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the for decades, german cars made a good showing on the chinese markets and earned their makers billions. meanwhile, the world's largest auto market has itself become a major car, producing nation with the help of volkswagen and putting the german shore passed to quick money on a rocky ground. the elements of uh, sunset on the, on the razor's edge are the ones so willing pupils rebelling against their former teachers. china uses the economic interest on the outside or international partners. the shifting landscape will impact german carmakers the economy in germany,

the assessor for many years. he can load these sacks and all the rest have the germans fallen asleep at the wheel? what can i do to hang onto their top spot in the fiercely contested global car market? your go to china is huge of the german kind to see it's a risky patch on china. it's definitely quite a risky developments that that's taking place at the moment. because comp make us german call, make us trim, an industry is doubling down on investments in china. and at the same time that economic and political, the peoples of geopolitical risks, increasing dancing on the, on the raises edge while investing in china isn't increasingly risky. business for germany's automakers. it was a long uh, win win situation for both countries. the germans were there when china was

transforming itself from a nation of bike riders to car drivers. china, they came to german auto industries, most important market accounting for some 40 percent of its total turnover. no other international car producing country is as dependent on the chinese market as germany. it all began with a v. w santana. in. 1983 volkswagen set up a joint venture in shanghai and to build the sedan, especially for the chinese market. as, as volkswagen, we've also contributed to the quality level of our competitors there. with the technology work and outstanding autos we produce for customers. we've left our mark on the market there and what though, we've certainly help bring about technological progress in the respective regions to have by the fuse you guys on a n s. and they helped china learn from scratch and improve the automotive industry . i teach him a tracy. yes, so chris for the last 20 or 30 years german car companies have been excellent

teachers and set an example for the whole chinese auto industry, how the law. so how about young? for decades, the chinese market was dominated by german cars. the burgeoning chinese auto industry didn't even try to compete and make cars with conventional combustion engines. instead, for the last 2 decades, china has focused its efforts on electric drives. government policies and subsidies motivated its industry to build ever better electric cars that have left german, a visa and the dust. german automakers have kept her just 5 percent of this rapidly growing market compared with the roughly 20 percent market share. their fuel powered models regularly reached which on coming or how to because their past success was heavily dependent on traditional fuel cars. hopefully and people tend to have different levels of time dependency. well, as a new company,

we don't have any pants to rely on either or any baggage that can be discarded. and also we can move forward more lightly each. i'm going to assume tony's brands like neo and b y d profit from the fact that for years the chinese state has pulled out all the stops to make production of e cars. as a ton them is as possible, like ensuring a steady supply of the raw materials necessary for the entire e. b value chain. the warranty which has just snatched vw is crowned as china is market leader. it develops innovative batteries and tips as well as electric motors . that's why the chinese are so far ahead with ease germany needs to reinvent itself in order to stay competitive internationally and uh, it will not be the automotive production. germany cannot compete with oh, what china has invested german carmakers aren't willing to just accept defeat. they haven't given up the fight to become major players and the

market. on both sides. volkswagen may not always have been the 1st to bring new technology to market of the bits, but when we did introduce a we did it right and conquered the field around the state. and electron mobility is a challenge that we're still working hard on the i would come and do a one to take german card. companies need to better understand chinese consumer needs in the areas of ease and develop and validate their products accordingly. hi loggins. at tom t. for instance, young chinese buyers think volkswagens electric models or lane as they lock a karaoke app. when it comes to infotainment software. germany these like far behind to better meet the needs of their asian customers. german automakers are setting up more r and d centers in china. and discovering that they now have much to learn.

china has certainly become quite innovative and german comp make us want to tap into that. they want to tap into a local know how when it comes to software development when it comes to battery development, which are kind to say is to pay on china, not just on sales, but also on technology is the biggest risk. if you don't go to china, china in the future because of the, from china, our departments can run from china. if you don't do that news, the race german carmakers seem to have taken this message to hearts dw mercedes and bmw of you are showing up more than 5000000000 bureaus to get cooperation agreements with chinese partners rolling from battery production and the development of self driving cars and mobility software. germany's auto industry is doubling its investments in china compared to recent years. china is

the place to be china is where we are at home. targeted low, long term strategy and so just whistling in the dark. one of those steps is to make that china operations more tournaments to kind of create subsidiaries that, that are more independent from the rest of the world they produce in china. unfortunately, i know this is going to have an immense impact on uh, the german economy. germany's foreign minister on elena bab box isn't pleased when jobs and supply chains lead the country for china. the german government is currently and talks about a new china strategy for german businesses. should we as the german government, she'll be support that or should we say, if you want to go that that's your corporate risk,

