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With the neo brand is still pretty much unknown in germany. But the chinese e. B juggernaut is planning its german launched by the end of 2022. Neil is coming to germany today, my 1st test drive in germany with the neo car. If you want to know more about the cost, the brand, the plans for the future stick around and with that, welcome to read. The e s 8 is neos biggest s u v. And while its not sold in germany, you might still spot it on the streets as its available in norway. First in europe for the brand. The cool thing about neo carlos, that is a parent once you get inside, is that a little figure looking at you its name is no me, its basically a Voice Recognition system, but its way cuter than it is. And now the cost, he will have a little your letters looking at you. Sometimes it will wink and from time to time when its bored it will do funny pain. While norway gets the yes, hate the smaller e s 7 s u b and the 87 and 85 sedan for the time being, it seems like its just the sedans and the e. S. 7. That will make it onto the german market. With Design Center for neo caused by the way east in munich, germany, we were there and had a quick chat with the chief designer. By the way, we can show you the sensor from the outside since its pretty secret. So youve got to believe its in munich. I mean we starting a new brand from scratch or had so we have a lot of creative freedom. And its like starting with a clean sheet of paper. But at the end of the day, we want to create and design beautiful cars for our users. So we really keep their, you know, experiences in mind in terms of how they want to feel when they see a neo. So we really want to create a, a perfect car in that its beautifully designed, intuitive, easy to use, and really embodies all the attributes of, from what our users want. Of course, the neal brand is a grand success in its home country, china. The annual neo day attracts thousands of owners and bands from across the country. Thats in part, because neo has focused on building a Community Among its customers. Neil fan club across china meet regularly go on trips and even organized charity events. And they stay in touch with the company for james to directly address any questions the owners might have neo doesnt view itself as an ordinary car maker. Thats plain to see what their latest venture neo houses. Ah, potential and current neo owners can meet get advice on vehicles or simply grab a cup of coffee. There are more than 65. 00 neo houses in china already. And one in the norwegian capital oslo. We started to look to indulge in an exercise, trying to see if we could find what was really essential. We came up with this feeling that it was all about engagement and community. Its about closeness and relationship to nature as well. Its about a celebration off local tastes and flavors with in germany. Now were, were good about to open neo houses. And these really embody also neos core Design Principles as well. So we really want a holistic experience for our users, so that the cars and every touch point for the users really feel like one red thread running between them. So the, for instance, the new houses, the way the furniture is the way youre greeted, the experienced total experience really is something thats been driven by design. Ah, the design philosophy around neo was really based on our Company Brand values, which are honesty, care, vision, and action. And from that we actually developed our design dna, which is pure human progressive and sophisticated. E s h is roughly the size of a, b, m, w, x 5 or i x. But it aims to attract premium customers at an affordable price. The logo itself represents our brand philosophy of vision, the upper part being the sky in the lower part being action sort of the road to that. So vision and action prices for the s 8 start at around 57800 euro for making it a good deal cheaper than the b m w i x, which costs over 77000. Thanks to its 400 kilowatt motor b as 8 has plenty of power range varies between 375 and 500 kilometers. Depending on what size battery you opt for. Right now, neo is struggling a little bit because all the audio is not really satisfied with the naming of this caliber e s aids because they say its too close to their ass aid. So the sporty is version of their flagship model. But to be honest, its like a different car. And also this car is in a completely different segment and also be completely different type of car than the as a by audio. And what i think is even more important, a name consisting of a ladder, and a number is not really something you would call creative naming. So he can steal like 2 digits. I dont really know if you steve a name like i dont know to you, does i go bumping, then its different, but numbers letters. I dont see any problem. There are a naming strategy is based on 3 digits and letters. So the 1st one, e, it is represents for us experience and emotion because thats what our brand is built on. The 2nd letter represents the car type, so in this case s is for as he the, and the number designates that the hierarchy of the vehicle in this case 8 being the biggest se the we have. So e s 8 of course, what sets the neo brand a park is it swap a will battery system at a battery swap station, the customer can exchange and empty battery for a fully charged one. In a matter of minutes. In the future it will be possible to off for a bigger or smaller battery, depending on availability. With the battery as a service option, the battery remains the property of neo and is rented on a monthly basis. That simplifies swapping and ensures you always get the best possible battery if you want. You can also simply buy your battery and the person swamp station outside china was recently opened in oslo. Over the next few years, neil plans to build 1000 more of these swap stations in europe. Of course, its also possible to charge the vehicles normally at a wal box for public charging station driving a neo if cool. I mean, the idea i really like it. And the only problem right now is we will have to wait, wait until neo comes on to the german markets. Wait until there are enough swap stations and wait until the hour, the neo houses. But im pretty sure once all of this is done, neil is gone. I have a Great Success here. Neo hasnt yet officially announced when exactly its models will hit the german market. But the 1st will definitely be the e t 7 sedan in 2022. Equipped with 2 electric motors, itll pack 480 kilowatts of power. Different battery sizes will provide ranges of 500 to a 1000 kilometers, making the car arrival to the tesla model less. And portia, tie con while we dont yet know the german prices in china, the 87. 