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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 putting the germans shore, 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. china uses 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 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? your go to china, rece the huge of the children kind of see it's a risky patch on china. it's definitely quite a risky develop. and so that's taking place at the moment because comp make us german call make a streaming 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, the german auto industries, most important market 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 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 are not the 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 the project?

a to tony's 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 captured just 5 percent of this rapidly growing market compared with the roughly 20 percent market share. their fuel powered models regularly beached which i'm currently or have because they're past success was heavily dependent on traditional fuel cars. hopefully and people tend to have different levels of comp dependency. well, as a new company, we don't have any pants to rely them, nor any baggage that can't be discarded them quickly, 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 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 crown is ton, is market leader. it develops innovative batteries and chips 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 by german carmakers aren't willing to just accept a seat. 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 to

this. but when we did introduce a, we did it right and conquered the field of the state. and 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. high volume tom t, for instance, young chinese buyers think volkswagens electric models or 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 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. it's the biggest risk. uh, if you don't go to china, china in the future because of the on china, our departments come right in front of of china. if you don't do that goes the race . german carmakers seem to have taken this message to heart, dw, mercedes, and bmw, or showing up more than 5000000000 bureaus to get cooperation agreements with chinese partners rolling for 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. a targeted long term strategy and so just whistling

in the dark. one of the 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, this is going to happen. events impact um, uh, the drum and economy. germany's foreign minister on elena bab box isn't pleased when jobs and supply chains leave 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 biting 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? what's the only only 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 rest compet to those companies that it needs. right. so i think saying we have friends and might be of a simplified c. and right, i think china is though strategic and it's outreach to phone companies

just how much longer. well, 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 treat i'm trying to use is the economic interest off um the 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 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 industry industrial corporation in the business gamble that the a peaceful coexistence. it's 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? i'm 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 in 10 to 15 years with right. so i think it's, it's, it's a risky patch on china. fill out their major car makers, likes to lantus on tests reliant on china. so the uncertain outlook for doing

business there is, it is crucial to their survival. but the future of the german auto industry will be decided in china, where german carmakers will have to navigate the following 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 said youtube slash dw rab. and you'll always be up to speed, [000:00:00;00]

the reclaiming the streets. that's what urban cycling is all about. over 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, the, the recycling is looked down upon as a mode of transport because it's usually the other thing, the poor people you know, and not what the typical which and trust person with the the reason i think we should get more people buy into the cause of

health benefits, the green economy, and bits of cities that we get to live in. you know, the list cause we have on the road to more people we have on bicycles. makes perhaps the, it's really to get more people on by schools. young, small old black, white colored forest and everybody that's what differentiates us. it's out after the 16th we have a meeting point where we speak about the gonna take and we do the cycle. and 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 finally, end up at like

a nice restaurant. it's really just about getting together and social 2 was by convince you psycho as you are you writing for the destination and an update to the teams so we don't waste appendix or live craft or anything. and i said we're coming teens. we come in sure with becoming anything that feels comfortable for us to write in like a mishmash, and the representation of what tube it looks like as the melting pot. what stuff did 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, many of them. it's never known each other, and they lived in the same woods, meet on a bike drive, and now the 9th, the piece, the frames, 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 together to really just find each other and see that they actually really overly 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 mean the guys from vitamin is and started and joining the ride, they definitely range from strange as these frames 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. yes, they have changed my life quite drastically. i should say, you know, become humble, the, you know,

meeting new people and how the 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 coolness that happened on 1st this way we did every one in a new one on the pass code to ride in the city at night. and these are v like silver out, and other parts of tools that nobody would go to $180.00 random motors, dangers of people think the idea is that people know that to but also put it on to

them as well. and they should come back and visit and see, you know, it belongs to one 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 leg room 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 limit strongly be a price list, $19.00 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 that the companies will send the test drive is to sign of the vehicles and make sure they just perfect. honey. i shrink the cars by around 25

percent. who got these ferrari's asked in martin's for years, been headline had been imported 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 or just for show a ferrari, for instance. i do, i actually don't. the 1958 tests are all set as a study. 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 for type and size get down this rems,

this size. you can then drive your car on. it sits in the wheel cups disrupted, but the runs by can close it up like a clam, and then you can move around the world. it's rumored that even king charles of passionate environmental list 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. yeah, 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 clubs 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 football just to take for the kids drive children must be at least 11 years old line 1.42 meters tall and then just registered them fun. me and we drive off road here. the is empty with the kids get, it went well because an at birth 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. yeah, i understand that until the most of the dies for us. now, liam's got the basics down. joe calling seemed to be his 1st off road challenge. will he pass it on the 1st time around the whole class?

i'm like this time because coddling. coddling the let's now there's plenty of food last night and the restaurant and the nice thing, 3 of those players play and i spend all along so my phone kind off for me like off, i'm nothing on the phone. the next thing the next mission have shut up for lunch, but i think in the at the end lives the biggest challenge to ramp with the 60 degree incline 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 i have not done some of that.

and we done kind of doing it for long. so finally fits in prison based on the same customer. notice in this america. ok, so 5 minutes is in mail room 2 o'clock on tuesday. now listen, please an uplink length. things this down ok, i'm peaceful from the findings for the 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 spot 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 like before you fly out. meanwhile, liam is just happy he got the land rover around the course without crushing into anything and catch the 1st. that was a little scared that i drive into something else, but then it was okay. so it feels good because he can sense be injured, nothing more than going up and down has lots of fun and most because he didn't 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 perfect. liam would likely never forget the incredible experience of how he 1st

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