and that's also now coming up next forever, both on the end of the error and the question why electric cars are losing momentum of cost as much one use on our website, dw, dot com. and on on youtube, as social media channels. i'm the whole journey. and so much good by the we are all set we are watching to see you to bring you the story behind the new the will on about com, biased information for free might say, do to me in a room or, or actually true. many boys in trying not believe 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 e v makers. so they are not on the verge of, sorry, the tone. i'm too young from the the rest of you guys will show you. is that the case or not? are you are the last 2 or 2? is your frontier thought would you tweak in venture? so your causing the issue of the soviet union tend to want you to choose onto sure thing. one thing or police, she to the brand don't seem to have a way to call when you talk to this left me who had already jump on the bunch vegan on, purchased chewing electric vehicles, is set the buffers. what's going on? what's happening to you that is the vision is clear,

a purely 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 mis status bmw and folks buying over the past decade. oh, gone to based when i heard that vast and ultimate curse represented by me see it as well. going to give up on the electric vehicles. i quickly check out the most serious germ of financial media, such as the reports in one of those blocks which said these what and vicious goals, according to the internal plans, mister spins and to achieve more than 20 percent of itself is fully electric cars

in 2023. however, distilled, got based company, only managed to actually use electric share of 12 percent of the approximately 12000000 costs delivered last year. given this pace, it seems i'm realistic for the traditional german ultimate garment status. to achieve its goal of fully electric sales by 2030. and so after our round of criticism from the supervisory board, the head of my status, ola colleen hughes has put an end to his comprehensive electric surprises. essentially how they're going to target for the end of this decade. the sales ratio of my status hybrids and electric vehicles at most retail level of 50 percent. but from this news come read concludes that may say this and even german automakers as a whole. a balance of the box, electric vehicles, and stop competing these chinese manufacturers. now they haven't given up at all

saying they've given up is completely nonsensical. there's no such thing based off into some leading technical consultant in the european automotive industry. and has also witnessed the growth of china's electric vehicle industry. i think at the moment there is a very high attention to any news step according to the electric. we're cuz they have the option of electric vehicles, invalid marketing. um the the see, the moment the, the situation, we have plenty of prices around to the political that can only come in so on. right . and people are really somehow in fear of change in some respect 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 all more ability, a highly important topic, what do the experts in europe sick? and while the electric will be used to choose us for the industry, so there is no doubt about that every major role. we have many, many un trends they, they have set their bits of electric ability as to the main trends of demand for more options. for the future to come full scale, assess slice don't target x results, cracks money, thoughts on the end of the dream. i'm not entirely results foundation. they have also got their proponents in germany. the v is the future. do my but unfortunately our politicians have lost interest in the future. there's 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 a professional chinese event. however, he's not optimistic about the future of electric vehicles in the european american markets. the reason stands from politics hold up. 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 spirit. firstly, in terms of buyers premiums, and secondly, due to the general political attitude that internal combustion engines still have a future to the point of view that i need to talk. so this is the 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 kind of in use. the treatment of miss status. as we mentioned before,

the phased criticism from the supervisory board, because piece of business planned for a fully electric line up, but towards all the 30 wasn't all the chief of all. now here's chan she's narrative 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. the body 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, 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 off 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, flipping southern ice east. this was the volt tetra ration made by the c o a folks, but you can in 2023. furthermore, looking across other german automakers, including bmw and audi, achieving carbon neutrality is essentially a medium to long term goal for our often was 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. vista effects indeed, there many was in europe questioning the future of electric vehicles. for example, european countries including germany on friends, significantly reduced subsidies for electric vehicle buyer's, not long ago, before the constellation of purchase subsidies buying electric vehicle in germany could have that it's, you a government subsidy of around 45026000 euros. imagine if you had both a mid to high spec electric me, 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 could offer. if you had bought a cheaper entry level, electric car price between 20030000 euros, the government subsidy. would that cost the $2.00 adults and even the other persons of the cost? but now this money is gone. but here's what applies and now the price difference assessed significance. 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. by way of comparison, china is now 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 bureaus of costs and cannot be considerations. undoubtedly the primary concern for most users. besides the

purchase price, however, the continuously racing electricity prices across europe. also a reason why many consumers hesitant to embrace each ford or more the 1st wave of quote un arrows, pioneers. oh, the so called early adopters have already terminated 1st time, positive and negative experiences. so years ago, as someone who acquired an electric car i belonged to. so 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 midlife crisis. that experience is marked by all paid public charging stations, an exorbitant electricity prices. the low compatibility of charging costs incomplete or inc are create information about charging stages and various foss,

treating 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. now these are 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 really a high over kind of forward let me say this s o e of costs. so we kind of hope that's a common curse. well, gradually democratize the battery a technology used today and talk more of those to more affordable models 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 in factories piece is that they come out of cheap 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, and this makes me confident that and next to probably the kind of fulfilling its promises to provide sustainable affordable mobility for society. again, different hours. and we expect that battery technology will make significant leaps forward in the next 5 years. unfortunately, it's not one of the links we're talking about, solid state batteries of the state, but only 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 outside will mess up? is electric by cutting those traditional german comm acres, which ones bone,

beak risk conversion or internal combustion engine technology and has been criticized for moving to slowly on 2 legs towards electrification. continue improving the f a clear vision of the future and they are in raising the future as it is electric, or at least high for the electric for the existing portfolio. so i wouldn't worry too much if you're not able to to, to mask the car. got fonder of germany believes that the future of electric mobility lice in china. you see where optimistic that to break through 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 can back the car die or let it live? without it, you can predict what politicians will do, where you got this message. you never less, as we have heard from a status,

folks log in and others eaves off from best. not even fading away. major comm acres in germany, just adjusting the pace towards full electrification. what do you think? leave us a comment below the business need of didn't use i forgot. coming up on the program, the coal coal crisis in west africa would soon make your favorite chocolate by are allowed to be purchased. coco farm isn't gonna say fucked. us like climate change diseases and illegal goldmine and having a devastating effect on the habit of making life unbearable published by the crisis. we meet that farm, my income irving, who has premium, the cash from the, sorry, the global prices. also coming up demo across the board dynasty chats, presidents that.