of course, we say they're never giving up every weekend on d. w. the, the past towards sustainable mobility will in many, many, many use cases be an electric, what the is the new best value for money v, the volvo, x $30.00 will find out right now. welcome to read the x this he is a compact tv that the swedish comic it has aimed squarely at models like the v w i

. d 3. i post astra electric and the test them pull straight. the entry level prize for the. busy oval e 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 on coming traffic mitigation. it will recognize pedestrians, bicycle spike or is so in the safety sense, you get everything you need. there's also a need to concentrate be exposed to the features, the latest generation of all those automatic parking system which can handle both 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 taking over the steering did

shift accelerate to pedal and breaks the drive. it gets continuous progress updates via the display. what else? so you get a $200.00 kilowatt wheel driven car with a 51 kilowatt hour battery that will achieve around 350 kilometers of range. if you compare that to, for example of this in the compact segment, let's say opal off dry electric vw id 3 or test the model 3. then all of these will start at around $4142000.00 euros. and even though. busy some of these will have more range than the volleyball. some will also have less range and also weigh less power for price that is way higher than that of the mobile. bigger and pricey of versions of the x, the c include the single night long range model with a bigger bath tree, reaching out to 476 kilometers. and this 40 jewel motor with 315 kilowatts of power

. so what are the down sides? what won't you get in the valuable e x 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 drive. busy and 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. busy loudness in the interior is ok as well, nothing to it out, but also not to silence of the things to see traffic in particular one pedal

driving which is possible in old variance and shows greater comfort and increased range and other poles that you sent to on the range front is the on board heat pump, which comes standards except in the single might to addition to all the way to put it to the interior of the ex 30 is to be their opposite of the no buttons summit. the steering weird about that's about it. the infotainment system is as usual with valuable our pulse 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 call will automatically find charging spot along your 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, this 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 cup holders, 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 t. it 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 and physical space in the back is definitely what you would call a compact. so there is almost no leg room left. it's okay. you can put it in the middle because it's a little more space or at the sides. the head room is absolutely ok 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 for smartphone. charging that are also handy funding pockets in the front seat backs. while the front has a capacity of 19 leaches the trunk conflicting between sweetheart 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 a thing, i really appreciate 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 the office very good. the value for money vx, 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 deputies of space and the re of course, if you'd like to go foster jewel mode to version the manages to hit a 100 k ph. and on the 4 seconds you will have to show out to woods of 48000 euros in gemini, which is almost 12000 mold. and so the entry level version width of all the excess he then he comes down to a question of savings speed. the cars are a global phenomenon with millions of unique stories that could be in a german coffin. we need to guys wherever you are. however, up here, select what 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 rent. the room or, or actually true. money was in trying not be the that the tv is going to die. because the traditional german legacy brands, like missy this on coal, cannot compete with the up and coming chinese easy makers. so they are not on the verge of storing the tone. i'm too young from the the rest. i'm going to show you, is that the case on the, are you, i was the last 2 or 2 was your phone to talk to the point him venture. so you will come from the in jump itself luncheon and then to walk you through how to choose onto should go up lease that she to

to court brand. don't seem to have a way to call when you get out of town. just have to verify this left me who had already jump on the bund stagen and purchased 2 electric vehicles is suddenly baffled what's going on? what's happened to you that the vision is clear up here, the electric portfolio portfolio, and yes, we firmly believe that the electric mobility is going to support the sustainable and so you are missing the future to disco was no longer costs have to have massive investments in the electric vehicle sector, german also makers, including miss status bmw and folks via an over the past decade old gone to based when i heard that vast and ultimate curse represented by me see it is we're going

to give up on the electric vehicles. i quickly check out the more serious germ of financial media, such as the reports in honda's block, which said these what and vicious goals, according to the internal plans, mister spins 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 tool meeting costs deliberate last year. giving 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 south racial of my state of hybrids. and electric vehicles at most retail level of 50 percent. but from this news come, we conclude that we say this and even german also makers as a whole of fall to the bottom of the 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 mark twain. 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 slight and bright on the road to the electric field. we did each because to whomever you talk him. the industry in the medium to the past towards sustainable will be the will in many, many, many use cases be an electric requirement and the industry is ready,

willing and able to follow their pos for the majority of the vehicles. so the notion that invest in countries unable to compete of flipping the table collectively giving up on 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 court stripe appeal to various reasons. people have been feeling very anxious, whether it's about the white, a volatile themselves. one moment they think that being surrounded by the west and the country is doomed, the next the fee, i will replace humanity and my doomed such feelings are understandable, but not particularly helpful, because you'll be able to help to what you paid off into. it's a leading technical consultant in the european 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 clear, cuz they have the option of electric vehicles involved marketing. um the, the c and 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 us certain words. because so many of our previous understandings has been negated by new circumstances. we have started to become accustomed to engaging every scene. but when it comes to the future of ability,