00 cost, the equivalent of 48000. 00 euros, plus 150. 00 euros a month for renting the battery. Ah walter own ends 1st passengers of the day or his 2 youngest children. He is a bike taxi driver in ginger, some 90 kilometers east of ugandas capital kampala, a few months ago he traded in his old bike taxi for an afro cruz e. N. E. By develop for the african market, and hes been attracting a lot of attention. You can see that was in i let me good in the go with his i was using dollar another using my whole seat as well. The custom. I free cruise. He is the brainchild of juergen passion, a former teacher from northern germany. More than 10 years ago, as he is travelling across africa, he began thinking about how transportation on the continent could become more sustainable. Many in africa ride motor bikes, which are expensive and polluting. Tickets vans and fuselage unlocked rica has lots of Solar Energy Units and huge mobility outs. If you bought europe has lots of e bikes. Thats left. So why not combine a bikes with africa . Solar energy to make a cargo bike in florida that could really help solve mobility problems on the continent. I do them for movie to school. Dream of wanted to help turn his idea into reality. Youre going teamed up with an e pike specialist from germany. Together they designed the 1st prototype and realized the bikes would need to be adapted to the needs of african customers, including the local Road Conditions. To stay in irish shown that was a pretty big challenge when it came to designing the bike. Like montague, the Road Conditions arent necessarily like what a bike riders are used to here, but it either belies and some of the by components that the industry tends to rely on, might not be available on general. Read like in they mostly, calvin come. My names optics and more spokes and the wheels and a reinforced frame styled and the look of a more expensive motorbike. The affray crazy was designed to be robust and appeal to its clientele, and its 600. 00 euros. Its quite a bit more affordable than most the bikes. The project also includes a micro Credit System to help People Finance the purchase. Passions partner in berlin, belongs to hero cycles, one of the Worlds Largest bicycle manufacturers. The Indian Company can draw on huge economies of scale to produce the affray cruces at a Competitive Price for a hero. Its an idea that makes sense and gets them a new foothold and the huge african market. The 1st 100 after cruces went into operation in uganda in 2022. As e by taxis e bike ambulances and water delivery bikes at fabio. The n g o based and ginger thats coordinating the app recruiting project. The 1st batch of e bikes already attracted a lot of interest. Fuel costs have also risen sharply in uganda as all over the world, which has helped to make e mobility more appealing. This comes, as i know, tentative as a transport of mobility, tentative that to people couldnt use instead of motorized transport lake cars late motorcycle is the fact that it is functional. It is able to carry 100 kilograms of of ca got so it is function, it is very fast. It is of course fire, fabio runs Small Service points to handle maintenance, and to swap out the solar powered batteries. Mechanic Joshua Ma Gaia joined the project early on, and now has a permanent position. He sees a Bright Future in the technology. Iraq stepped up to auction and they want to skew my fellow friends and young people dont dare. I want to get them on how to we pay our bags. Hardly b r. E bakes. Walter own and comes here to swap his batteries when businesses brisk. He is here twice a day on days when he cant make it, hes out of luck. So returning to one thing, maybe if the battery is not there so you can read it using light with it, no light. So you have to still viewing the fabio team, are in regular contact with technical designers. And berlin showed the bicycle lights get a separate battery. Does the frame lead to any updates . The 2 teams are working on refining the next generation of africa. Cruces juergen passion is hoping for more support from another angio called atmosphere. Its business model. Air travelers make a voluntary donation based on their emissions. Those contributions then help fund green projects around the world. I free cruise he is hoping to become one of them. So now the analysts are studying how some of the bikes are being used to best model. There are gps modules that allow us to see how many kilometers the bike travel on and carry out surveys to see how people use the bike tanks. The audio was part of what form of transportation did it replace the units . Would they have gone by motorbike, by car, or on foot . What a lot of using that data we can determine how much c o 2 emissions were actually savers to certify on found on this . Even though that process takes time. The next 640 every crews, the bikes are in production. In india, theyll be headed to togo, been in for keener fossil tanzania, and other countries. Its hope to eventually produce some components in uganda. Juergen passion is happy that his every crazy project is taking off. And for walter owning and his family, the bikes have made a huge improvement to their day to day lives and future prospects. If you want more rev, check out our youtube channel. If you want regular features about new cars and car culture and about mobility around the world, reads can make you very happy vintage classics and future tag or just some of the exciting content waiting for you. Subscribe to us at youtube slash d w. Read. And youll always be up to speed thinking about the lake for more minutes. The 1st thing which comes into peoples mind is range. Anxiety. Im telling you dont be worried to day rep is going to tell you how to charge your e v. Absolutely. Anyone. Class, the blacks and cables that i use for a very free e, v x p. As in germany lets start with what you can do at home. So this is a stand at home flux. If you are like me at your brothers place and your car is empty, then you can chart an enormous on socket. While it berries in different parts of the wood in germany, stand at home. So could usually support up to 3. 