The for decades, german cars made a good showing on the Chinese Markets and earned their makers billions. Meanwhile, the Worlds Largest auto market has itself become a major car, producing nation with the help of volkswagen and putting the german shore passed to quick money on a rocky ground. This definitely elements of something on the, on the raises edge are the ones so willing pupils rebelling against their former teachers. China uses the economic interest on the outside or International Partners is shifting landscape will impact german carmakers the economy in germany including the, the assessor, for many years, ignored the facts and all the risk as the germans fallen asleep at the wheel. What can i do to hang onto their top spot in the fiercely contested global car market . Your go to china. Risk is huge of the drum and kind of see its a risky patch on china. Its definitely quite a risky develop and said thats taking place at the moment because comp make us german call, make us trim an industry is doubling down on investments in china. And at the same time that economic and political, the peoples of geopolitical risks, increasing dancing on the, on the raises edge. While investing in china isnt increasingly risky. Business for germanys automakers. It was a long, a win win situation for both countries. The germans were there when china was transforming itself from a nation of bike riders to car drivers, china and they came to german auto industries, most important market accounting for some 40 percent of its total turnover. No other International Car producing country is as dependent on the Chinese Market as germany. It all began with a v. W santana. In 1983 volkswagen set up a joint venture in shanghai and to build the sedan, especially for the Chinese Market. As, as volkswagen, weve also contributed to the quality level of our competitors there. With the Technology Work and outstanding autos we produce for customers. Weve left our mark on the market there. And what though, weve certainly help bring about Technological Progress in the respective regions to have by the fuse you guys or not. So in essence, they helped china learn from scratch and improve the Automotive Industry. I teach in a tracy. Yes. So for the last 20 or 30 years german Car Companies have been excellent teachers and set an example for the whole chinese Auto Industry. How the last about yeah. For decades the Chinese Market was dominated by german cars. The burgeoning chinese Auto Industry didnt even try to compete and make cars with conventional combustion engines. Instead, for the last 2 decades, china has focused its efforts on electric drives. Government policies and subsidies motivated its industry to build ever better electric cars that have left german a. V. As in the dust, german automakers have kept her just 5 percent of this rapidly growing market compared with the roughly 20 percent market share. Their fuel powered models regularly reached which on color has because their past success was heavily dependent on traditional fuel cars. Hopefully and people tend to have Different Levels of comp dependency. Well, as a new company, we dont have any pants to rely on either nor any baggage that can be discarded them, so we can move forward more lightly each. Im going to issue Chinese Brands like neo and b y d profit from the fact that for years the Chinese State has pulled out all the stops to make production of e cars as a tournaments as possible. Like ensuring a steady supply of the Raw Materials necessary for the entire e. B value chain. The warranty which is just snatched vw as crown as china is market leader. It develops innovative batteries and chips as well as electric motors. Thats why the chinese are so far ahead with ease germany needs to reinvent itself in order to stay competitive internationally and uh, it will not be the automotive production. Germany cannot compete with oh, what china has invested german carmakers arent willing to just accept defeat. They havent given up the fight to become Major Players and the market. Whats fun fun satisfy . Volkswagen may not always have been the 1st to bring new technology to market to this. But when we did introduce a, we did it right and conquered the field around the state. And electron mobility is a challenge that were still working hard on the i would come and do a one to take german card. Companies need to better understand Chinese Consumer needs in the areas of ease and develop and validate their products accordingly. High volume tom t, for instance, Young Chinese buyers think volkswagens electric models are lane as they lack a karaoke app when it comes to infotainment software. Germany these like far behind to better meet the needs of their asian customers. German automakers are setting up more r and d centers in china. And discovering that they now have much to learn china has suddenly become quite innovative and german comp make us want to tap into that. They want to tap into the local know how when it comes to Software Development when it comes to battery development, which are kind to say is to pay on china, not just on sales, but also on technology is the biggest risk. If you dont go to china, china is the future because of those on china, our departments can run from china. If you dont do that, those the race german carmakers seem to have taken this message to heart dw mercedes, and bmw are showing up more than 5000000000 bureaus to get cooperation agreements with chinese partners rolling from battery production and the development of self driving cars and mobility software. Germanys Auto Industry is doubling its investments in china compared to recent years. China is the place to be china is every, all at home. Targeted low, Long Term Strategy and so just whistling in the dark. One of those steps is to make that china operations more tournaments to kind of create subsidiaries that, that are more independent from the rest of the world they produce in china. Unfortunately, i know this is going to have an immense impact on uh, the German Economy. Germanys foreign minister