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are small electric cars made in china the right answer to your production constrain . small affordable eaves for white public. china, if it's a pace maker full of a in bringing in bringing small electric vehicles to the roads of to good small cars powering a mobility transformation and making electron mobility affordable for the masses. the affordability of electric mobility. this is one of the key factors to mazda, to transition towards the carpenter you'd from will be the thing. why are so few low cost electric cars on the road in europe? get the lower caustic men's best known product off off from the of x la

guns or other european or western it come into effect as well. but right now the risk as extremely high that the electric car will no longer be affordable for the average citizen. for somebody, the car is made in germany are simply too expensive. china could close this gap in the european market course and can see this affordability is very important for a year and being consumers today. and so i think there's a very high demand in the market for small vehicles, kind of what needs to happen for europe to also enjoy a small affordable, easy the chinese industry is now enough in a position to demo critize electric mobility for the rab is on the lookout for answers the accounts i realized that small vehicles are how you move e mobility for the tide. trash got from lower section 8 in port. small electric

cars from china to germany. one model, the 35 kilowatts diode, and e, s 2 at the price of 34500 euro is minus the german government's environmental bonus . 11000 euros cheaper. the do the 2 s with $27.00 kilowatt. there's a huge range of small ease, but only in the chinese market. the willing hung one for example, is china's best selling electric car for the price equivalent to just back to 700 euro's you can buy a, b, y, d, c. go there for just 10400 zeros. isaac, you leave 100 many costs. it's just $4900.00 euro's the chinese e car market is a bargain hunters power dice around every 50 car can be has to be equivalent of less than $15000.00 bureaus. 12 percent cost between $15.20.

77 percent between 20 and 30021 percent between $70.50 and only 11 percent cost. more than 50000 bureaus. sheen up the dean. the china supplies the market. you need with small vehicles including in europe, mysql and 5, sorry. the touch cash car bill to business, selling the russian car brand lot in germany. but since russia's invasion of ukraine, the business with a lot of has grind to a halt. and so he's made a lot of germany's dealer and service networks with more than $320.00 branches available to chinese car makers. and this and deal with the from the beginning, we've known that the european market is important for electric vehicle manufacturers. we did a bit of research german car owners drive an average of 40 kilometers a day, was it soon? the phone goes to the small electric vehicles and we have a range of 300 kilometers and that's enough for we include the items. and so i

think there's a very high demand in the market for small vehicles over the top. and so is it kind of what's very good? in china, the small easy market has been built up systematically between 20152022 the average price dropped from 66232000 bureaus. while in europe, it rose from 49256000 the development of china, the electric car industry was the portion for decades by governmental policies and subsidies from the stock. there's been a focus on what kinds of vehicles are actually produced. the last line, these policies in china and this whole e b strategy have a number of reasons why they're promoting small cars. map whom to the final include electric range, how far they go, how efficient they are, and how many resources where you and in other words,

searching efficiency standards, wisdom teeth tend still not see sense. so they're also making sure that the cars don't get bigger and bigger likes they do here. i'll just maybe walk with around the pounds in your big cars. dominique, the electric market. small electric cars play only a minor role, like the electric c at $500.00, which can be had 435000 bureaus. they're reynolds, zoe, which costs to run $37000.00 euros. or the ego life, which asking university professor, good cash. who brought onto the market and the small series for $24000.00 bureaus. in europe, only 7 percent of all the electric cars sell for less than factory ties. injurious . 45 percent cost between 705-0000. and a whopping 48 percent. go for more than $50000.00 euros cars that are

mostly heavier than to time and run contrary to the concept of economic coal, electric mobility. where electrical is physics and uh, the area of the car is in the us, the accelerated and this makes no sense beyond my non so my goal is on that. but we have a tendency towards ever bigger and wider vehicles with more aerodynamics that are inefficient at high speeds. that's not a good development, and it's a shame that with electrification, inexpensive small cars are disappearing. basically on the cars for the people in the oldest floats. in europe, there's not much profit to be made with small e cars at the moment. it's not showing me the small number of units produced that increases costs. the decisive factor is that the factory, a transfer range 40 percent of the total cost of an e card and european car makers mostly buy them as a high price from china. the world's market leader and electricity storage of the

government in beijing has ensured that china controls the entire volume chain of electric cars, giving it complete autonomy and production the chinese public for real estates. that the strategy for the development of the countries, automotive industry and 5 year plans. while european leaders let go here and plans to make e mobility viable for the masses. nice the government, we need the regulations to make it happen. it's not the industry, it's the regulators which will make it impossible the small electric tearing cost. so for example, we reduced the subsidies for electric red it costs, and then the most of the small costs that just spring here, it's cheapest electric car was available in germany and 202-241-1500 years after a subsidy of 9000 bureaus. in 2025 with subsidies,

it will cost almost twice as much while a high end electric s u. v. from bmw of you will increase in price by just 20 percent to 55000 bureaus. at least volkswagen has a nice that it will launch and electric car for less than $25000.00 euros. but not until 2026. you can always reach full calls coming earlier, but we have to make this call profitable. we are not in the social business that this is about us all the company going forward and creating money that we can reinvest in the future. and you, in his factory plant and a new factory in spain where labor is cheaper, should help keep production costs to the id to low bought the new plants wouldn't be finished before 2026. until then german small electric car buyers will have to make due with vehicles imported from china by d to trash cap. but he,

