Pickup trucks arent that popular in europe. But there are a few companies that have cashed in on this nice market. Enter ford with the ranger raptor a capable off. Roeder, with a payload of 717 kilos to help you move people and cargo of like i guys what come to pass the lona today im here with the on you fall to arrange a rep the pick up. I asked my side of the question, why is to this cost sol payments and pops around the what is it because of its capabilities . Is it because of the reliability or is it just because opens of variations . Im going to find out today for you the ranger has been one of the top selling pickup trucks in europe over the past few years. And the raptor is the top of the line ranger, which means it comes packed with features. And now ford has tweet the newest iteration. The biggest change for dates to the range of rep wasnt engine swapped before we had to to lead diesel with 213. 00 hosp. Ah, now we got the eco boost. V 6 with 292 horsepower and 491. You meet us of talk. They are promising a lot of a while some pick up tourists arent thrilled with a gasoline only option. Ford is announced that a 2 liter Diesel Variants will be available starting mid 2023. The they wont have as much power as the 3 liter v 6. But pick ups and diesel power trains do go hand in hand. So lets talk a little bit about the general driving impression in you. And of course you can feel that you are driving a big and heavy car just by watching in the side minerals where you can see the lanes up pretty close to your wheels. And you can see over the top of the cars in front of you, this gives you is Something Like a boss feeling i would say. But all it, all the range of rep dries really comfortable. Its surprisingly comfortable and like a modern s u a v to me, i really like that point and i think it doesnt even feel like an all of fraud car anymore. Its just a normal car for me to drive here. The 10 speed automatic gearbox ships gears easily and smoothly, which helps this monster feel quite docile on the road. But board is also revise the entire chassis, which means the raptor is versatile and capable, especially when you swap asphalt per dirt. Weighing a little over 2400 kilos. The rafter isnt light, but its still nimble. Although with fuel consumption of 13. 00 leaders per 100 kilometers. It isnt the most environmentally friendly car either. And that figure will drop when the pick up is loaded, or when you switch to a more aggressive driving mode from the many options on offer. The new ford ranger read the office a huge variety of dr modes, which would change the configuration of the engine. And transmission of costs and of costs be a b s calibration on these, the ability control all the steering and fault did this because they say if you drive on the embed conditions by example, you just put it in another mode, this car and the color change everything itself, so you have no problem driving and bad conditions or in conditions you dont feel comfortable with. The ford has even packed in a surprise for you when you take the raptor off road the most special drive mode. He in the ford range a rep uh, is the baja mode the by how mode sets of the car up for all of the road. But you should drive really, really fast with it because they different of the suspension. Everything is working really, really fast, and the off road to right. So if you hit the exec loretta full then yeah. Is who can you can go like 180 kilometers with that fault range of rep there in an off road to around which is pretty impressive. If you feel it. Baja mode isnt homage to the legendary borrow 1000 race. Where the ford ranger has already proved its metal and this version hits the ton and 7. 9 seconds. So whats my final verdict for today . I had a lot of fun driving the ford ranger rep, the in the upper road and then on the road as well. I think its a comfortable car and gives you a lot of variation and its capable to drive off fraud to really, really good. All in all of the only down point for me is because i live in cologne. I couldnt park it right there. But if you buy one of these, you will consider just the prices for the top of the line. Ford ranger rafter begin to just under 80000. 00 euros in germany, but how many takers it will find in europe, which is on the path to electrification, remains to be seen. On the plus side, you get a car with massive amounts of off road capability and the capacity to lug around a payload of more than 700. 00 kilos. But the price and fuel economy figures leave something to be desired. The, this is it. The Largest Electric truck in the world. Here the dumper is operating in the limestone. Corey of a switch, cement works way more than a 120 tons. The dump truck can transport up to 54 tons of rock. It can tackle slopes of up to 14 degrees or the speed of up to 40 kilometers an hour. Whats more, this, but she must even generates its own electricity. When driving downhill with a full load, the 634. 00 kilowatt synchronous motors, regenerative system, generates more electricity than is required for the empty ascent. This is how the temperance batteries are charged and how additional c o 2 neutral electricity is generated. And here are a few images of how the unique machine was created from a conventionally powered temper. The conversion has resulted in around 50000. 