or we've got some hot tips for your package. the romantic code is spots affinities. check on some great cultural memorials to boot dw, travel we go. the in the fast lane is china is auto industry overtaking its former market leaders, german car makers, on bikes, new friends and new business ideas on 2 wheels in south africa, and on heavy terrain. how an 11 year old test land rover's off road shots. right now on rap 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 folks wagon and co putting the germans short passed to quick money on the rocky ground. this definitely elements of something on the, on the raises edge are the ones so willing pupils rebelling against their former teachers trying to use is the economic interest on the outside or international partners. the shifting landscape will impact german carmakers the economy in germany, including the assessor. for many years, he can load these facts and all of the risk has the germans falling asleep at the wheel. what can i do to hang onto their top spot in the fiercely contested global car market? or if you're going to china, ideally the risk is,

is huge of the children kind of say it's a risky best on china. it's definitely quite a risk you develop and that's taking place at the moment because comp make us german call make us german industry is doubling down on investments in china. and at the same time that economic and political, the people, some geopolitical risks, are increasing dancing on the, on the raises edge. while investing in china isn't increasingly risky. business for germany's automakers. it was along a 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. it became the german auto industries, most important markets, accounting for some 40 percent of its total turnover. know whether 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 this 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 the n s. and they helped china learn from scratch and improve the automotive industry. i teach him a tracy. yes. so 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 last about young for decades, the chinese market was dominated by german cars. the burgeoning chinese as auto

industry didn't even try to compete to 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. v. as in the dust, german automakers have captured just 5 percent of this rapidly growing market compared with the roughly 20 percent market share their fuel powered models regularly reached what's on clear how to because their past success was heavily dependent on traditional fuel cars. hopefully. and people tend to have different levels of tabs dependency, well, as a new company, we don't have any pants to rely on either nor any baggage. the can't be discarded with y'all, so we can move forward more lightly each and on to issue. chinese 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 of is as possible. like ensuring a steady supply of the raw materials necessary for the entire e. b value chain. the warranty which is just snatched vw as crown 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 in the market. what's fun, fun satisfy? volkswagen may not always have been the 1st to bring new technology to market to this. but when we did introduce a,

we did it right and conquered the field was and electron mobility is a challenge that we're still working hard on the got cut into the table, german card companies need to better understand chinese consumer needs in the areas of ease and develop and validate their products accordingly. hi foggins. this tom t, for instance, young chinese buyers think volkswagens electric models are lane as they lack a karaoke app. when it comes to infotainment software. germany these leg 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 suddenly become quite innovative and german co 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. it's the biggest risk. uh, if you don't go to china, china in the future because of the on china, our departments can run fronted like china. if you don't do that. because the race german carmakers seem to have taken this message to heart dw mercedes and bmw are selling out 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 are more independent from the rest of the world they produce in china. unfortunately, this is going to half an event. in fact, um uh, the german economy, germany's foreign minister analynn about bulk isn't pleased when jobs and supply chains lead the country for china. determined government is currently in 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 along so with chinese competitors finding at their heels,

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 chinese ones. so what's the relationship between german and chinese automakers like these days or so 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. i'm sure same course on to to i would definitely say we're more competitive at the moment and i think china is rolling out the red carpet to those companies that it needs. right. so i think saying we have friends and might be able to simplify c and right, i think china is very strategic and it's outreach to phone companies or

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 rot authors on a lucrative source of revenue for mercedes volkswagen mbm w. c. approach of change to trade and trying to use is the economic interest off of outside or international partners. and we always deal 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 a sewing on the branch that you're sitting on, on your own liberal democratic interest. not to mention the looming threat of a military conflict. should china engage neighboring taiwan?

