and if not, have different strategies in dealing with facing the future of the us. china rivalry will also shape the south china sea disputes and how the countries in the region will navigate these troubled waters. if you press the gas pedal here and so they'd be profound for the when it comes to electric cause this has got to be one of the more powerful but also more expensive ones. you can get the new audi, s e from the g

t. it's basically only of faces, but there is way more to that. and you can see at 1st glance, let's check it out. welcome to rep. since 2021. the algae each on g t has the one of the fastest and fits this machines on offset from the ingo stock based comma, and with its latest updates. things just get back. let's talk about how the managed to improve, especially the ria engine, because the each one g t always has a from the engine. and the power output for b s heat drawn, g p, which basically now is the entry level version is $500.00 kilowatts. and that goes up to $680.00 kilowatts for the r as each one g t performance, which is more than $200.00 kilowatts in addition to a power compared to the predecessor. and that is simply crazy. there are so many cars out there that don't able to remotely have 200 kilowatts of paula. and now

we're talking about just a little upgrade for the newest version. off the h one g t. the recently driven the audi r s 6, which takes about the same time to get from 0 to out. and let's get on that as an hour. but they say it's by no means the same thing. if you press the gas pedal here, you will. and so the be propelled forward in a manner that is simply crazy why the r a 6 still has the seconds of thinking. what do you want? and then it's slowly stalls and then it also packs really a good punch. but it is by no means the same thing. why do you have to admit though, is the sound and the r 6 is way better than this? the

so basically, to me, the idea call would be an acceleration like this, with the sound of an r, a 6 the. and what you also have to take into account is the safety entry level version. so the r s h n g t performance will make the same dash from 0 to a 100 kilometers now in way on the 3 seconds, which is simply incredible and i also can't wait to test this out. once the car comes onto the market, the top speed for the all d s h one, g p is 245 going in an hour. and the r s versions can go up to 250 kilometers an hour. of course, the costs will be able to drive even faster,

but that will drain the battery way more than it already does. the, the battery of the h o n g t has also been improved. not only did all the manage to give it more usable energy from around 84 to 97 kilowatt hours. but they also at the same time managed to keep the. busy battery about the same size and make it 10 kilograms . light are the v to and g t is basically a brother from a now the, the 2 forces tie gun which is. busy on this 40 a side, the eater on g t n itself is more of a grand to risk small. that is also suitable for long distance driving. while the

tie count is more of a sports guy, of course, if you name includes forces, then people expect you to be spa media. and so it's no problem to me whatsoever that the each on z t can not match the take um, in terms of spalding this, it doesn't need to because it has all the virtues. the audi also managed to improve the battery charging. you can now charge with up to $320.00 kilowatts, $270.00 was the predecessor figure. and also the charging. i'd say environment because usually charging the battery with the maximum speed requires an idea of temperature, which was around $35.00 degrees. but now you can charge past that temperature to between $15.35 degrees, which is a huge improvement and will keep the battery in

a fast charging state longer and therefore also charge it faster. that means in an ideal state, the s h one g, p can charge from 10 to 80 percent in 18 minutes. and that is really, really quick. the, when it comes to recuperation, all the also managed to improve the car. we can now recuperate with up to $400.00 kilowatts, which is more than $100.00 kilowatt. more then the predecessor good. and that way you will get away more energy back into the battery before the brakes me to kick in . it's no surprise that the se turn gt has an impressive sets of numbers, backing its performance and several also new 20 inch multi. so wheels on our festa by c. s and our risk models

while the headlights remain the same and the front bumper has been completed, the redesign to match the characteristics of the s version of the phones. and that by the way, it was also a point. people criticized about the predecessor because the front bump up was the same, no matter if you got the entry level version or the highest r s version. and with a new one that has changed to tell them apart instantly the, the interior of the audience, a drawn g t looks quite appealing to me. a pretty cool feature is that's panoramic glass rules that you can tense by the press of a button. the was also new and the as he drawn g

t a is d adaptive suspension that was not stand in the base, each one g t version in the previous generation. and you can really see the difference when he used to drive select button down here to switch from column for a to dynamic mode, which makes the call waste differ. and last edge all incurs ultimately there is the active suspension. i was able to test that one with the prototype drive that i took part in at the end of 2023. and i have to say it was quite cool. it can adjust each wheel individually. and that way you can have things like the easy entry function that will pop up the call once you open it and you get in, once it goes to door, the car gets down to its stand, the level and you can start driving. do you need?