you hurdles will have to be overcome before these cars can launch in. europe. is over 9 due to the so called certification phase. this procedure are 80 long pages for the modification item. the lucky that we've teamed up with a lot of germany. they've also given us lots of chips and assist us with the motivation to the tips on the, on the system. so quite of a little bit seals, bladder. in the home location process, a car must be adapted to the technical requirements of the european union. the largest company in rylon fights also sells chinese cars in germany. the g 2 and a small car from dorsen, which of laura selves under the deal name for $24000.00 euros. the cars are not quite as cheap as in china because they have to be retrofitted at great expense. everything from seat belts to airbags on account of european safety regulations.

you want small cars to have equipment that matches vehicles that can go 200 kilometers on the track. there's no difference, not even in the safety requirements is just us in china or in asia. also in india, have a lot of vehicles that cost well under 10000 euros, which i don't think will be available here. and from 2024, every car registered in the you will have to have complex driver assistance systems that can regulate the speeds. and warren, when the car leaves its lane, as well as extra bells and whistles like driver driving us detection. that's where the beauty of traffic and technological hardware is that the use, imposing on the small cost sector or a hindrance and push out prices on the small chinese cars have to undergo a radical overhaul to qualify. i for you home, a location, not every cheap chinese

e car can even pass the test union level, the standards out there and i, i would, i wouldn't accept to lower the standards because of the competition from far east. however, it european manufacturer is trying to produce a low cost electric car are also struggling with the use possibly safety regulations. somehow, europe doesn't seem to be the right place for cheap e cars the they really don't know how to, how to make it more affordable down what we, what we can do because we have, we have the situation. we have the framework where we have an adult that the price will be at the same level as chinese carve a week or $2.00. what we should to, to, as your opinions are, we need to be too many to be more efficient. i'm optimistic. i want to build the domestic and we need to be optimistic because we don't have any other choice. but

time is running at the european auto industry. william lee, the head of chinese car maker, neal has a nice plans to launch a sub brand of small electric cars in europe next year. and chinese car make a great wall which produces small e cars like the overall funky cat, an or r one has already started to shake up the german market with the help of switzerland's m a fragrance. europe's largest car dealer is making around $200.00 of its dealerships and service outlets in germany, available to market the or a funky cat, and soon also a revised version of the or our one. the emil fry made a name for itself in the 19 seventy's when it started selling jackson's use brands like subaru and later mitsubishi in germany. in the 19 ninety's, emil fry also imported the 1st phone day cars to germany and helped establish the

korean brand in europe. there's a couple of similarities to the launch of the chapter, nice manufacturers in the seventy's using the green manufacturers in the early ninety's because we know especially what it's impossible for the look to be successful. and how long does it last? nobody knows that we have seen the manufacturer of the take over that is to actually pop markets like germany. hyundai went independent after being jump started by m l fry. know also produces it. cars in europe that circumvents high e charts and avoids the high cost of import export. could this be a blueprint for chinese car makers? the key question is also going to be, will, chinese produces actually a stop exporting only and also stop producing in europe. and i think once that's happening and, you know, then they have made it and i think then they can also contribute to these,

these goals of, you know, producing cheaper costs in europe for your customers. and that will also then trigger reaction by your income make us that as a demand for these. and you know, to also come up with their own solutions. features prescott is convinced that he's only a pioneer as an importer of chinese e cars and wouldn't be doing this job for more than 5 years. we are the problem with the japanese used to do when the koreans k on a come. first, there were importers hoover and then they try to establish the market themselves, step so you can gain another market. so that's what the japanese show noted. so that's what the korean showed on. that's what the chinese are now going to show in a more brutal way of applies on the side. and he's convinced that small chinese e car is like the die you and will play an important role in opening doors to the european market. a cup of l doesn't rad, with dozens clatter,

it runs quietly. quieter than some cars may produce here in europe. all part of the tip did for me who lives in the country side and i drive. but he had suddenly sense that the ducks on the road don't move because they didn't hear the cars. and this was a buzzard of that, china, and we'd be driving around without small electric cars. a slide lock door. steve, getting phone. well, china save e mobility in europe comes and they've realized that small vehicles are how you move e mobility forward. china is that the state of the off the village, in fact providing chief electric hopefully the 1st aid in this way, it will open the door. so a lot of discussion of the world is saved by those who buy it. it's always a matter of demand estimate of the china use, not only a pace may cup of the website, the chinese oems not on the pacemakers, but also catalyst now transition to electric mobility. whether small

chinese e cause over run europe in the future or the european auto industry is spurred on by competition from china to build more affordable e cars itself. the emphasis from china will definitely help make electron mobility more affordable for everyone. the . this is the current generation opal australia, a very successful model since the ninety's and it has now taken the next step into the future by becoming available as a purely electric version. we're checking that out right now. welcome to ref. requested is, can be asked through electric live up to the success of its predecessors. that's what we want to find out today. the general driving impression in the as product thing is pleasantly silent,

