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pickup trucks aren't that popular in europe, but there are a few companies that have cashed in on this nice market. enter ford with the ranger raptor, a capable off roader with the payload of 717 kilos to help you move people and cargo a like. hi guys, why come to pass the loaner? today? i'm here with the all new fault. arrange a rep. the pick up i asked my side of the question, why is to this cost sol payments and pops around the what is it because of its capabilities? is it because of the reliability? all is it just because opens of variations and i'm going to find out today for you . the, 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 tweets the newest iteration the biggest change for the dates to the range of rep that was an engine swapped before we had to, to leave the diesel with $213.00 hosp. ah, now we got the eco boost me 6 with 292 horsepower at 491. you'd 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 has announced that a 2 liter diesel variance will be available starting mid 2023. the fed won't have as much power as the 3 liter v 6. but pick ups and diesel power trains do go hand in hand. so let's talk a little bit about the general driving impression in you and of cause. you can feel

that you are driving a big and heavy car just by watching this type minerals where you can see the lanes up pretty close to your wheels. and you can see over the top of the cars in front of you, this gives you is something like a boss feeling i would say. but all it, all the range of rep dries 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 gearbox ships gears easily and smoothly, which helps this monster feel quite docile on the road. but bord is also revise the entire chassis, which means the rafter is versatile and capable, especially when you swap asphalt per dirt. weighing a little over 2400 t lows. the rafter 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 loaded, or when you switch to a more aggressive driving mode from the many options on offer. the new ford ranger read the office a huge variety of dr modes, which would change the configuration of the engine. and transmission of costs and of costs the a b, s. calibration on these, the ability control all the steering and fault did this because they say if you drive on the embed conditions by example, you just put it in another mode, this car and the color change everything itself. so you have no problem driving and bad conditions or in conditions you don't feel comfortable with. force has even packed in a surprise for you when you take the raptor off road. the most special

drive mode he in the ford range, a red is the baja mode, the by how mode sets of the car up for all off the road. but you should drive really, really fast with it because the base different of the suspension. everything is working really, really fast and the off road to rain. so if you hit the exec loretta full, then yeah, is you can, you can go like 180 kilometers with that fault, right? is a rep there in an off road to rent, which is pretty impressive if you feel it. baja mode isn't homage to the legendary borrow 1000 rates for 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, the in the fraud 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. are all in all of the only down 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 just the prices for the top of the line. ford ranger rafter begin to just under $80000.00 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 the payload of more than $700.00 kilos. but the price and fuel economy figures leave something to be desired. the, this is it. the largest electric truck in the world. here the dumper is operating in the limestone. corey of a switch cement works, wing more than

a 120 tons. the dump truck can transport up to 54 tons of rock. it can tackle slopes of up to 14 degrees or the speed of up to 40 kilometers an hour. what's more, this machine must even generates its own electricity. when driving down hill with a full load, the $634.00 kilowatt synchronous motors, regenerative system, generates more electricity, then is required for the empty ascent. this is how the dump or as batteries are charged and how additional c o 2 neutral electricity is generated at and here are a few images of how the unique machine was created from a conventionally powered temper. the conversion has resulted in around $50000.00 leaders of diesel being saved every year. a company in the german state of syringe ha, specializes in converting machines to electric power at 50 and the small town of libby

sell. almost all types of conventional commercial vehicles are converted to 5th, electric drive trains and then tested. here is a fully converted timer machine on a test drive, accelerating with the quiet bush of its electric motor 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. the same facility also sees the conversion of diesel powered construction vehicles, which also make the switch to eat power. the mechanics and the hydraulics of the excavators are retained while the battery and motor are converted . about then 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, the idea. nicky, bye. you can see a lot of cooling, hoses here, crew and get them if you have to heat it up in certain phases and with an in give it, we can do all that. let's can, we've developed a thermal management system for a battery packs a accident ticket. 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. it does as in assemble. this is a modular system that we can produce small batteries and large batteries depending on customers requirements such as the in the batteries or crash proof crash. and

the whole thing is packaged into a composite system in which is protected with strong metal plates. so i think that they should go 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 per section electrically converted vehicle is still much higher than the price of a diesel. however, the purchase is made attractive by a subsidy of 80 percent of the conversion costs. what's more road usage fees are saved because the 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 lights, the