on alina bab box isnt pleased when jobs and supply chains lead the country for china. Determined government is currently in talks about a new china strategy for german businesses. Should we as the german government, shell be support that or should we say, if you want to go that thats your corporate risk, but we should not give you any investment guarantees to, you know, support that investment. Because ultimately, you are supporting trends that could touch the German Economy of launch. So with chinese competitors biting at their heels, wilcher and carmakers have to find their way without government backing in china as Auto Industry, more and more foreign managers are now being replaced by a chinese ones. The. So whats the relationship between german and chinese automakers like these days or so here we go. I think theres a chinese term that describes this relationship welto which is jane you. It means we are friends 1st taught us and we learn from and inspire each other in the same field course on tracing course on to to i would definitely say were more competitive at the moment and i think china is rolling out the rest compet to those companies that it needs. Right. So i think saying we have friends and might be over. Simplifies here in raj. I think china is very strategic and its outreach to phone companies. Just how much longer will the chinese need a german Car Companies and after 4 decades of cooperation, what has the delicate relationship between china and germany rot . Ill throw that in a lucrative source of revenue for mercedes volkswagen mbm w the approach of change to treat trying to use is the economic interest off um the outside or all International Partners as a weapon. Youll always deal with the, with the communist party, if you are dealing with the automotive institutions, with every investment that you do. Also from the Automotive Industry in china, your a sewing on the branch that youre sitting on, on your own liberal democratic interest. Not to mention the looming threat of a military conflict. Should china invade neighboring taiwan . If that is going to be a hardy latrene influence company, that probably will bring the industry Industrial Corporation in the business gamble that the peaceful coexistence is going to continue the, you know, the technology from china can be utilized going forward. Do you have, maybe the french come make us like that on test, which is basically said the Chinese Market is too risky, we should retreat. And i guess it will be a really interesting case study to see maybe a 10 to 15 years of with rights. So i think its, its, its a risk the best on china. Still other major car makers likes to lantus arent as reliant on china. So the uncertain outlook for doing business there is this chris on to there, survive of the future of the german Auto Industry will be decided in china where german carmakers will have to navigate the fine line between success and failure. The if you want more rib, check out our youtube channel. If you want regular features about new cars and car culture and about mobility around the world rep can make you very happy. Vintage classics and future tech or just some of the exciting content waiting for you to subscribe to us said youtube slash dw rab and youll always be up to speed, the reclaiming the streets. Thats what urban cycling is all about. Over the cycling feels like the biggest adventure when you like kids is captured, is like, yeah, and data and youtube is riding around the recycling is look done, putting as a mode of transport because its usually the other thing that people, you know and not what the typical which interest person would do the reason i think we should get more people on balance is because of how the benefits of Green Economy and businesses to the to get too busy. You know, the list cause we have on the road. The more people we have on bicycles makes perhaps the kids really to get more people on bicycles, young, small, bold, black, white colored forest and everybody. Thats what differentiates us. Its out after the 16th we have a Meeting Point where we speak about the intake and we use the cycle in so its all over the cycle in the cd d and we cycle out maybe stuff some we get a coffee or a drink and we carry on cycling and finding in the at like a nice restaurant. Its really just about getting together and solution so was by convince you psycho as you are you writing for the destination and an update to the team so we dont waste appendix or live craft or anything like that. We come teams becoming sure with becoming anything that feels comfortable for us to ride in like a mishmash, and the representation of what tube it looks like as a multi what started as regular training for Better Health and meeting as a group of a few best friends has now developed into regular social gatherings to unwind after work. Ive seen people, theres many of them. Its never known each other. And they lived in the same woods, meet on a bike, right . And now the 9th, the piece, the frames, or because of the things that coming to the, of the bridge, the gap between us as a people. I mean, i think, you know what the landscape of south africa looks like. And we like a microcosm of that. So we kind of bring more people good to really just find drugs. I see that the actually really overly apart from cyclic, the bandits are pros, at repairing maintaining, and restoring bikes. Even a new business idea was born out of the group, hiring out bicycles and doing city tours as well. The focus is not on profits, but on friendship. Since im a big guy, somebody mendez and started and joining the ride, they definitely range from strangers to friends and not some of my face trends. Now im it seems like the, the people spiking bend, its people who had actually joined us in the past. Yes, they have changed my life quite drastically. I should say, you know, become humble, the, you know, meeting new people and how the actually teach you of what the know and what you dont know. Its mostly humbled you to saying that im willing to learn and thats what ive actually loved quite