00 leaders of diesel being saved every year. A company in the german state of syringe here, specializes in converting machines to electric power. Thats tom o, in the small town of loopy cell. Almost all types of conventional commercial vehicles are converted to 5th, electric drive trains and then tested. Here is a fully converted timer machine on a test drive, accelerating with the quiet bush of its electric motor. The projects technical lead, sebastian house is satisfied. After all, each of these conversions is an individual project and this one is a special vehicle for customers from asia. In the future, this electrically converted garbage truck will be making the rounds in singapore. The same facility also sees the conversion of diesel powered construction vehicles, which also make the switch to the power the mechanics and the hydraulics of the excavators are retained. While the battery and motor are converted about then we simply replace the Diesel Engine with one of our electric motors with the entire control system and the accumulator that provides the energy in do you have to call the battery the idea and they can provide you can see a lot of cooling, hoses here, crude and get them if you have to heat it up in certain phases and with an in give it, we can do all that. This can. Weve developed a thermal Management System for a battery packs, accidents like that. After the conversion, the excavator can work for about a day with an output of a 150 kilowatt hours and is fully charged again in less than 2 hours. The batteries which are especially made for the conversions were developed in house by the Company Including these, their latest generation, lithium ion batteries. Thats in a demo that this is a modular system. We can produce small batteries and large batteries depending on customers, requirements of the, in the batteries or crash proof crash. And the whole thing is packaged into a composite system which is protected with strong metal plates. So i think that they should go this kind of battery module secured against accidents has an output of 58 kilowatt hours. Depending on the application. Several of them can be used together. But the price per section electrically converted vehicle is still much higher than the price of the diesel. However, the purchase is made attractive by a subsidy of 80 percent of the conversion costs. Whats more road usage fees are saved because electric vehicles are exempt from the truck toll here at light 6 public transport department. Theyre completely focused on an electric future. At the end of june 2022. What is possibly the largest e Infrastructure Project in eastern germany wasnt operated . The lights like a bus port. The 11000000 euros were invested in the bus depot, which has space for 50 electric charging points. A further investment of 46000000 euros went into new e buses, Network Upgrades and workshops. Im starting to see if its in the real strength is efficiency for comparison, a normal diesel bus and the same size consumes around 36. 00 to 38. 00 leaders per 100 kilometers. So while with the electric, the bicycle with the equivalent is 11. 00 to 12. 00 leaders. If i suggest one 3rd quarter slip in with this kind of a bus costs around 650000 bureaus, 38 of them were expected to be on the streets by the end of 2020 to 3 medium voltage. Transformers are the heart of the system with a total connected load of 2 mega once its part of the lights, a Public Transport Company reacting to the policy requirements of the e. U. Transport companies have also setup charging points that the stops sold. Buses can also be recharged during breaks to but such High Performance charging stations for commercial vehicles are still in short supply cord cliffs store fund cannot post off and his team at the National Organization for hydrogen and fuel Cell Technology are working on the design of High Performance charging networks for the whole of germany on behalf of the federal government. The whole folder is this. The challenge is doing something thats never been done before. A complete change of systems convicts to the system based on fossil fuels is to be completely phased out of at least in europe, which is basically the decision that the you has just taken and replaced by an electric system which then its also going to zip and it goes this, this team truck charging stations could soon look like this one from switch Energy Supplier and go fast track makers are also in the early phases of experiments in electron mobility. For example, mercedes has the extra struck for loads of up to 40 tons, with a peak output of 400. 00 kilowatts. Had a range of 3 to 400 kilometers. And its still about 3 times as expensive as a diesel actress. But a government subsidy of 80 percent can be had when purchasing it. It remains to be seen whether electric trucks, with overhead lines like these on a test track on the autobahn in chalet speak, holstein can hold their own against battery only machines. In this case, the infrastructure is very expensive. In prom spike though, Inductive Charging technology built into the street has been tested for some time. This tech allows electric buses to be recharged from below in a short time without contact. Of course, whether Battery Power can win the race for the best technology and commercial vehicles will depend to a large extent on how fast the charging network develops. 