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 buses, network upgrades, and workshops. i can see if it's in the real strength is efficiency. for comparison, a normal diesel bus and the same size consumes around $36.00 to $38.00 leaders per 100 kilometers. so while with the electric device, it with the equivalent is $11.00 to $12.00 leaders. if i suggest one 3rd as a fee within $1.00 of this kind of a 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 mega once it's part of the lights in 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 chord cliffs stuff. one cannot post off 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. do you have those photos? is this, the challenge is doing something that's never been done before, a complete change of systems and fix the business. the system based on fossil fuels is to be completely phased out of at least in europe, which is basically the decision that the you has just taken and replaced by an electric system which, that you always know from the zips there. and it goes this, this team truck charging stations could soon look like this one from swift energy supplier go fast. truck makers are also in the early phases of experiments in

electron mobility. for example, mercedes has the extras 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. it remains to be seen whether electric trucks, with overhead lines like these on the test track on the autobahn in slaves they called stein can hold their own against battery only machines. in this case, the infrastructure is very expensive. in prom spike though, inductive charging technology built into the street has been tested for some time. this tech allows the 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 more rev, check out our youtube channel. if you want regular features about new cars and car culture and developed mobility around the world with couldn't make you very happy vintage classics and future tapco just some of the exciting content waiting for you subscribe to us youtube slash dw rav. and you'll always be up to speed the smoking where a handful of people are committed to bettering the world. call the lock is cost us the, the slowest law enforcement officer on the plan,

the, the pre fathers, solvers. those churches are in the most remote places, far from civilization. the populace brought cookies a mayor who overlooks one of the most beautiful harpers in the entire gmc from the terrace of his town home the and the fisherman trip this summer to with us. the early for the doesn't want to renounce the tradition of fishing the matter. poky, an experimental island laboratory that with the help of the car manufacturer, a citron hopes to become green and self sufficient. to visit this real world test

lab and experiment and admission for a living. you 1st have to take the ferry. unfortunately, when it docs and the for to them for you. it's diesel engines blow a lot of pollutants into the air. but right, it's a k. you're greeted by law enforcement officers with the slowest, but most environmentally friendly police car in the world and electric situated. i mean top speed, 45 kilometers in our this cars, the islands mascot. we used to have a motorcycle and we had to take the ferry 2 roads to fuel off because there's no fuel station here with the electric car. we're always ready for action. and we can charge it at any charging station here. and how can we go and we no longer have to worry about running out of gas modem and i've been the sort of just taking me the whole almost to tell you. it's almost like optima. but how key not only relies on emission free mobility from electric cars with the help of citrus. 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, the in order to execute these plans. you need imagination, creativity, strong willed decision maker. someone exactly like policies may or may not lose, you have to get the oil whole project. here is a big experiment, whether it's electric cars or the solar power systems to but we also have an electric ship to die. cool. it's like in a lab like we try to find out if it works in practice. michelle. and how we can go on with that as well. for me, just eyeball ended up 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 turns to the municipal representative for advice about electricity bills. in november 2021, greek prime minister carrier submits a talk is opened a photo of uptake system to fulfill the islands electricity requirements. a cooperative open to all residents was founded as members they could by electricity and have a say in how solar energy was used here. let me, let me get into the activity. we're talking about an energy democracy with which we solve the problem with them is nice. hawkins residents also have control over the energy produced on the island element. well, not quite yet, because how can you efficiently still belongs to the electricity network of the

nearby island of rhodes? and there are still problems adapting the advance payments for the residents to the new conditions. but the positives outweigh the negatives and what's on medicine that it gives. cute. notice that the great thing about the project see me is that as a member of the co op and i have big advantages with my electricity bill already as much as a back to emission free mobility. who, if not, a delivery service could benefit better from price in nature friendly energy? lumber as more khaki spends a supermarket in hockey. he's now converted his once gas guzzling fleet to an old electric one email or the. i'm a member of the co op and i expect the electricity bills to get cheaper for me now, you know, daddy, and even in these dire times when energy prices are skyrocketing everywhere, nobody asked me the other thing they will need up to,

