you can find out more about these and other stories online. dot com. do you know he's auto magazine? read is off. next, we'll be back soon with more headlines. thanks for watching the . i want to tell you something. it's a bear with me. my hands raising awareness of a tardy and on and we're still in test shane silence, and we need to break out of it. i want to tell you something how to tennessee chris starts november 29th on dw thing to electric vehicles are taking over. well. think again, internal combustion engine seems boys to make a roaring combat. the these are still grabbing the headlines. the electric cars are

having a moment to the demand for electric vehicles. as booming worldwide sales of electric vehicles are projected to boot over the next few years. so why or drivers and carmakers doubling down on i see despite the climate crisis, the world is waking up and change is coming. what did you like it or not? fueled by a modern day gold rush, companies and government board billions into the market, driven by grand promises that are clean or green or future. but now as the sales plateau, some of the industries biggest players are retreating from their vicious promises. europe's biggest comic or volkswagen is considering closing factories for the 1st time and it's history electric vehicles from china or cutting into its market share

and high energy costs make manufacturing in germany uncompetitive because the, the big party that this industry has enjoyed and from which german manufacturers long benefited is over. so and i don't think anyone ever thought that the ones in a century transformation of the industry would be a straight line. there will be peaks and troughs, but it's not just a german problem. other european carmakers pay similar headaches, like reno numbers. the truth is we are not yet on the right trajectory to a cheap 100 percent electric cars by 2035. if customers don't follow us, we're all responsible. we need to cut costs. the global use share in terms of sales, slowing down and customer adoption rate, not as high as expected just a few years ago. the results forward is axing its electric 3 ro,

s u v. and delaying a next gen pickup plus it's committing to future gas and diesel models, citing a lack of consumer interest and fully electric cars for a sudden shift to cast doubt on the sustainability and the immediacy of the revolution. are we witnessing a retreat from overly optimistic promises? is the widespread adoption of electric cars, truly feasible, or a dream too far? the welcome to the electric car, the future spot where the gasoline producers of america go . very, very switching to eaves aims to cut carbon footprints, reduce reliance on limited resources and fight the climate crisis. the vision was

clear. electric vehicles would be the ultimate solution to our environmental loans . in greenville was born out of this necessity to protect tele, plants, takes the electric vehicles section. it is a crucial industry for the clean economies with a huge potential in your major players like the us, china and the you have implemented laws and incentives to boost tv adoption aiming to phase out. i see vehicles by 2035. but this transformation isn't merely a technological shift. it's a complex dance involving geo politics. economics and infrastructure electric will be, has a very high probability to become the main for, for boston. and if you miss this window of opportunity out by sticking too much on the old, them, that might be coming next. essential problem even for the lock,

for the launch giants of the industry. the tvs look to have a bright future world wide sales just kept growing until 2024. when they started to stagnate. plugin hybrids. and dicey e saw a resurgence big car brands read the writing on the wall and began walking back there and vicious as targets in germany knew the registrations are set to fall for the 1st time by just under 14 percent in 2024. that's mainly because subsidies and tax breaks were rolled back. these play a direct role in e v adoption the, the recent decline in e v could safe sales months over months. certainly has been influenced on the main

site, does the reduction of government subsidy easily. many markets because they made the products very attractive. not only from the how to seek us the most from us psychologically sick in the old quote and dodge hundreds of emails in europe or in germany. we're seeing that plans for eaves are being scaled back or slowed down repeatedly. so we could normally have an order. of course, this is also related to the current slow down in sales. since you don't want on sold cars standing around on your parking lot, this one listed as much as default to the condition of divorced or shifting tvs isn't as straightforward as it seemed. there are 2 major hurdles for easy adoption for prices are, are a little bit high for ease in and people are choosing to deal with the ad in the marketplace. you know, they're choosing other, you know, other solution. the product offerings are out stripping the t v, charging infrastructure available. but it's not all doom and gloom projections

suggested eas could make up 50 percent of global passenger car sales by 2035 and 70 percent. by 2040. however, i see vehicles won't disappear over night. their long volume cycles means they'll be on the roads for decades to come. while the likes of canada, south korea in the us sit and fishes targets to phase out ice ease. the us in china i have yet to commit to specific time lines the despite initiatives like to abide and administrations funding for the infrastructure. the reality is that building the systems takes time. in europe. countries like germany in the u. k have modified their the mandates due to political changes highlighting the complexities of this transition of the china on the other hand is