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 with could make you very happy vintage classics and future tapco just some of the exciting content waiting for you subscribe to us youtube slash dw rav, and youll always be up to speed the market for a handful of people are committed to bettering the world. Call the box cost us the, the slowest Law Enforcement officer on the plan, the, the pre fathers salvas. Those churches are in the most remote places, far from civilization. The popular struck khaki, a mayor who overlooks one of the most beautiful harpers in the entire gmc from the terrace of his townhome the and the fisherman. Truth is somebody with us, the early bird who doesnt want to renounce the tradition of fishing, the man pokey an experimental Island Laboratory that with the help of the car manufacturer, a citron hopes to become green and self sufficient to visit this real world test lab. And experiment and admission for a living. You 1st have to take the ferry. Unfortunately, when it docs and the for to them for you. Its Diesel Engines blow a lot of pollutants into the air. But right, its a k. Youre greeted by Law Enforcement officers with the slowest, but most environmentally Friendly Police car in the world and electric situated. I mean, top speed, 45 kilometers an hour simpleton. Again, this cars, the islands mascot, we used to have a motorcycle and we had to take the ferry 2 roads to fuel off because there is no fuel station here. But with the electric car, were always ready for action. And we can charge it at any charging station here and how getting the car and we no longer have to worry about running out of gas modem and ive been there before. It gets taken me level, almost affiliated with some of the reasons i got too much. But how key not only relies on emission free mobility from electric cars with the help of citrus. They want to use the sun and wind to build a completely self sufficient green energy and charging network, a holistic approach to sustainability that includes, for example, a smart lighting system to ensure Energy Saving lighting across the island, the in order to execute these plans. You need imagination, creativity, and a strong will decision maker. Someone exactly like policies may or may not lose, you have to your b, o. This whole project here is a big experiment, whether its electric cars or the solar Power Systems to but we also have an electric ship. Gail before the one that goes, its like in a lab mikey, we try to find out if it works in practice. And if youre not, and how we can go on with that as well, for me, just eyeball ended up in ancient times, hockey was a rich island of 8000 inhabitants. Copper was mine. And later in the island developed into a center for a sponge, diving. But horatio the former capital, now lies in ruins. The glory days are over. In winter, a mere 200 people remain here. The only one who knows every inch of the island is the priest. Father salvas, a remote monastery and a few churches have survived. But he now has to face more mundane issues. He turns to the municipal representative for advice about electricity bills. In november 2021 greek Prime Minister carrier assessments, a talk is opened a photo voltaic system to fulfill the islands electricity requirements. A cooperative open to all residents was founded as members, they could by electricity and have a say in how solar energy was used here. But then we let me get into the, i mean, were talking about an Energy Democracy with which we solve the problem. And im assuming these policies residents also have control over the Energy Produced on the island element. Well, not quite yet, because healthy officially still belongs to the Electricity Network of the nearby island, the roads. And there are still problems adapting the advanced payments for the residents to the new conditions, but the positives outweigh the negatives. And of course, i may as soon as you get the skewed note, that the great thing about the project to see me is that as a member of the co op and i have big advantages with my electricity bill already isnt worth as a back to emission free mobility, who, if not, a delivery service, could benefit better from price and nature friendly energy. Lumber as more khaki spends a supermarket in hockey. Hes now converted his once gas guzzling fleet to an old electric line, the email us the im a member of the co op and i expect the electricity bills to get cheaper for me. Now, you know, daddy and even in these dire times when Energy Prices are skyrocketing everywhere, nobody asked me. The other thing they told me up to you mean the. 2 in the early hours of the morning, however, a small boat returns from the open sea. The port of imperial, still cruising through the waves with a Diesel Engine for it is summer to those returns after a morning of trolling. Hes one of the few fishermen left and hawking without any will anyone who i dont drive an electric car or any at all here . Im also a bit suspicious. Of course, im a member of the co op i pay, but i do this long ago. But im still waiting for my electricity bills to find that they go down. This is grace. Dont forget. Like almost demetrius brought khaki. The islands only taxi driver has already ordered an electric car. He cant wait to swap his diesel vans for an electric sits right and the french car maker also use as healthy as a stage for its 0 emission mobility strategies. 