to these places in europe slashing the rank one step into a bold adventure the treasure map for martin flow to describe it as some of us wriggled, begging sites on youtube. and also the in the fast lane is china is auto industry overtaking its former market leaders, german carmakers on bikes, new friends, a new business ideas on 2 wheels in south africa, and on heavy terrain. how and 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 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 one 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 ultimate assessor. for many years, he can load these facts and all of the risk has the germans fallen asleep at the wheel. what can i do to hang onto their top spot in the fiercely contested global car market? if you don't go to china, you'll, this is

a 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 are 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 in a tracy. yes. so create 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,

the 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 visa and 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 the uh, what's on company 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 of minutes 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 and the market. on one side, 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 was and the electron mobility is a challenge that we're still working hard on. what to do 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 loggins. at this time, for instance, young chinese buyers think volkswagens electric models are lame 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, automatic or so 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 that you're 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 those on china, our departments can run fronted like china. if you don't do that. those the race german carmakers seem to have taken this message to hearts 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 compare 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 and lena bab bulk is pleased when jobs and supply chains lead the country for china. the german 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 the 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 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 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 all through the lucrative source of revenue for mercedes, volkswagen and b m w the approach of change to trade and trying to use is the economic interest off of outside hers on 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 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?

if that is going to be a military influence, conflicts that probably will bring the industry industrial cooperation and the ultimate effect of some hold based is 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 best 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 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 are 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 is captured is like, yeah, and thing to and youtube is riding around the recycling is looked down upon as a mode of transport because it's usually look as a thing the people you know and not what the typical would contrast with the the reason i think we should get more people them, but the cause of health benefits, the green economy and bits, as it is that we get too busy, you know,

the list cause we have on the road. the more people we have on bicycles makes perhaps the is really to get more people on bicycles. young, small old black, white colored forest is everybody on the list of differentiates. it's time for the 16. we have a meeting point where we speak about the recent intake and we do the cycle in so it's all over a 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 a nice restaurant, it's really just about getting together and solution. the so was by convince you psycho as you are you writing for the destination and

updates of the teams so we don't waste appendix or live craft or anything like that . we come, teens, we come in sure with becoming anything that feels comfortable for us to write it. it's like a mishmash. and the representation of what the tube looks like as a mile to 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 the night the best of friends or because of the things that coming together the bridges, the gaps 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 to good to really just find as

i see that the actually really overly apart from cyclic, 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 friends and know 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. you, as they have changed my life quite stressed the key i should say, you know, become humble, the, you know, meet the 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 on those days we, we did every one in a new one on a bicycle to ride in the city at night. and these would be like silver out and other parts of tools that nobody would go to $180.00 random is most dangers of people think the idea is so that people knew that too, but also put it on to them as well. and they should come back and visit, sit and see, you know, it belongs to one of us. that's the

fix. was it attention to detail with a license to through the asked and 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 the 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 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 1958. just a rough. uh, i mean, i, i think at 93000 euros its 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, full typing size go down this rems, this size. you can then drive your car on. it sits in the wheel cups distributed. put the rooms 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. rob liam is 11 years old, too young to get a driver's license. if 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 in the company of his father and an experienced instructor

over the phone? yeah. someone on 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 fun. me. and we drive off road here for possibly as to what the kids can do with that kind of progress from simple exercises to the 1st obstacles we'll tackle today as well. and i'm just letting you know, so it's not a little ones. and i'll just put this in of the young, but she's good. can you kind of i feel good now and that's like a lot of times on his calendar. okay. to class on the left of the dimensions you said was a problem. so yeah, i'm not going to be sending those from the i'm liam is already on the move.

not bad for an 11 year old the distance notice i've got a notice to hold on from here. okay, sounds good. it went well because at 1st 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 fingers roll comes with the rest of the month of dies for us. now that liam's got the basics down. joke on it seemed to be his 1st off road challenge. will he pass it on the 1st time around it? so hold along some line nice or style and coddling. coddling, coddling the

let's now there's plenty of food restaurant in westlake and the nice thing, 3 of those players that i spent a long time off on kind of thing off enough me on the phone and i've explained the mission. i had it shut up for lunch, but i think the at the end lives, the biggest challenge to ramp with the 60 degree in klein will lead to make it to the top. you can stop because then the cd will start coming back down the hill. this block, that's why and that's going cause done some of that and we done kind of doing this so long. somebody said 10 percent is off the same customer not present this america

. ok, so 5 minutes is in may, i'm going to send a note on it. may i ask who's to now listen, picking up links, length links is down. ok, i'm peaceful 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 the concept to build the obstacles in a soil friendly way. when we man,

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 black before you fly out. meanwhile, liam is just happy he got the land rover around the course without crushing into anything. a catch the 1st, that was a little scared that i drive into something. but then it was okay. suit feels good because he consents the engine going up and down. has lots of fun and the one the other thing you do 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 effect. liam would likely never forget the incredible experience of how he 1st learned to drive in the land rover and s u. v. that cuts a good figure, those 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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