7 kilowatts, 230 boys, and 16 empath. But getting a push hard from a whole socket requires some amount of patients. Where we are charging right now with, you know what . That means. It takes certain hours to charge from 60 to a 100 percent. And that of course is a long time. And its not exactly very free. So i put it in in a 10 impair home focus. But as you can see, its delivering certain impair. That is actually dangerous because it could cause the lion or wyatt, but in some cars you have the option to change the mpeg, which will help you to save your wire. So they are always 2 sides to the story. If you are not confident about the wiring, then of course just use it for emergencies and just charge as much as necessary to come to the next truck. With a why box is a charger, what you would install at home. So i personally dont have a web ex, but thats the reason why we came to this message. This dealership to show you what it would look for. Boxes usually didnt have a power between 3. 7 and 22 kilowatts. And you need a certified electrician to install one, which is often quite expensive, but it can potentially combine convenience with competitive we get charged, which is a big place. For this, lets say this why box here is charging mice has low with 11, which means its going to take approximately one hour 25 minutes to go from 60 percent to the 80 percent charging limit ive set which isnt too bad. They are also remote charging options in industrial areas. This is an industrial block. There are 2 types of these red flags across europe. At 16 m power plants that can deliver up to 11 kilowatts and asserted to end up like that can deliver up to 22 q one. So actually that is what you need when you on a remote area where you have no other opportunity to touch. But what about when you are re and truly in the middle of nowhere . These are camping blacks, which are to see plaques. Youd use it campsite in europe. Here, there are usually a standardized blue color. Theres a smaller, 16 m power plaque and the bigger 32. 00 impact. The advantage of these blacks is that they didnt live up to 3. 7 kilowatts of energy. Very consistent for that, i have tried on my own and it works. So you can rely on the electricity pushed into your car. This is a cable. What you get from a manufacturer when you buy. And so that is actually a type 2 cable in permanent type 2 cables, usually transfer rates up to 43 kilowatts, but it depends on what your specific, if you can take and what the public charges that you have collected into can deliver. For example, charging my tesla 77 kilowatt hour battery from 0 to 100. 00 at an 11 kilowatt charges takes 7 hours. If you live in a city and dont have your own charging set up at home, chances are that this is a game that youre likely to rely on the most. So that is actually the whole set up. Im traveling with to avoid range anxiety. And just to calm you down, i have all of these kaylas because im constantly on the go driving all across europe in an ab. Chances are that if youd just drive from home to work and back, you wont need to rely on anything other than public charges, some of which have own clarkson, k. These are the ones i encounter and jenny, this is an 18 type 2 cable at the public charger, which is a rare fight. But if you managed to lose your own type to cable, you could use these supply power rate of up to 43 kilowatts. This is actually more plaque, which was developed in japan back in 2010. There arent very common in you, but a still used to charge sammys. They support rapid d. C. Charging and in germany they usually go up to 150. 00 kilowatt. And this is a c, c s of combine charging pluck, which has 2 d c. Contact at the bottom, allowing for fast charging. Its the most common rep, a charging block across germany, allowing charging speeds up to 350. 00 q us. Although occasionally even higher, of course, since i drive a tesla, i ought to have the advantage of tesla supercharge in it, which also uses the c c as plaque in europe. But did you know constantly past charging your car isnt good for the better. But more about that in our next video, where i would tell you how to treat your e better you i was no more, i think looking to schedule a leg. Thats what the quoted leg i. D doff with crutches to drive in to play with the card for my more than my initial team is not too good when i go to i buy so many. Okay, job. No job. I go to go to do i have myself now we can decide to be using that. Got got it with a to drive my car. This one is a 120 the break while youre down down a little soon as up on me to one of my and im with to walk. I think. Oh no. Now go give on. So thats what we started doing from did i know the tick . Courtney, i taught class was my i was 6 foot 10 hours by a blow in the morning. I think that surprising by 2 or more down i make with live by a follow up with. So from the money i made with, i mean to buy the car for a ah, i met my wife. Thank you. No we after today. I love even more love and passion for the busy next time on rev ah. Ah, ah ah ah. Ah. 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