aggressively pushing for e v adoption leveraging it's huge manufacturing capacities and state assistance. the situation in china. s great deal east greatly influence intervals commer because it's a demonstrated on one hand for how many applications the electric vehicles. um, now upfront of 24 consumers for legacy carmakers jeep chinese eves had been a wake up call in the us and europe, governments are sending off chinese imports with terrorists. but in these 2 mass markets, that's making affordable leaves less affordable. putting another dent any v adoption, can you look at china, which is the world's largest current market, and they've been going gang busters on these as well. and so you look at these 2 markets that are going to be these and then you look at the us spark and say, well,

okay, if we're going to be competitive in that space, we need to be looking at tvs is about the terrorists are seen as protecting traditional automakers to see these are big and pricey. most offer no entry level electric cars for under $20000.00 euro. unlike their chinese competitors, governments around the world are tightening fuel economy standards and setting ambitious targets for the adoption. by 2031. automakers in the us most ensure their fleets average 50.4 miles per gallon. up from the 49 miles per gallon required by 2026. the meeting. those goals will require that 35 to 56 percent of the vehicle sold be fully electric by 2030 to put such policies. change with each new administrate asia.

the, i think you could see some of those policies were reversed or change like the, the, the regulations could change, which might slow down the transition from ice tvs. and so the auto makers would be required to sell fewer eaves, to offset the ice vehicles. the legacy automotive brand, such as mercedes, gm, and volkswagen for struggling to break with old values. and we think their business models, they're developing new strategies and response to market dynamics and consumer preferences. that is where it's a good position to be in where your factor is can be able to both be these but also

high tech, electrified combustion vehicles. so we have the flexibility in our production system, but we're also reading a next generation of vehicles. mercedes and v w. have put the brakes on their plans to be fully electric by 2030, reflecting a broader industry trend. the strategic pause allows them to further refine their i c. e models, while keeping an eye on consumer attitudes towards eaves. if you're a well run company, you try to match supply with demand overbuild leaves and there isn't the supply for them. they sit down the lots and lots of reasons for these through the electric plug that speeds that will take us from point a to the future, dictated by that speed between consumer infrastructure. volkswagen has earmarked tens of billions of bureaus for the development of internal combustion engines. this shift is driven by consumer hesitancy towards the beads their high cost

concerns overcharging, infrastructure and range anxiety. some models flocked to adding to vw as was our weaker sales in china. they're the brand is seen as old school entertainment and fund designs are lacking. so the car maker is slashing production and it's 1st all the plan to yvonne. where's the load started? now we've gone from being an important load started to an important seismic route that stick out plants in saxon. he has produced electric cars exclusively since 2020 b, w invest, and 1200000000 euros to convert the factory fixed. technically you were in a position to build 360000 units a year. currently, your output is around 240005. that means one 3rd fewer cars are leaving the factory and entire shift has been eliminated. among the employees, concern is spreading. so brands are balancing their push for

e v ease with continued investment in i, c, e, and hybrid technology still, if they missed the gold rush, that's the new e v market. they may never recover the, the world's biggest card company as adopted a cautious approach to easy known for its hybrids. toyota only recently entered the market with a b, z for x, which had one of the worst they used imaginable. find the goals. so it's a toyota, as many of the company see the hybrid as an interim or a transitory solution. but it doesn't look like toyota will be abandoning internal combustion engines any time soon. they see the future as being i c e plus electric, along with mazda in subaru, toyota calls this. a multi pathway approach focuses on refining. i see.

so they can be used with electric motors and equals for carbon neutrality because toyota is a full line and global company. we cannot leave anybody behind. that is the determination we have in that sense we have this approach called multi passed away . and we have to take it toyota is focusing on maintaining a range of power, train options to meet varying consumer needs. for decades, toyota corolla has been one of the world's best selling cards as the these gain traction in developed countries, less industrialized regions still rely heavily on ice the vehicles due to cost and infrastructure constrain. toyota has better pay, gone hybrid, and i see technology, an approach that works for them. at least for now, the

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