Transcripts For DW REV 20240713

People before the electric cars. Made about. Rev the model and mobility show. Do we really need all these vehicles. Of traffic. Some people are dreaming of a life with less traffic we want to have a city where we dont just see cars in parking lots of us. So what might the city traffic of the future look like. Just imagine that driving on the ability to actually clean and for free i but where should we go if we still think driving cars is a lot of fun. I. Cover all different vehicle groups. And could you master the Safety Systems on Award Winning hybrid x e 40. 4 x. The systems they are. Be on the safe side of congress and mobility right now on ram. Climate change and emissions limits have left their mark on driving for fun. Sports cars may pump up the adrenaline but they also pump out pollutants like theres no tomorrow in germany sales are down to around 50000. 00 a year. S. U. V. S have topped a 1000000 mark in germany even though theyre also seen as gas guzzlers and climate killers theyre the Fastest Growing segment for the global car district. Sports cars are all about pace passion and the sheer uncompromising thrill of driving nobody but. Was the ford mustang is the worlds best selling sports to pay the quintessential pony car since its launch in 1964. The porsche 911 is another icon of modern motoring it has sold over a 1000000 units since it 1st hit the roads half a century ago. The 1st porsche was built in 1970 it had just 35 horsepower but thanks to weighing only 585 kilos it could reach 135 kilometers an hour. Company boss fairly poshest said that the last car ever to be built would be a sports car. And a sports car was not merely a mode of transportation its the imagination. Bungee company of. This ultimate marriage of design and engineering promised a way of life. Exclusivity independence the ideal get away from the daily grind. Soon enough sports cars went from being on the vehicles to stars of both the big and small screen. And on game console. In the Virtual World these cars deliver plenty of action. Some new models now even get launched in video games. And if that whats your appetite how about one of the im actually a stinger. The b. M. W. 440 i grant. My car the lexus l c 500. Of course to really put cars like these through their paces you need a race track or at least a test track like the one in lead to. Our clients who attend our training courses cover all different vehicle groups motorbikes passenger cars i pads and trucks we cater to both private individuals and commercial clients and. A quick look under the hood before we get going the stinger has a twin turbo v. 6 engine that cranks out 269 kilowatts. Is a subsidiary of south korean car giant hyundai. And the stinger is out to muscle in on the european sports car market. Is german design boss pages make sure it had what it takes. Out on the test track nicaea shows the benefits of its all wheel drive. It tops out at 270 Kilometers Per Hour despite winning it almost to touch. In germany the stinger sells for a base price of around 56000. 00 euros it speaks of christ. Performances are the nickname but. Theres nothing for about the l c 500. 00 which uses lexs styling in class inside. Flicks this is the luxury brand of japanese carmaker toilet were eager to show that theyre among the front runners not only among hybrid cars. Are matched by the way it hugs the road. Its developers who are granted triple the usual time to toil antique are away at the new model packs. The results is life in the fast lane a trip that will have your heart pounding and your pulse racing. 351. 00 kilowatts catapult this mean machine to a top speed of 280 kilometers an hour. And awesome feel at the wheel but a price tag of 100000. 00 euros and this baby burns a whopping 12 leaders of gas per 100 kilometers. B. M. W. Meanwhile harking back to the seventys when the 3. 0 c. S. L. Dominated the european touring car circuit. And now the 440 i grant who pays channeling that history. Unlike its predecessors on the racetrack its not meant to tear up the record books but it comes with its fair share of luxury extras. And 62000. 00 euros its far cheaper than its lexus rival. Its output is a relatively unimpressive 240. 00 kilowatts but youll hardly notice that. You take to the curves and hear it roar. The perfectly configured suspension is coupled with the legendary straight 6 engine. And as youre thrust back into your seat after shifting down a gear you get that real sports car feeling. These are cars that unleashed powerful emotions for some theyre objects of desire embodying that ultimate freedom of movement. For others their unwelcome relics of an environmentally unfriendly past. But environmental responsibility and sports cars can also go hand in hand a new porsche tycho on is powered by 560 kilowatts and its all electric sports car you can drive with a clean conscience. Today were going to have a look at this. Isnt exactly a new car this compact and c. V. Claimed the european car of the year trophy in 2018 and its fresh looks made the swedish best seller a real crowd pleaser. You can also choose a contrast in roof color to make your car really stand out. Whats new about the. Or to be precise because of the. When is the 1st plug in hybrid power train for this car according to w o t p tests it only needs around 2 to 2. 