6 electric vehicles have already been made available to the islands authorities. Individuals combined tailpipe emission pre situated models and attractive prices. After all, the island is a Test Laboratory for the development of electric mobility for the automotive group, a. Its a standalone environments so you can, its smart enough to grasp and k to for as part of an experiment. But also because it is a standalone, isolated environment. You can easily try to address each and every needs. And you can demonstrate the force he occurred capability of Renewable Energy being solar winds and electric transportation. So its an ideal to set up for an experiment and experiment that is sometimes rather amusing the coast guard and police the authorities responsible for security on the island. Now drive through hockey with 26 kilowatt situated ami electric quadrants. Like actually the 2 vehicles from central end were delivered as company cars for the mayor and his deputy, but were eventually diverted to create the worlds slowest police force. Escaped to go d, i thought it would be more practical and much better. P r for us in the coast guard and the police drove these cars just connecting with me. I get the wireless still showing. You mean of course nothing. And the slowest police cars in the world promptly made headlines. But his color voc, east coast us, actually successful in chasing down criminals in a machine that has at top speed of just 45 kilometers per hour. The employer. Whether its not a problem, because there arent any roads here, you can drive really fast on this car gets the job done unless i live in the in the old town of imperial. The 2. 5 meter long and 1. 4 meter wide car really has its advantages. The much more on this car we can get through the narrowest streets and alleys where other cars can in both the all the little me with the beacon lights has long since become a tourist attraction, unhealthy or bush of pieces. You know, what is what used to have no police cars at the port, but its really important that when taurus arrive now when they see a police car and immediately feel much safer on the island. Mia . 19. Your somebody for the last part of this august for our khaki definitely leaves all the threads together to create a new image for how to use an island where sustainability and Economic Prosperity go hand in hand. Of course, marketing is a vital part of his job description, tennessee, in im with the quote that this island ought to become Something Like a Boutique Hotel place with a very personal individual luxurious character. We want to attract tourists of a slightly higher level of what this is good for the residents, because tourists like that, spend more money here. But the people of hockey also have to make an effort to be able to offer something to the is guess she has to be going to describe visual, again of the shop window for us to move. There is already a luxurious old hotel in hockey and a new one behind in the youngest carla months of the hotels. General manager certainly has no worries about the future. Sustainability means you can enjoy your holiday with a clear conscience. They are very interested to come and stay with us because we have adopted these kind of practices on the island as, as trends on. So thats a point where i say, thats cool. Id like to support that. Interested to learn. I think this is a great, great, great effort to system the ability to trying very, very hard. I would come by always on the morning. I think how key can become a role model for greece, europe and the whole world to be working, you know, looking at the was the only trip this summer to last as a noise, the more and more large sailing on, sir, getting in his way. When hes out fishing, i shall. Whether so should we become like the neighbouring island of macintosh, shaped by commerce and mass tourism . No, i dont want that. I know, but she didnt. I wanted to stay the way it is last with all its customs and traditions ridiculous. If our island becomes like making us, then weve lost the plot, crash or whatever. Maybe the, having this done on this island is really good because it shows a way where in a Smaller Community this thing is happening and its working and there are changes happening. And this is a way to test for bigger communities, bigger cities, bigger even like countries. Well, sometimes positivity and pass those go hand in hand like on the island of healthy, a beacon and the gmc more sustainable mobility and automotive tales on the next step is owed all 4 of the to the to say plastic one is non pines. Most practical inventions is threatening to suffocate its creation. But there is hope that we can get a grip on plastic pollution house. Lets have a look. The. The shadow side is going green kobolds premises clean mobility, but mining is darcy. This critical rule material is used in factories for electric cars mines mainly in the congo under terrible in humane conditions. 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