you mean the. 2 in the early hours of the morning, however, a small boat returns from the open sea. the port of imperial, still cruising through the waves with a diesel engine for it is sound, but 2 of us returns after a morning of trolling. he's one of the few fishermen left unhealthy without any. will anyone do? i don't drive an electric car or any at all. i'm also a bit suspicious. of course, i'm a member of the co op i paid and i did as long ago. but i'm still waiting for my electricity bills to finally go down. this is grace, don't forget, le mars. demetrius brought coffee. the islands only taxi driver has already ordered an electric car. he can't wait to swap his diesel vans for an electric detroit. the french car maker also use as healthy as a stage sports 0 emission mobility strategy. 6 electric vehicles have already been

made available to the islands authorities. individuals combined tailpipe emission pre situated models that attractive prices. after all, the island is a test laboratory for the development of electric mobility for the automotive group, a. it's a standalone environments so you can, it's smart enough to grasp and k to for as part of an experiment. but also because it is a standalone, isolated environment. you can easily try to address each and every needs. and you can demonstrate the for secret capability of renewable energy being solar winds and electric transportation. so it's an ideal to set up for an experiment and experiment that is sometimes rather amusing the coast guard and police, the authorities responsible for security on the island. now, drive through hockey with to 6 kilowatt situated ami electric plunger cycle.

actually the 2 vehicles from citron were deliberate as company cars, but the mayor and his deputies were eventually diverted to create the world's slowest police force. escaped to go d, i thought it would be more practical and much better. p r for us in the coast guard and the police drove these cars just connecting to me. i get the wireless still showing. you mean, of course nothing. and the slowest police cars in the world promptly made headlines . but his cold of rockies cost us actually successful in chasing down criminals in a machine that has at top speed of just 45 kilometers per hour. the employer, whether it's not a problem because there aren't any roads here. you can drive really fast on this car, gets the job done unless i live in the in the old town of in for you 2.5

meter long and 1.4 meter wide car really has it's advantages the most points on this car we can get through the narrowest, the streets and alleys where other cars can both the, all the little me with the beacon lights has long since become a tourist attraction and healthy or bush pieces. you know, what is what used to have no police cars at the board. let me come, but it's really important that when tourist arrive, now when they see a police car and immediately feel much safer on the island and the 19, your somebody for the last one is august for our khaki definitely leaves all the threads together to create a new image for how to use an island where sustainability and economic prosperity go hand in hand. of course, marketing is a vital part of his job description,

tennessee in, and i'm with the quote that this island ought to become something like a boutique hotel place with a very personal individual luxurious character of kind of. we want to attract tourists of a slightly higher level of what this is good for the residents, because tourists like that, spend more money here. but the people of hockey also have to make an effort to be able to offer something to these gaps because it seems to be going to describe this when they get into the shop one to 5 minutes. there is already a luxurious old hotel in hockey. and a new one behind it, john is, carla bonsa demo tells. general manager certainly has no worries about the future. sustainability means you can enjoy your holiday with a clear conscience. they are very easily said to come and stay with us because we have adopted these kind of practices on the island as this runs on. so that's a point where i say, that's cool. i'd like to support that interested to learn. i think this is a great,

great, great effort to sustainability the trying very, very hard. i would come by the morning, i think how he can become a role model for greece, europe and the whole world to be working here looking at the really only trip this summer to last is a noise more and more large ceiling out or getting in his way when he's out fishing, actual weather. so should we become like the neighboring island of macintosh, shaped by commerce and mass tourism? no, i don't want that. i know, but she didn't. i wanted to stay the way it is with um its customs and traditions. we did come up with our island becomes like making us then we've lost the plot quite over there, but maybe the,

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 community. he's bigger cities, bigger even like countries. well, sometimes positivity and pass those go hand in hand like on the island of healthy, a beacon in the gmc more sustainable mobility and automotive tales. on the next episode, offer of the

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