a highly important topic. what do the experts in europe sick? and uh, while uh, electric will be used to choose a task for the industry. so there is no doubt about that every major role. we have many, many un trend state. they have set their bits of electric ability as to the main trend of the main formal motion for the future to come full scale, assess slice don't target x result 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 to 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 and is optimistic about the development of china's electric vehicle industry and is often

a v i p as paul facial chinese events. however, he is not optimistic about the future of electric vehicles in the european american markets. the reason stains from politics about 1040 on 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 spear firstly in terms of buyers premiums. and secondly, due to the general political attitude that internal combustion engines still have a future to play navita, i need to talk. so this is a view of professional doesn'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. determine the ultimate status. as we mentioned before, the phased criticism from the supervisory board, because it's a business plan for

a fully electric line up by 2013, 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 decade. the body in order not to wait for that to happen in 1516 years. we have also set ourselves at the enter in target by the end of this decade, pen achieve up to 50 percent of the journey by 2030 the net 0 carbon target. it's mentioned by mistake, this is actually more vicious than the previous go. i'll achieving a fully electric sales line up by 2013. 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 the market share by 2027 know will be at a tipping point. so popped up for electric vehicles slipping, slipping all i see is this was the volt tetra ration made by the c o of folks, but you can in 2023. furthermore, looking across other german automakers, including bmw and audi, achieving carbon neutrality is essentially a meeting to long term goal for our often is only the timelines for achieving those goals. very seeing that german automakers are planning to execute the electric

vehicle. race is therefore completely at outs, vist affects the needs. there are many voices in europe questioning the future of electric vehicles . for example, european countries including germany on friends sick this attempt, the reduced subsidies for the electric vehicle buyers not long ago before the consolation of purchase subsidies buying an electric vehicle in germany could have met you a government subsidy of around 4500 til 6000 euros. imagine you had both a mid to high spec electric mean. just the subsidy alone would have amounted for roughly 10 to 15 percent of the purchase price. for popular moses like the many, this level of discount was essentially the maximum

a manufacturer i could offer you if you had bought a cheaper entry level, electric car, priced between 20030000 euros, the government subsidy. would that cost the $2.00 adults and even the other person's off the cost? but now this money is gone, i guess it would have highest 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. so by way of comparison, china is no, a power dies for e v buyers. you can get this for running about 27000 euro. this 432000 euros. and this for less than $17000.00 bureaus of cost 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 the flood or more the 1st wave of trial and error of pioneers. oh, the so called early adopters have already terminated 1st time, positive and negative experiences. so years ago, as someone for a credit on the electric car, i belonged to those early adopters. the experience of driving electric vehicle in europe these days 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 on exorbitant electricity prices. the low compatibility of charging costs the incomplete or inc, i create information about talking stages and various false trading charging experiences add to the audio coupled with range 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 early transitional products of costs, the dissenting voices as well. because ninety's of my i don't agree because if you look at vehicles from the latest generations, for example, what are said he is doing with his s and e class models. they have great range and one can manage quite well with them. well, not really a high over kind of forgot me say this s o e of costs. we kind of hope that's a common curse. well, gradually democratized the best way. a technology used today and talk more of this to more affordable motors that the masses cannot accept. regardless, 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 commodity 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 and next to probably the 10 foot feed, it's promises to provide sustainable affordable mobility for society. again, different allison and we expect that battery technology will make significant leads forward in the next 5 years. unfortunately, it's not going to school. we're talking about solid state batteries, some of the state, but only i've also noticed that in germany, whether people are pessimistic or optimistic, i bought a car in states of electric vehicles. yes. do you believe that the future direction of outside will mess up? is electric. but kind of those traditional german comm acres, which ones bone beak this conversion or internal combustion engine technology and

has been criticized for moving too 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 high for the electric for the existing portfolio. so i wasn't boring too much if you're not able to, to do much of the cod godfather of germany believes that the future of electric mobility lies and trying to see where optimistic that the breakthrough will happen in china. no question. and we think it will also spread to europe and the us. but the question always is, what will the politicians do? or do you think the politicians come back to the card guy or let it live? but you can't predict what politicians will do, where you got this message. you never did less as we have heard from it. say this folks log in and others eaves off from that. not even fading away. major

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