. someone exactly like hockey's, mayor. anal if you go yet be all this whole project here is a big experiment, whether it's electric cars or the solar power system to bowl. we also have an electric ship, gail before the one. it's like in a lab mikey, we try to find out if it works in practice and she and i and how we can go on with shuffle. my just i boned ah, in ancient times, hockey was a rich island of 8000 inhabitants. copper was mine. and later the island developed into a center for a sponge diving. but horatio the former capital, now lies in ruins. the glory days are over. in winter, a mere 200 people remain here. the only one who knows every inch of the island is the priest, father salvas, a remote monastery and

a few churches have survived. but he now has to face more mundane issues. he turned to the municipal representative for advice about electricity bills. in november 2021, greek prime minister carry off us mits of talk has opened a photo voltaic system to fulfill the islands electricity requirements. a co operative opened to all residents was founded as members, they could buy electricity and have a say in how solar energy was used here. then we la. yeah. and that he, i think we're talking about an energy democracy with which we solve the problem is nice. hawkins residents also have control over the energy produced on the island if nobody up on element. well, not quite yet, because hockey officially still belongs to the electricity network. of the nearby island of rhodes, and there are still problems adapting the advanced payments for the residents to the new conditions. but the positives outweigh the negatives. and it was on madison

that he, i guess, gave notice that the great thing about the project thing is that as a member of the co op and i have big advantages with my electricity bill, somebody has more as a back to a mission, free mobility who is not a delivery service, could benefit better from price and nature friendly energy. lomberg mar, cookies runs a supermarket in hockey. he's now converted his once gas guzzling fleet to an all electric one. e mail, osteen. i'm a member of the co op and i expect the electricity bills to get cheaper for may now see no, did he? and even in these dire times when energy prices are skyrocketing everywhere, nobody asked me to, to modify unable left human flu. 2 in the early hours of the morning, however, a small boat returns from the open seat, the port of emporia still cruising through the waves with

a diesel engine. treatise, sombre, 2 thus returns after a morning of trolling. he's one of the few fishermen left in hockey with the guy unable. anyway, i don't drive an electric car or any at all up here. i'm also a bit suspicious. of course, i'm a member of the co op. i paid my dues long ago, but i'm still waiting for my electricity bills to finally go down. that says grease, don't forget, le mars. ah, demetrius broad caucus, the islands only taxi driver has already ordered an electric car. he can't wait to swap his diesel van or an electric situation. the french car maker also uses hockey as a stage or it's 0 emission mobility strategy. 6 electric vehicles have already been made available to the islands authorities. individuals can buy tail pipe emission pre situated models at attractive prices. after all, the island is

a test laboratory for the development of electric mobility for the automotive group . it's a standalone environments. so you can, it's small enough to grasp and cater for a spot of an experiment. but also because it is a standalone icily cheat environment. you can easily try to address each and every needs. and you can demonstrate the foresee occur capability of renewable energy being solar, wind, and electric transportation. so it's an ideal set up for an experiment. ah, an experiment that is sometimes rather amusing, the coast guard and police, the authorities responsible for security on the island. now drive through hockey with 26 kilowatt citron army electric quandary cycle. actually, the 2 vehicles from citron were delivered as company cars for the mayor and his deputy that were eventually diverted to create the world's slowest police force

as gifted, gaudy. i thought it would be more practical and much better. p r. for us, if the coast guard and the police drove these cars, nothing on me. i get boiler store. sonya mini christoffel. ah, and the slowest police cars in the world, promptly made headlines. but is cool of archie's cost us actually successful in chasing down criminals in a machine that has at top speed of just 45 kilometers per hour then the program. it's not a problem because there aren't any roads here. you can drive really fast on this car, gets the job done. yeah, yeah. muscle that in the huh. i in the old town of emporium the 2.5 meter long and 1.4 meter wide car really has its advantages much more on this car. we can get through the narrowest streets and alleys where

other cars, cat hooking doctor wasn't on the vehicle. oh, the little army with the beacon lights, as long since become a tourist attraction in hockey or bush abuses, unit bullish will used to have no police cars at the port any. but it's really important that when tourists arrive, now when they see a police car and immediately feel much safer on the island, mia, a manual from british with rush valleys, ah gallows brought cookies. definitely weaves all the threads together to create a new image for hockey. an island where sustainability and economic prosperity go hand in hand. of course marketing is a vital part of his job. description. done is she in quebec, this island ought to become something like a boutique hotel place with a very personal individual luxurious character. tell it that we want to attract tourists of a slightly higher level of what this is good for the residence,

because tourists like that, spend more money here. if i sort of equity, my boss, but the people of hockey also have to make an effort to be able to offer something to these guess it appears to be going to describe different again of the show when the products to move. ah, there is already a luxurious old hotel in hockey and a new one behind it. john is parliament sauce. the hotels general manager certainly has no worries about the future that sustainability means you can enjoy your holiday with a clear conscience. they are very interested to come and stay with us because we have adopted these kind of practices on the island. this is shuns on full. that's the point where i say, that's cool. i'd like to support that untouched it's void. and i think this is a great, great, great effort to sustainability, the trying very, very hard. i would come by no means will know. devoting i think kalki can become a role model for greece, europe and the whole world yorkie here. look,

a little glitch with only treatise some but to loss is annoyed. more and more large ceiling yachts are getting in his way. when he's out fishing. dash over there. oh, should we become like the neighbouring island of may canal sun, all shaped by commerce and mass tourism? now i don't want that. i know bullshit. i wanted to stay the way it is hellas with all its customs and traditions. he gave him up. we can, if our island becomes like me can us than we've lost the plot. cried from the brittany. ah, having this done on this island is really good because it shows away where in a smaller community this thing is happening and it's working and there are changes happening. and this is a way to test for bigger communities, bigger cities,

bigger even like count tree ah, well, sometimes positivity and pathos. go hand in hand like on the island of hockey, a beacon and the a g, and see more sustainable mobility and automotive tales on the next episode outspread. ah ah, with

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