but we should not give you any investment guarantees to, you know, support that investment. because ultimately, you are supporting trends that could touch the german economy of launch. so with chinese competitors finding at their hills, wilcher and carmakers have to find their way without government backing in china as auto industry, more and more foreign managers are now being replaced by a chinese ones. so what's the relationship between german and chinese automakers like these days? what's out here we go, i think there's a chinese term that describes this relationship well, which is jane you. it means we are friends 1st taught us and we learn from and inspire each other in the same field course illustration of course on to to i would definitely say we're more competitive at the moment and i think china is rolling

out the rest compet to those companies that it needs, right. so i think saying we have friends and might be able to simplify c and rights . i think china is very strategic and it's outreach to phone companies. the just how much longer will the chinese need a german car companies and after 4 decades of cooperation, what has the delicate relationship between china and germany, rocks, other than a lucrative source of revenue for mercedes volkswagen and bmw w the approach of change to trade and trying to use is the economic interest off of outside or international partners as a weapon. we always deal with the, with the communist party, if you are dealing with the automotive institutions, with every investment that you do also from the automotive industry in china,

your sewing on the branch that are sitting on, on your own liberal democratic interest, not to mention the looming threat of a military conflict, should china invade to neighboring taiwan? if that is going to be a hardy latrene influence company that probably will bring the industry industrial corporation in the business gamble that the a peaceful coexistence is going to continue the, you know, the technology from china can be utilized going forward. do you have, maybe the french come make us like that on test, which is basically said, the chinese market is too risky, we should retreat. and i guess it will be a really interesting case study to see maybe a 1015 years of with rides. so i think it's, it's, it's

a risk the best on china. still under major car makers likes to lantus on trans reliance on china. so the uncertain outlook for doing business, sarah is crucial to their survival. the future of the german auto industry will be decided in china, where german carmakers will have to navigate the fine line between success and failure. the if you want more rib, check out our youtube channel. if you want regular features about new cars and car culture and about mobility around the world rep can make you very happy vintage classics and future tech or just some of the exciting content waiting for you to subscribe to us at youtube slash dw rav. and you'll always be up to speed,

the reclaiming the streets. that's what urban cycling is all about. open cycling feels like the biggest advantage to when you like a kid is captured is like, yeah. and data and youtube is riding around. the recycling is look done, putting as a mode of transport because it's usually the other thing that people do, you know, and not what the typical would control system would do.

the reason i think we should get more people on bikes is because of health benefits . the green economy and bits as it is that the get too busy. you know, the list cause we have on the road. the more people we have on bicycles makes perhaps the kids really to get more people on bicycles. young, small, bold, black, white colored for races. everybody like that's what differentiates as of it's out as of the 16th. we have a meeting point where we speak about the content and take and we need the cycle in . so it's all over the cycle in the c d and we cycle out maybe stuff some we get a coffee or a drink and we carry on cycling and finding in the at like the nice restaurant.

it's really just about getting together and solution so was by convince you psycho as you are you writing for the destination and updates of the team so we don't waste appendix or live craft or anything like that . we've come genes becoming sure with becoming anything that feels comfortable for us to write. and it's like a mishmash. and the representation of what tube it looks like as a multi what started as regular training for better health and meeting as a group of a few best friends has now developed into regular social gatherings to unwind after work. i've seen people, there's many of them, it's never known each other. and they lived in the same woods, meet on a bike drive. and now tonight, the best of friends or because of the, you know, and i think that coming together, the bridge, the gap between us as a people,

i mean, i think, you know what the landscape of south africa looks like. and we like a microcosm of that. so we kind of bring more people good to really just find as i see that the actually really overlay part from cycling. the bandits are pros at repairing, maintaining, and restoring bikes. even a new business idea was born out of the group, hiring out bicycles and doing city tours as well. the focus is not on profits, but on friendship. since i made the guys from by the vendors and started and joining the ride, they definitely range from strangers to friends and not some of my face trends. now i'm, it seems like the, the people spiking bend, it's people who had actually joined us in the past year. they have changed my life

quite stressed. the key, i should say, you know, become humble, the, you know, meeting new people and how they actually teach you of what they know and what you don't know. it's mostly humbled you to saying that i'm willing to learn. and that's what i've actually loved quite a lot. yes. the, the bandits have come a long way and they're about to take over the streets of johannesburg with their next gatherings. recently, we've taken over the coolness that happened one 1st. this way we did every one and a new one on a bicycle to ride in the city at night. and these are v, please, like silverado and other parts of tubers that nobody was on a random motor fingers. the people thing.