it's not really, is it a nice feature? yes, of course. you can get that far the new as each one g t and of course also for the r s space for general driving impression in the audi s e to on a g t is really good. i mean, they call that costs way above 100000 euros. it is clear, you can't afford to make any mistakes to make it allowed to make it bomb b or anything else. and as expected, audi did just that the call handle, it's really well. p is really good and is really uncomfortable. of course, all these improvements will cost you prices. so the as each one g t stuff, it's around a $126000.00 zeroes. while the rest, each one g t costs at least a 147000, something up my audio april and g t experience i really liked driving the call. 80 is crazy. while accelerating is

also handled very good in curves and the addition of arrange and charging speeds all the manage to give the car make it very suitable for long distance trips. the only thing i missed while driving this car is the good old v 8. so on an old, a new l d s each one g t is, is comfortable on long distance trips as it is on show top power plenty good range and foss charging a major process. the on the downside is that to invest the child powerful call is of course the price, the costa rica and brazil in the fast lane when it comes to e. mobility preserve as latin america's largest electric vehicle markets,

now resilient cities are looking to hop aboard to buy electrifying their urban bus . please. meanwhile, in costa rica, sets of laws from the last decade came to remove economic barriers that could be the move this small latin american country needs to give its battery electric vehicles. a boost we'll talk more about how costa rica has increased electric vehicle uptake in a moment. but 1st, let's take a look at one of the countries rarest cars. a converted electric car. it used to run in gasoline before being retrofitted with a battery by to start up founders say is uh gonzales. so lease and emmanuel castro the too also. and to prove that converting the power trains of cars in companies, fleets does make economic sense. they say converting existing gasoline powered cars . tvs can be cheaper than buying and you vehicle a little bit out of the

mean way to reduce price is puts us in the sector of the market where there are people who may not be able to buy a new vehicle, but they can up for a converted to electric vehicles on baker, electrical come back to their goal was also to give people the freedom to renew the vehicles they already have. but they admit the conversion process is difficult and time consuming. i'll put a few moments i can, a person can take about 3 or 4 months depending on the vehicle how complex it is, all about weight distribution and design that we have to do. so it's a whole study sourcing parts to fit the custom built is also an issue, but they hope that by showing off the cars they've already converted, including the yellow mini cooper we saw earlier. they can convince companies in cities to convert their existing fleets instead of buying new as well. but i think it's a fraction of the price. if you compare cars like the mini cooper, the customer around $13000.00 a month from now,

and many that comes straight out of the factory right now. that costs between $50.00 and $60000.00 here. and then when the converting gasoline powered cars to electric is just one innovation. but what about those laws? we mentioned earlier, they established for a different price brackets, and each has different discounts. economy cars get 100 percent of their sales excise and customs value taxes way for example, the g lead geometry. see, with crisis starting at $27900.00 us dollars. but 0 percent of those taxes get waived for cars that cost above $60000.00 and select alexis far as the $450.00 cars price between these $2.00 receive staggered reductions. this is part of the costa rican government's attempt to make buying a new e. be more appealing a more we now. so other countries have

restrictions or more taxes on combustion vehicles and punish that decision to purchase one. not in cost, sorry, cost you. it was for the couple yeah, no, this is sylvia rojas, the president of the latin american association for sustainable mobility. their parents offered the drivers include free parking in some areas and no annual road permit fees. but how well has it worked? cost to read because the market share is pretty decent. we had trouble confirming official figures about the trade magazine ally tech says the market share. there is high, with estimates between 7.3 and 7.5 percent in 2020 to compare that to the official figures from canada, the us columbia, ambridge hill for the same year the when the law passed in 2018. the revenue in costa rica from the electric vehicle market was nearly $14000000.00 us dollars,

but the markets rising and statistic market insights estimates it will be worth $321000000.00 by 2028. small compared to some of its neighbors, but not bad for a country like costa rica still here as in most countries, there are plenty of people who can't afford or don't want to buy their own e views. so how can their transport go? electric answer at the humble bus. just a few kilometers outside of the mega city. sound power though, is it production site for the company. electron disposition firm has been making electric, trolley buses for decades. but in recent years, they added 100 percent battery electric buses to their catalogue. these buses are already on the streets of south power, though most likely it is we have 85 percent of the pure electric market. this is the ada olivera, the executive director of an extra, she knows the as their company produces,

are more expensive to buy. so that initial investment needs to make long term sense for city officials. and also if we put buses that costs a $3.00 times more than these, the buses and they last less than 15 years, we would undermine the transport system not only in brazil for the internet in america, these buses must last at least 15 years in the system. who will sustain up making sure our buses last is critical. here in south palo which banned the purchase of 90, the buses in like 2022 and so followed. the public transport system is composed of $12000.00 vehicles that run daily all over the city. they transport an average of 7000000 passengers, especially in comparison terrace, has just over 2000000 residents and 4700 city buses and did even earn the title,

the best city in europe for public transport last year. but in south palo, which is 15 times bigger than the french city and has nearly 6 times as many people, buses are a major part of the transportation network. it's going to be a heavy lift to meet the ambitious goal of increasing the fleet to 20 percent. reducing noise and pollution would be additional benefits. hitting national targets to reduce c o 2 in line with the powers climate accord is part of the goal and brazil like many latin american nations, as relatively green electricity grants may be collecting in latin america. 65 percent of electricity comes from green and renewable sources for the law. and this race ribbon, you know, is the executive secretary of the latin american energy organizations i, by you think there are countries where renewables to account for nearly 100 percent of electricity, paraguay, uruguay. and then some hours of the day she laid what ahold of the many of the

