[000:00:00;00] the past towards sustainable mobility will in many, many, many use cases be an electric. what the is this the new best value for money v, the volvo x 30 will find out right now. welcome to read the x, the c as

a compact tv that the swedish call make it has aimed squarely at arrivals. like the vw id 3. i post astra electric and the test them upholstery. the entry level of price for the. busy mobile x 30 is just around 36600 euro. what do you get? well, 1st of all, you get a bunch of assistance systems. almost anything you could wish for blind spot us is oncoming traffic mitigation. it will recognize pedestrians, bicycle spike or is so in the safety sense, you get everything you need. there's also an meet cost attract vx the t features the latest generation of all those automatic parking system which can handle base power low and perpendicular mending fits empty spaces on either side of the call or detected when driving it speeds on to 22 kilometers per hour and then displayed on the touch screen. as soon as the driver has selected a spot,

the pockets this pilot stays the vehicle into place by take care of the steering gear, shift to accelerate the pedal and brakes. the drive to get continuous progress updates via the display. what else do you get? uh, $200.00 kit, a water wheel driven call with a 51 kilowatt hour battery that will achieve around 350 kilometers of range. if you compare that to, for example, uh the in the compact segment, let's say opal off dry electric vw id 3 or test the model 3. then all of these was dogs. busy around $4142000.00 euros, and even though some of these will have more range than the mobile, some will also have less range and also weigh less power for price. it is way higher than that of the mobile and price. the a versions of the x, the see include the single night long range model with a bigger bath tray,

reaching out to 476 kilometers. and this 40 dual motor with 315 kilowatts of power . so what are the down sides? what won't you get in the volvo? the ex 30. 1 of the things you won't get is an instrument exhaust or so behind the steering wheel. there is nothing. if you want to know how fast you're driving the speed limit or any other information, you will find all of that in the central display and the input time and system that takes some getting used to. but usually after a few minutes, you will have found yourself looking at the right spot instead of searching for your current speed behind the steering wheel. and just to be set and you have a safe journey, there's volvos on board computer keeping an eye on things. the general a driving impression in the. busy that is absolutely nice. what you would expect from a volvo. it is very comfortable. the loudness in the interior is ok as well.

nothing too loud, but also not to silence. seems to see traffic and for 6, you know, one pedal driving which is possible in old variance and shows great to come foot and increased range and other post, which is fine to run the range front is the on board heat pump, which comes standards except in the single my to addition, the all the way to put it to the interior of the ex 30 is to the, in their opposite of the no buttons summit. the steering weird about that's about it. leon for payment system is as usual with valuable a polls. the cars oper, right? that's okay. it reminds you of your smartphone and it's also easy to operate above . the touch screen looks very good, it's quite bright. it's easily readable, even if the sunshine on it,

it has google maps on it. so if you plan to do along the trip, the car will automatically find charging spot along the route and then create the battery. so it's in that ideal stays to get charged. the only thing is, if you plan to charge on your own, or if you don't use the navigation, then the battery won't be pre heated ends. in worst case, it won't charge as fast as it could. would you also can see the side doors a clean as well? that's not even a level for the windows because this one is right here in the center console. and what you also have in the center console is to cup holders. and if you don't need the most cop oldest, for example, if you want to put anything else inside, then you just put that away and you can place whatever item you want to in that tray. that's pretty nice. the vehicle can be shared with friends and family via an

apps that enables it to be moved without. the key is also a remote function for checking whether the vehicle is looks and the windows are closed. the same goes the pre heating or cooling the interior, activating the whole locates the vehicle. the space in the back is definitely what you would call a compact. there is almost no leg room left. it's okay. you can put it in the middle because there's a little more space or at the sides. the head room is absolutely okay. also because of the huge panoramic glass roof. but the seating position is not exactly comfortable because as you can tell, the floor is quite high due to the battery of cause. and then you will have your legs bend quite a bit and that is not a position you will want to keep for a long distance trip. the seats, as such, are quite comfortable. no questions ask, but the position isn't

the just as in the front you have no buttons in the door. instead, the window levers are here in the middle where you will also find 2 u. s. b. c sockets, law, smartphone charging that are also handy funding pockets in the front seat banks. while the front has a capacity of 19 liters the trunk conflicting between 318, and 904 liters of comcast. the anything you want to adjust in the car is done via the central touch this day. and that is also true for the side view mirror. which by the way, look quite nice because they almost bought a list, but they need to choose the mirror adjustment from the menu in the in for payment

system. and then you do it with the buttons at the steering wheel, similar to what tests last. it is not intuitive, but to do it only one time. a see and see the car has memory function, follow the different drivers. it is ok. this new stop button's the engine to get the vehicle going. the driver simply presses the brake pedal and engages fluid over. thus using the shift the coming up, my volvo, x 30 experience. i like driving the car, even though i'm not a fan of su visa, it is quite nicely motorized. the fact that you don't have an instrument cluster is forgotten after a few kilometers. and the integration of google maps in the, in full time. and system is also. busy the thing i really appreciate the things i

didn't like where the range that is in the small. busy and the space in the back, but all in all a very decent call that offer some very good value for money cx. the t might not be the best value e v, but the entry level model is still a very good call at a reasonable price despite the deficits of space and the rate of cost. if you'd like to go fos to jewel mode to version that manages to hit the 100 k p h. and on the 4 seconds you will have to show out with the 48000 t arise in germany, which is almost 12000 mold. and so the entry level version, width of all the excess he then it comes down to the question of savings versus speed, the cars, cars a global phenomenon with millions of unique stories that could be in a german costa. and we need to guys whether you are, however, up here, right?