a lot. Yes, the, the bandits have come a long way and theyre about to take over the streets of johannesburg with their next gatherings. Recently weve taken over a critical mess that happened on 1st this week is every one and a new one on a bicycle to ride in the city at night. And these are v, please, like silverado and other parts of tubers that nobody would go to. One senior random thats another thing, heres the people thing. The idea is that people knew that too, but also put it on to them as well. And they should come back and visit and see, you know, as long sort of us the fix was it attention to detail with a license to thrill the aston martin d b 5 made famous by james bond. It looks like the genuine article. But the leg room comes up a bit tight. This model by the Little Car Company is as the name implies, a downsized version. But its not for kids. It can do 80 kilometers per hour. The legal limits of your price list 19. 00 fifties race call in slightly smaller scale that you wouldnt otherwise get a little cause of signed off by the, the factories so that the companies will send the test drive as to sign of the vehicles and make sure theyve just perfect funny, i shrink the cars by around 25 percent. Who got these . Ferraris asked, and martins for years been headline had been importing many replicas from asia. But he wanted a more authentic deal and environmentally friendly electric drive. Today he has over 60 employees and an annual turnover of 80000000 euro. He finds many of his buyers at luxury trades. Theres like here in london. The cars are for the track for just for show. A ferrari, for instance. I do, i see that 1968, just a rough study. I, i think at 93000 euros, its a steel compared to and original the company exports the 50 countries with germany as its main european market. The engineers even designed a very special container to transport them. Now these flight cases, photo open size go down this rems, this size. You can then drive your car on it say some of the wheel cups trumpeted. Put their arms back in to close it up like a clamp, and then you can move around the world. Its rumored that even came charles of passionate environmental is, has his eye on one of these mean little electric machines. And it would be a royal delight to see the king at the wheel. Rob liam is 11 years old, too young to get a drivers license. Yeah, hes putting a land rover to the tests, both on road and here in bull stuff germany. 9. Liams taking part in kids drive at the land rover experience center. Not far from just the lower, its germanys largest off road center. Hello, its industrial tellers. How many of the eclipse and liam is making his driving debut in the company of his father and an experienced instructor to my playstation, over the phone . Yeah, theres one on the ball is that what weve done to take for the kids drive children must be at least 11 years old enough to find 1. 42 meters tall and then just registered them for me. And we drive off road here for 5 years down to what the kids can do once it can progress from simple exercises to the 1st obstacles well tackle today as well. And so its not with the ones. And ill just put this in, ill say got it on your end, but shes good. Can you come join the now . And thats like a lot of times on his calendar. Okay. To pass on the left and ill get the message myself. What was the problem . The industry rose from the and liam is already on the move. Not bad for an 11 year old. The distance noticed the notice different hold on. Finally. Have them okay. Sounds good. It went well because at 1st we had to practice a bit starting and stopping is a bit different than with the simulator. So to you, you have to sort out the feet, but then automatic, you have to work with the right foot. Caught on quick fingers all comes with the rest of the dice to us. Now, liams got the basics down. Jo, calling seem to is 1st off road challenge. Will he pass it on the 1st time around . His whole glance, im like, lifetime car, crowd a link, coddling the Food Restaurant and the rest like the nice thing today, theres 3 of those players play it. I spend all along, so my phone kind of commitment thing off, im nothing on the phone. The next thing the mission have shut up for lunch, but i think the at the end lives, the biggest challenge around with the 60 degree in klein. Will liam make it to the top . You can stop, because then the s u v will start coming back down the hill. This part, thats why i have not done some of that. And we done kind of done this. Somebody said 10 percent ways of recent government on this america. Ok, so 5 is this in may. Im noticing that was a problem with the whole honest man whos gonna listen picking up things like things and stuff. Okay. Im peaceful the findings holding the land rovers experience center was built to meet the strict environmental requirements just for taking a path through unspoiled nature isnt permitted in germany. So the automaker came up with a creative solution the um, enough for me to when i get together with our architects, we created a concept to build the obstacles in a soil friendly way. We managed to so that if we had to remove them at some stage, you could take away this down in gravel and the ground would be just like before you fly out. Meanwhile, liam is just happy. He got the land rover around the course without crushing into anything. A catch the 1st, i was a little scared that i drive into something else, but then it was ok suit. It feels good because he can sense be injured and then going up and down has lots of fun and must be at a signal. So he did really well. I wasnt too scared once and his instructions were great. Cool. As a cucumber, totally clear. Just what we needed, and so what was going on with me must call how it should be, the liam will likely never forget the incredible experience of how he 1st learn to drive in a land rover and s u. V. That cuts a good figured both on the road and off the well have more for mobility enthusiast, so young and old, next time on rap. 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