which is partly due to the sol improved glass that come to a stand that in every us from on we're mainly driving in and around the city. so a lot of stopping go because of traffic lights on the traffic jams. and we have an average consumption of 12.8 kilowatt hours for 100 kilometers, which is way below watts old will james all what has to be measured in w o t p. so in theory, it should be possible to achieve arranged that is a little higher than what awful claims, why at least achieve the range of claims. because oftentimes you won't be able to reach that with all of all the electric cost. the 1st model named us came on to the market in 1991. so. busy so shortly after the german, the re union. so you might be able to say, this car a somewhat

a child of the union. so what better place to take a look at the current generation then the capital city of germany. but the aster asked was the successor to the contest that happened because opal decided to replace it stodgy. military names like admiral cadets and company. over the years, april sold more than 13500000 units of the astra. and in the station wagon version, which was europe's best selling and its category from 1993 to 2000. now back to the astra electric what i like about the after electric, if it's forwarding is not only the little quite sporty, but you'll also sitting quite low. then of course you have the battery sitting very low in the car, you have a low center of gravity and you feel that while driving into curse, it's fields sporty and i really like it. but there's a lot of competition in this segments. vw id 3,

an nissan lease. the only thing i would have wished for is a little more power. one, number 15 kilowatts is ok, but not exactly the sporty time. if you compare that to be the use id 3 that comes in at $115.00 kilowatts of power, that is a number i would consider just at the beginning of sporty. but you have to say one thing with 170 kilometers in our top speed. the us draw is 10 kilometers at all faster than the id 3. the straw electric gas powered by $115.00 kilowatt electric engine power. with the 54 kilowatt hour battery, and that gives you a w l 2 p range, all 418 kilometers, which is quite good. if you compare that to be able to use id 3, the current generation will have, uh 50 a kilowatt hour battery and go like 10 kilometers more.

but if you compared the average consumption the over the last uh comes in, it's 14.8 kilowatt hours. while the id 3 will have 15.2. so 0.4 as a difference. why is that? mostly because of the weight, the o. plaster as a weight of just on the 1680 kilograms. while the id 3 will be at least 1805 kilograms. so a 12230 kilograms, which is quite a lot. the receipts in the us draw or the know me go, the certified and you feel that with every kid, all meant that you drive not a single bit of pain or any of the unpleasant feeling the

on the outside, the astro electric looks just the same as the hybrid and combustion engine version the interior of the electric gas dress and all that different than that of the, of the drug versions. you have to 10 inch displays, the right one is a touch screen infotainment system. but what i really like is the fact that open decided to keep physical buttons for the climate control. so you can adjust the temperature or the fan or whatever you want the, the steering wheel fee, it's quite good. looks ok. i'm not a fan of that huge part in the middle. it's a little too big, but i have to say i like that. they took the visor design from the front and integrated it into the steering wheel. quite nice. then there are some buttons for the most important functions. volume adjustment. busy on the cruise control. busy and so on what i like uh the materials at the door right here. this is some soft touch fee. it's pretty nice. this looks like carbon,

it's not but it's fee is good any way. and then you have some lab type down here. hydro of plastic here in gray, at the push of a button, you can switch between 3 different dr. local. the aster are also has a heads up display that one is optimal, but i would always suggest you opt in for that because it's so much easier to keep track of your speed, the speed limit and also the vacation. because all of that, it's shown there. and there is no need to take your eyes down from the road so you will always be on your way, safer. with the length of 4.37 meters. the astro is a solid 10 centimeters longer than the v. w id 3. the comparatively long overhangs cupid, a sporty appears, the just the smallest other electrical possibly electric call cause the start acting has the

possibility to shift into a regular peroration mode that will then cause the cost to break. if you take your foot off the accelerator that way you could do one paddle drive, if you plan it had a little bit or are aware of what's happening in front of you. one thing i missed though is that you can adjust the string of recuperation with all the costs. you will have 123, or maybe even 4 levels. and here there is only yes or no that thing i don't really like about the current generation us draw a the indicate a sound because it sounds like someone is playing the drums with an empty plastic bottle. at least that's what it sounds like to me. i mean, listen not exactly

a fan of that. the aster electric will 1st be available in this 40 g s line with a starting price of just over 45000 euros in germany. this is my favorite view off, and then you us dry electric. the back look so good, striking, spotty, i really like it and even though the car has some mine a flaw. busy in some details, the complete package was able to convince me i like this car and what's even better about it. this car will become available as a station wagon, a purely electric station wagon station wagon lover. i have to say this is what we need. we have almost none of these on the market. how would that in mind? i would say the astra electric has very good changes will be coming just as huge of a 6 as, as the predecessors what to some of the astro electric is

a very good looking car with a decent range comfortable seats and lots of standard equipment. but the maximum $100.00 kilowatt charging 6 recuperation level and lack of power. leave you wanting more in the future. overall plants to launch cheaper entry level versions of the astro electric enjoy the ride and see you next time on risk. the,

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