but the question is now, where should we go? right to wherever you are, incentives your stories and your crazy car into the, let's catch up soon on, right? the 5 rumor or actually too many wars, if you try not be the that the tv is going to die. because the traditional german legacy brands like may see this on coal, cannot compete with the up and coming. china is easy makers, so they are not on the verge of throwing the tone. i'm due again from the the rest . i'm going to show you, is that the case on the, are you are the last few or to with your phone keeps all tooth you pointed venture . so you will come from the engine before lunch and then to walk you through how to choose onto sure thing,

one thing or police all that she to the court brand don't seem to have a way to call you back to this last me who had already a jump on the button, fagen and purchased chewing electric vehicles is set the buffalo. what's going on? what's happened to you that the vision is clear up purely electric portfolio portfolio and yes, we firmly believe that the electric mobility is going to support a sustainable and so you are missing the future to this goal is no longer costs. have to have massive investments in the electric vehicle sector, german and also makers, including this. it is bmw and folks buying over the past decades old gone to based

when i heard that vast and ultimate curse represented by mosquitoes. we're going to give up on the electric vehicles. i quickly check out the most serious germ of financial media, such as the reports in honda's blocks, which said these what and vicious goals, according to the internal plan as mister spence am to achieve more than 20 percent of itself, is fully electric cars in 2023, however, distilled, got based company, only managed to achieve electric share of 12 percent of the approximately 12 meeting costs delivered last year. given this pace, it seems unrealistic for the traditional german ultimate garment status to achieve its goal of fully electric sales by 2030. and so after our runs of criticism from the supervisory board, the head of miss status, ola continues, has put an end to it. he's a comprehensive electric strategy,

essentially hollow thing to target. for the end of this decade, the sales ratio of my status hybrids and electric vehicles, quite at most retail level of 50 percent. but from this news come, read concludes that me say this and even german automakers as a whole. a ball to the box, electric vehicles, and stop competing these chinese manufacturers, even though they haven't given up at all, saying they've given up is completely nonsensical. there's no such thing. i think i would like to paraphrase the single market, right? yeah. the reports about the death of the electric vehicle, i'd greatly accelerate what we are seeing now. what you're seeing now is a slide in bright on the road to the electric field. we did each because to whomever you talk in the industry in the medium to the past, towards sustainable mobility. we're in many, many,

many use cases. the electric records at the industry is ready, willing and able to follow the pos for the majority of the vehicles. so the notion that invest in countries unable to compete of looking to tables collectively giving up on the electric cars and leaving, trying not to play along come therefore only be described as some people being already anxious. not long after this claim was made, some of china's own social media voices stepped forward to clarify and set the right course, attract people to various reasons. people have been feeling very anxious. whether it's about the why the road old themselves, the one moment they think that being surrounded by the west and the country is doomed. the next the fee, i will replace humanity. i'm a doomed such feelings are understandable, but not particularly helpful. well, you'll be able to help to what you paid off in. so it's

a leading technical consultant into your pin automotive industry and has also witnessed the growth of trying those electric vehicle industry. i think at the moment there is a very high attention to any new step according to the electric preclear because they have the option of electric vehicles in both parties. um the, the see the moment the, the situation. we have plenty of prices around about political, economic lands on. right. and people are really somehow in fear of change in some respects as those voices from china and europe mentioned. the uncertainty about the future of electric vehicles may steam from the fact that we currently live in the all certain words. because so many of our previous understandings has been negated by new circumstances. we have started to become accustomed to engaging every single. but

when it comes to the future of ability, a highly important topic, what do the experts in europe same? uh and uh, while uh electric will be used to choose us for the industry. so there is no doubt about that. every major, we have many, many un trends they, they have set their bits of electrical ability as to the main trends of demand for more options for the future to come full. so assess slice don't target x results. cracks my any thoughts on the end of the dream, i'm not entirely result foundation. they have also got their proponents in germany . the v is the future. do my unfortunately, our politicians have lost interest in the future. is this professional 49 students who have, who used to be known as the godfather of the automotive industry in germany. as an academic, he pays close attention to is optimistic about the development of china's electric

vehicle industry and is often a p. i p as a professional chinese event. however, he is not optimistic about the future of electric vehicles in the european american markets. the reason stains from politics of the political side, there have been significant changes and these changes are slowing down the electric car. the main reason why electric cars are now weakening in germany in the u, who is the lack of support from the political sphere. firstly, in terms of buyers, premiums and secondly, due to the general political attitude that internal combustion engines still have a future. i'm to the point of view that i need to talk. so this is the view of professional didn't have a as an academic of server. what have germany is major, traditional automakers has recently set about the future of electric vehicles. this is all cut in use. the treatment of miss status, as we mentioned before,