countries in this region have large hydro electric projects and other green energy sources, all of which contribute to the cleaner energy matrix. which in turn, makes the switch to electric vehicles more impactful. but this is not a simple swap over. for one electric buses are more expensive or stolen with the theme. anything it has the initial investment cost. and that's precisely because of the new technology to the luxury of transport secretary and miranda, assess the initial investment was about twice as much as a gasoline powered bus before the pandemic. and now folks are bothered to but we have observed that the battery electric vehicle was costing 3 times more than a traditional diesel vehicle. he also talked about adoption bottlenecks because infrastructure like electric charging garages have yet to be built. there

has to be old unnecessary logistics because today the logistics of diesel is much more consolidated as to because the garage is that where great volume of fuel is consumed by each of the buses today, the garage itself, the concession that company itself, they have their own pass in tanks, the large distributors, buy and sell them over to you know about that. so stops the costs and infrastructure are important. factors to car buyers around the world beyond just transports and the cities entire ecosystem has to be prepared. while electric claims it has a big electric bus market share or sale, they're not the only players in the game. b, y, d, china is the truck or not that's going to connect with. tesla. also produces electric buses. and now they're planning to expand into latin america. meanwhile, mercedes benz is already in business with electra. they produce electric bus chastity is like these in brazil for companies like electra and others. the company

says it already has $250.00 chassis, usually in operation in buses, in south palo we believe it's just a kid off the bus. this is actually him cool cat, the president of mercedes benz brazil, and the ceo of mercedes benz trucks. so we see a stronger need in public transportation and we expect it all to you and let them know where we go to grow. so you can see it was 2030. and i think in general, you understand like was on bus, you can capture 50 cars. while the personally, the market relies heavily on imports to catch says increasing domestic production for electric buses will be important. i think it's a great opportunity though that maybe is missed at the moment because if you have a natural resources to, to know hydrogen production or if he has the ingredients for at least you like for

instance, actions you know, to, but it's a reproduction of easy that could also stimulated with low feet and the end of these for the audience. you know, they're not when you import all the components of the vehicles. but you should rather see that you would do better with the local industry and then utilize the natural resources in the countries. just like with personal electric vehicles, increasing domestic solutions is seen as critical for the future production of the buses. so our costa rica and brazil in the fast lane when it comes to email ability, government policy and costa rica is one factor that quick but more easy use on the roads and start ups like electro convergeone is the costa rica hope they can help a different bracket of car owner, it's a sport green license plates like these. meanwhile, mega cities in brazil are investing more in electric buses which capitalize and rich and diverse green energy sources. but even though you, these are gaining momentum in south america, it's likely to be

a long road ahead. the major thing is if i step out on the front of the smell of one entire, is my fluids on the tries to control it and how to cause signs. how to cause slides is an amazing feeling that it's like a symphony of sounds on like movements on my new of a high wall and a bash at 2 of those areas rising more just for talents. the boots are based, petro heads call themselves the drift. hunters and competitively over steering, flashy soup, upright surround type, the place. obstacles is the name of their game. when i started 15, how is it in uh, at icloud wisconsin, just a normal guy will let the dog zoo at the engine was

a forced to linda boss the loans do what were into the truck we did. i told the guy that i want to just, he was like, no, just saying is not for you. just stick to cut ops and com. what if occasion, and i was like bro, i just through like a mid for this stuff. i don't know how to do it, but i want to do this now is just an under speed. i've seen who is iris and by the police. they don't see people. i see if they're just feeling in the cause of a no, it's not a buffer until they call it, and it's to scape jane andrea, but it's more to support. i want us to take this game to the next level. i don't want to do almost 3 different. i want us to take you to the professional we. that's sick, this movement of more to support some way to stop the law pumping. the heat breaks on this for a while and a batch develop a different approach. the existing on public fluids is a new got every language. so it's strictly avoid just down the roads. however we're, you can and um we hold events in light glinted spaces. we go through the right channel was like the police or would safety v i o. all of those um,

organizations or targets use we go to as it's on every child to make sure that that event is functioned on that event is like for the need go safety wise, location wise noise wise. we use our switch on media icons like that. it's the grounds for you to take talk to spread out if you do is on the invite people to come over for events. it hasn't taken long for a growing subculture of new recruits to begin taking part in the sanction contests . competitors scored on the control of the vehicles this the listing flushes and how close they can get the car to obstacles without hitting them. of course, costs build up for them and, and their machine is actually an expensive sport. when i started, i almost believe they gave him cause when a normal person gets like, let me, let me, let me put it in the law. when you do, animal person gets a $100.00. just thinking of buying these b a phone or getting getting shed. if i should get a 100 dollar 90 dollars,

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