5 liters per 100 kilometers which almost almost sounds too good to be true. Plug in hybrid combines a 180. 00 horsepower 3 cylinder gasoline engine with a 60 children want electric motor and front wheel drive hybrid drive trains always add weight to a car thanks to the 2 engines and the battery and at 1900 kilos the x e 40 is no exception. If dr rice but you can feel the weight now the x. You told me has never been a review of speeding all this stuff you definitely can feel the punishment stop exhilarating but with around 7. 3 seconds from 0 to 100 this hybrid combination with you and your race. The speed was never the point of this fall though what its aiming for is fuel economy. The hybrid system pegs mean different driving modes named hybrids and power in pure youll get all electric driving meaning the car is on the he was in the electric engine its good post proof after 125 came of age and the end of the market which is quite nice when youre both be driving in the city after that when the battery is empty you can plug it in then charge it up or use the internal Combustion Engine to get the battery some additional juice in the hybrid mold the system tries to combine both engines in the most effective way its probably the mold you would drive the most in when youre outside the 30 year old we are going to do with my. Most of the time and then theres the Performance Mode where both engines are running in parallel all the time to give you the maximum performance for whenever you feel the need for. The science the 3 driving modes the x. E. 40 offers a whole range of Safety Systems functional has always been at the forefront of driver safety. Engineer kneels bullen invented the 3 point seat belts for the car maker back in 1959 the German Patent Office named the belt one of the 8 inventions that most benefited humankind during 100 years and in 1985 with head side a neat airbags of all the x e 40 scored top marks in the euro n. C. A. A. Crash test. Emergency brake assist and active lane keeping assist come standard. Class cross traffic a loop warns you of vehicles approaching from the side and braking support automatically applies the brakes in order to avoid a collision. But theres one problem ive got with all the Safety Systems and thats not the systems themselves as they work pretty much flawlessly its the way you control them because to activate or the activate the systems we have to do for through the and for payment stream there are menus on top of menus that open up even more menus and i dont know or maybe its just personal preference and after a week or so of driving the car you will eventually master the system but personally i dont really like. Ok so the user interface of the infotainment system might need an overhaul but what about fuel consumption. Sleeping in the countryside probably isnt the best territory to achieve consumptions that are close to being. 2. 00 new cars per 100 kilometers but. Im not saying that its impossible to achieve those numbers by driving throughout the day most of the time in the hybrid model we ended up with something close to with 7 or 8 but 100000 dont meet us so whats the verdict at a hefty starting price of 49000. 00 euros the x e 40 with its new plug in hybrid engine has both the advantages and disadvantages he might expect on longer trips this heavy s. U. V. Tends to guzzle gas but for running errands around town or commuting to work the sleek looking volvo will get you there economically and safely. In our cities are failing us. Has affected us all to piece this all future generations can look forward to i like to have a city where i dont need to worry about the machines and. What can we do to improve the way we move in our cities to help but its very smart to join us on a journey where Architects Engineers and activists face up to the challenges of our future urban mobility. Traffic chaos thats on the. World wide every day. There are some 47000000 cars on germanys roads enough for 2 of the 3 adults to be driving at the same time. Thats the highest level ever in berlin alone 87000 new cars were registered in 2019 despite growing traffic problems. Like lots of public transport with ok bicycle. And we see all those cars next to the universe. The boating people like the students basically have free public transport and they come by car and i think thats not. All over the world urban traffic pollution is choking use of the air we need to breathe. People around the world are demanding change. After more than 100 years is the cars dominance of our ever more crowded cities finally coming to an end. Or brand environment his part with crohns and nobody has the freedom to live in the city in a more natural way and the future of the city is the future of mobility in a new way. The Global Design studio graphed is developing visions of our future urban mobility. Its founders last crooked arrogant thomasville are specialists in urban planning and Sustainable Architecture may expect future generations to have far more choice in how they move around their cities. Will be the child of of us. Will probably walk quite some. Some distance because the neighborhoods will be without us too much traffic jump on a car maybe that leads then to a connection that probably will take their child into the air and landed right on the working place. Flying taxis could be a spectacular urban upgrade but probably not for the masses the biggest changes will affect cars especially our own private ones of which there are more than 1000000000. 