the phased criticism from the supervisory board, because it's a business plan for a fully electric line up, but tools all the 30 wasn't the chief of all. now here's chan she's narratives pushing back the deadline for completing this transition by another 9 years to 2039. so we want to achieve a net carbon neutral position by the end of the next a decade. but in order not to wait for that to happen in 1516 years, we have also set ourselves at the interim target. by the end of this decade, stan achieve up to 50 percent of the journey by 2030, the net 0 carbon targets mentioned by me. see, this is actually more vicious than the previous go off achieving a fully electric sales lined up by 2030. this net 0 go means that the entire product life cycle of audio vehicles, including batteries, roll material,

production, assembling, delivery, customer usage, and recycling. with a chief carbon neutrality and the environmental impact of electric vehicles. so out your entire life cycle is also a focal point. for many critics in the long term factory electric vehicles will be the predominant tab trying to think of them i could share by 2027. know will be at a tipping point. so after that for electric vehicles flipping southern, i see this was the volt tetra ration made by the c o a folks, but you're going in 2023. furthermore, looking across other german automakers, including bmw and audi, achieving carbon neutrality is essentially a medium to long term goal for often, there's only the timelines for achieving those goals,

very seeing that german automakers are planning to execute the electric vehicle. race is therefore completely at out ms. defects the need. there are many voices in europe questioning the future of electric vehicles. for example, european countries, including germany on friends, significantly reduced subsidies for electric vehicle buyers not long ago before the consolation of purchase subsidies by in our electric vehicle in germany. which has, that's, it's you, uh, government subsidy of around 45026000 euros. imagine if you had both a mid to high spec electric, meaning just the subsidy alone would have amounted for roughly 10 to 15 percent of the purchase price. for popular more just like the many,

this level of discounts was essentially the maximum a manufacturer could offer. if you had bought a cheaper entry level, electric car, price between 20030000 euros, the government subsidy. would that cost you to it? it's an even the other person's off the cost, but now this money is gone, but you would have to buy it. and now the price difference assessed significant. and this is the most important argument. customers are withdrawing and reverting to combustion engines. so it's the big price difference between combustion engines and electric cars to most by way of comparison. china is now a power dies for e v buyers. you can get this for running about 27000 bureaus. this 432000 euros. and this for less than $17000.00 bureaus of costs and cannot be considerations. undoubtedly the primary concern for most users besides the purchase price, however,

the continuously raising electricity prices across europe. also a reason why many consumers hesitant to embrace eaves furthermore, the 1st wave of quote un arrows, pioneers. oh the so called early adopters have already accumulated 1st 10th positive and negative experiences. 3 years ago, as someone who acquired an electric car, i belonged to those early adopters. the experience of driving electric vehicle in europe the stays, isn't necessarily bad, but it's enough to fast track you into a mid life crisis. the experience is marked by all paid public charging stations and excited pretense electricity prices. the low compatibility of charging costs incomplete or inc. accurate information about talking stages and various

frustrating charging experiences. add to the audio, coupled with wrench anxiety in her and to electric cars. all that reinforces my belief that the future of electric mobility cannot remain as it is now. i also understand better why many argue that the electric cars we see on the roads today, i'm rarely translational products of costs, the dissenting voices as well. ninety's of my i don't agree because if you look at vehicles from the latest generations, for example, what our series is doing with his s and e class models, they have great range and one can manage quite well with them which device. well, not everyone, however, kind of forgot me say this s o e of costs. so we kind of hope that's a common curse. well, gradually democratize the battery of technology used today in top motors to more affordable, more of those that the masses cannot accept. regardless of the future of electric

mobility will still depend on new technological advancements. the most important thing, what we see here a bit to raise this is that the commodities that starts right away and we will have plenty of improvements over the next 2 years in terms of price performance, dependability as well. so this makes me confident that elected to quote me the conflict fee to its promises, to provide sustainable affordable mobility for society. again, different hours and we expect that battery technology will make significant leads forward in the next 5 years. unfortunately, it's not going to blink. we're talking about solid state batteries of your state, but at least i've also noticed that in germany, whether people are pessimistic or optimistic, i bought the car and states of electric vehicles. yes. do you believe that the future direction of our tribal mess up is electric. but kind of those traditional german comm acres,

which ones bone beak this conversion to internal combustion engine technology and has been criticized from moving to slowly on 2 legs towards electrification. continue proving the f a clear vision of the future and they are in raising the future as that is electric, or at least hybrids electric for the existing portfolio. so i wasn't boring too much if you're not able to to, to mask the car. godfather of germany believes that the future of electric mobility lice and trying to see where optimistic that the breakthrough will happen in china . no question. and we think it will also spread to europe in the us. but the question always is, what will the politicians do? the politicians come back, the car die or let it live like and you can predict what politicians will do, where you got this message. you never less as to be have heard from me say this

folks log in and others eaves off from that. not even fading away. major comm acres in germany, just adjusting the pace towards full electrification and more automotive tales. next time on or as the, the,

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