the idea is that people knew that too, but also put it on to them as well. and they should come back and visit, sit and see if you know, it's a little sort of us. it's the fix. was it attention to detail with a license to thrill the aston martin d b 5 made famous by james bond. it looks like the genuine article. but the late group comes up a bit tight. this model by the little car company is as the name implies, a downsized version, but it's not for kids. it can do 80 kilometers per hour. the legal limits strongly be a price list, $19.00 fifties race call in slightly smaller scale that you wouldn't otherwise get a little cause of signed off by the, the factories. so the, the companies will send the test drive as to sign of the vehicles and make sure

they've just perfect funny. i shrink the cars by around 25 percent. who got these ferrari's asked in martin's for years, been headline had been importing many replicas from asia. but he wanted a more authentic deal and environmentally friendly electric drive. today, he has over 60 employees and an annual turnover of 80000000 euro. he finds many of his buyers at luxury trade. there's like here in london, the cars are for the track for just for show. a ferrari for instance. i do. i see that 1958. just a rough. uh, i mean, i, i think at 93000 euros, it's a steel compared to an original company. exports the 50 countries with germany as its main european market. the engineers even designed a very special container to transport them. now these flight cases,

photo open size go down this rems, this size. you can then drive your car on. it sits in the wheel cups trumpeted. put the rams back in to close it up like a clamp. and then you can move around the, well. it's rumored that even came charles, passion, it environmental is as is i on one of these mean little electric machines and it would be a royal delight to see the king at the wheel. the little black liam is 11 years old, too young to get a driver's license. yeah, he's putting a land rover to the test, both on road and here in bull. soft germany, 9. liam's taking part in kids drive at the land rover experience center. not far from just the lower,

it's germany's largest off road center. hello is industrial tellers, the me i'm, i'm the i'm to come see the liam is making his driving debut in the company of his father and an experienced instructor over the phone. yeah. there's one on the balls that to the to take for the kids drive children must be at least 11 years old enough to find 1.42 meters tall and then just registered them for me. and we drive off road here for thousands of years down to what the kids can do once it can progress from simple exercises to the 1st obstacles we'll tackle today as well. and i'm set it up so it's not one. and i'll just put this in, i'll say, dollars. oh yeah, but even, but she's good. can you kind of, i can get now and that's like a lot of times on his calendar. okay. to close on

the left and i'll get the message myself. what was the problems that come on? computer industry goes from the and liam is already on the move. not bad for an 11 year old the distance notice i got a notice. hold on, somebody, give them official policies, sounds good. it went well and was an adverse, we had to practice a bit starting and stopping is a bit different than with the simulator. so to you, you have to sort out the feet with an automatic, you have to work with the right foot, caught on quick points, figures. welcome to the direction you go on up and talk a lot of dice to us. now, liam's got the basics down. joe calling same to his 1st off road challenge. will he

pass it on the 1st time around? his whole glance. i'm like, lifetime coddling, coddling, coddling. now there's plenty going on with the food restaurant in westlake and the nice thing 3, there's clearly i split. i split i scan along, so my phone kind of thing off, i'm nothing on the phone. the next thing the mission have shut up for lunch, but i think in the at the end lives the biggest challenge around with a 60 degree in klein. will liam make it to the top. you can stop because then the s u v will start coming back down the hill this block. that's why i have not

done some of that. and we done kind of doing some funny sit 10 percent of the place of present customer non present this america. ok, so 5 is this in may, i'm noticing that that was a problem and it may at least to now listen, picking up things like things as well. ok, i'm please hold on. the findings holding the land rover's experience center was built to meet the strict environmental requirements just for taking a path through unspoiled nature isn't permitted in germany. so the automaker came

up with a creative solution we um enough, when i get together with our architects, we created a concept to build the obstacles in a soil friendly way. when we made, let us know that if we had to remove them at some stage, you could take away the stone and gravel, and the ground would be just like before you fly out. meanwhile, liam is just happy. he got the land rover around the course without crushing into anything and catch it. i'm on the 1st of a little scared that i drive into something, but then it was okay. suit feels good because he can sense be injured and then going up and down has lots of fun and must be at a signal. so he did really well. i wasn't too scared once and his instructions were great. cool. as a cucumber, totally clear. just what we needed, and so what was going on with you must call and how it should be,

as i think liam would likely never forget the incredible experience of how he 1st learned to drive in a land rover and s u, v. that cuts a good take your both on the road and off the we'll have more for mobility enthusiast, so young and old. next time on rap. the

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