00 worldwide. There will be no boundary anymore between Public Transportation and individual traffic of the separation of both cities that we see today. But what could take the place. Private cars emissions free highly flexible public transport system. Our urban mobility could depend on vehicles like the move or the tech underpinning the mover comes from a german company. Its meant to demonstrate how one platform can fulfill many needs. To move or could be used for the transport of people. For. Traffic transport of people and. Goods. In germany unused for 23 hours a day on average each wasting about 12 square meters in parking space. Thats as big as the typical german childs bedroom. In the u. S. Cities like houston are struggling to overcome decades of urban planning that has given more space to cars than anything else. The more you have reduced the dimensions of the vehicle of course we achieve that living the drive units into the wheels themselves placing nickel components as far into the corners as possible to make more interior space years of. And that frees up space on the road so. Shrinking vehicle footprints are just one part of shufflers mobility vision. This Award Winning prototype can carry 4 people to their destination cleanly autonomous li inflexibly and. The city were graphically change as we sure hope it is public or private leaving the possibility for the soon to come back to the people meaning we need less parking spots. We basically need the cars or airplanes or the drones whatever it is too long so we need new spaces new spaces. Transportation. In the near future digital networking will drive our mobility. Shufflers idea forces people using Autonomous Vehicles from the fleet working 247. B. s multifunctional emissions free vehicles to transport people and goods or provide services by sharing the vehicles people could free up huge areas of space previously dedicated to parking but are we really ready to have robots driving everywhere. And again schools are good it is the one major hurdle is legal vehicles like that are not really covered by the current legislation well have to make many adjustments to legal frameworks and the lack of Legal Security surrounding Autonomous Vehicles is putting the brakes on development that. Its done until it often becomes. The can we really afford to lose any more time. The generations of young people who will inherit our cities are already looking for quick and direct ways of improving our urban lives now we can do 2 things firstly politically challenge all politicians live you want to have a city where we want to live and where we dont. Parking lots everywhere but where we can go everywhere and im not afraid but a collar hit us secondly we can do it ourselves we can take the bicycle to work to university to school with them by pass for the metro for the underground and we can take part in a concert. The german city of our sport is trying to get cars out of the city by offering free public transport in the central zone. Since january 2020 people can also take out a mobility subscription that gives them unlimited access to the citys fleet of bikes and cars the package costs around 3 years 50 per day. Its one change among many that are needed. We need an overall Traffic Management as well as the infrastructure as well as a Payment System a ticket system and things like this of course future mobility has to be affordable it might pay for itself with ads like the internet does these days. Just imagine that driving all mobility is actually clean and for free why because its a search place where you can work driving as you know its automatic you dont have to take care of that its shared with other people its connected so basically the people that run advertisements in these to places while youre working they pay for the right so i think a city where we dont have costs. Has much more space for our troops. Has more from space for the people and i think city without cars can have a lot more opportunities none of the with cars. A city without cars for many people thats hard to imagine. But things are beginning to move in that direction the question is what do we want to do to space when the cars have gone. We discuss on that topic. And then use these could be im a texan. For the past 27 years. Ive not been easy. I have 4 children. And. My wife and you. Know. You go to movies. To go to our blog. On. Business and business and also domicile. A listen to. Tough it tough and. Activism in a very young and ive seen that. You develop and then reverified people always coming here because i didnt tell them in the morning coming today in the senate we see that tough to jump from jump that high in david thank you for your great. Mix. That weve. Got to get a question about. You see all this stuff but if you dont take and you dont back. This. God save us and. 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