is going to be a hobby military influence, conflicts that probably will bring the industry industrial corporation in the business gamble that the a peaceful coexistence is going to continue that, you know, the technology from china can be utilized going forward. do you have maybe the french come make is 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 10 to 15 years of with right. so i think it's, it's, it's a risky patch on china. still other major carmakers likes to lantus aren't as reliant on china. so the uncertain outlook for doing business, sarah, this is chris on to their survival. the future of the german auto industry will be

decided in china where term and carmakers will have to navigate the falling 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, rad 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 rab. and you'll always be up to speed, the reclaiming the streets. that's what urban cycling is all about. the cycling

feels like the biggest adventure when you like the kids. this the piece is captured is like yeah. and data and youtube is riding around. the cycling is look done, putting as a mode of transport because it's usually the other thing, the people you know and not what the typical which interest person with the the reason i think we should get more people than buying. so the cause of health benefits. the green economy and bits of to that to get too busy, you know,

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or live crowds or anything like that. we come teams becoming sure with becoming anything that feels comfortable for us to write it. it's like a mishmash and the representation of what's true, but the 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 do for many of them, it's never known each other. and they lived in the same woods, meet on a bike drive. and now the, like the best of friends or because of the things 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 try to bring more people to get to really just finding jobs. 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 our bicycles and doing city tours as well. the focus is not on profit, but on friendship. since i'm a big guys from vitamin this and started joining the ride, they definitely range from strangers to frames and not some of my face trends. now, i meant to talk to the people spiking band. it's people who had actually joined us in the past years. 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. yeah, 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 cool mess that happened on the citizens we. we did everyone in a new one on the pass code to ride in the city at night. and these would be like silver out. and other parts of that nobody would go to one, a random motive, dangers of people think the idea is to let people know that cubic also put it on to them as well. and they should come back and visit and see, you know, as long as sort of us 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. drawing the price list 19 fifties race call in slightly smaller scale that you wouldn't otherwise get. i don't know cause a signed off by the the factories so that 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 trades. 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 1968 tester, asa sending 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 fold open, size go down this rems, this size. you can then drive your car on. it sits in the wheel cups disrupted, put their arms back in to close it up like a clamp,

and then you can move around the world. it's rumored that even king charles of passionate environmental is, has his eye on one of these mean little electric machines. and it would be a royal delight to see the king at the wheel through a little bit. 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 north, it's germany's largest off road center. hello is industrial tellers. how many of the eclipse and liam is making his driving debut and the company of his father and an experienced instructor

over the phone? yeah, there's one on all those on 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 some fun me and we drive off road here for possibly is up to what the kids can do with it, can progress from simple exercises to the 1st obstacles we'll tackle today as well. and so it's not a little ones. and i'll just put this in of the young, but she's kind of, i feel good now. and that's like a lot of times on history. i wonder. okay too, cuz i'm not on the whole lesson. ok. the message was there was a problem. so yeah, i'm not going to be sent in my notes from the i'm liam is already on the move.

not bad for an 11 year old. the distance notice a notice on finally have them afresh. okay, sounds good. it went well at 1st, we had to practice a bit starting and stopping is a bit different than with the simulator as well to you. you have to sort out the feet with an automatic you have to work with the right foot. caught on quick fingers all comes with the rest of the month of dies for us. now, liam's got the basics down. jo, calling seemed his 1st off road challenge. will he pass it on the 1st time around? his whole glance. i'm like stein, coddling, coddling, coddling the

expense. now there's plenty going on with the foods. i select the restaurant and the nice thing, 3 of those cleared i split i split, i spin out for lunch on my phone, kind of commitment. like off enough me on the phone and i've explained the mission. i've shut up for lunch, but i think in the at the end lies the biggest challenge to ramp with the 60 degree in klein. when liam make it to the top, you can stop because then the c v will start coming back down the hill. this block, that's why and that's going cause done some of that and we done. got it done. it was turned on. somebody said 10 percent is off the same customer not present this

america. ok. so 5 minutes is in may, i'm going to sit on it. may i ask, who's to now listen, picking up links, length link system. ok. i'm faithful from the findings holding the land rover's experience center was built to meet 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 the um, enough for me to 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 crossing into anything. a catch the 1st, the little scared that i drive into something. but then it was okay. suit feels good because he can sense the engine and going up and down is lots of fun muskrats as though 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 and how it should be that 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 here both on the road and off

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