Transcripts For DW Made In Germany 20240714

Still have cache and most of their models still run on gasoline or diesel but for how much longer the Climate Crisis demands we take action and demand for more environmentally friendly mobility is growing so whats the next move our topic today on made welcome now when you live in a city like berlin its actually quite easy to get around town without a car i for one enjoy riding my bicycle to work admitted li its more fun in summer than it is in winter and berlin could certainly do with more cycle friendly roads but its still an appealing option we persuade it to one of our reporters on the show to try out a few alternative modes of transportation himself lets see how that worked out for him. Believe it or not i am a german and i have sold my car although i can afford it this is my contribution to fight Climate Change now im facing a personal plea to challenge. By to do the alternative forms of transport in my home city berlin make the great and can i still adopt nearly 50. My family and i are planning a day trip taking the train you want to go to a lake looking up the ticket prices on line i discover its more expensive than taking the car the train leaves every 2 hours. And its a socalled not that called for trouble more on that later. For every day purposes i find myself renting in a lot for short distances it costs about 2 euros a trip but not das. During the last weeks i have been taking these very often best going all over the city. And they move me from a to b. Very fast and i have to admit sometimes i prefer to take. In school and walking. My friends keep telling me if you want to cut your costs use public transport and i do live in a very Central Location with good access to the metro overgrown trains. Honestly im not a fan of Public Transportation during the rush hour its so crowded and sometimes its so crowded that i cant get into the train theres no air conditioning so i dont like. Still for our day trip my family and i took the train the day at the lake was super relaxing but the journey there and back certainly it wasnt. My kids are still talking about how full the trains were it was actually a double decker train but we ended up having to sit on the stairs. How was the train ride for you not so nice and why not. Because we didnt have any seats. Or was a very uncomfortable. Would you want to take that train again. Its so hard to follow you time to vent my frustration and talk to a traffic expert how does he think germany is doing in the move away from conventional cars. The political will just doesnt seem to be there we hear declarations of intent but its just rhetoric so far why is that. Violence is because were still fixated on the car and because most of the Decision Makers are car drivers and car fans themselves. For years now weve invested far too little in the rail network we didnt change enough and now were paying the price with a rail service thats overburdened and construction work underway everywhere. It will take years now to build new rail tracks and buy a new trains but theres no way around it to fix ive had enough of over crowded trains i am going to try car sharing there are vehicles parked all over the city ready to be rented when ever you need one finding the car however is usually a challenge hello youre putting only starts when you enter your 4 digit pin code using the calculator in the glove compartment. I feel bad as i didnt want to use a car anymore and not surprisingly i get stuck in traffic. Driving for 30 meters and im basically. 247. 1000 kilometers of new roads have been built in germany since 9094 cars rule the whole country. Living without my own car is much more complicated and difficult than i expected to be the alternatives are not working that well prostrating. I think i will resist not. Cycling works best for me only 9 percent of german cycle to work im going to have a few holy. Unfortunately. I wonder how enthusiastic ill be about this in winter. Well i belong to that trend setting one percent and it went up there are even fewer of us on the roads which is actually nice especially when you take those east glitters into account to their everywhere these days getting in the way of cyclists and pedestrians and often doing things theyre not supposed to like riding double on one east scooter and absolute no go and while east glitters can be quite annoying for cyclists they too are part of an electoral mobility concept that aims to reduce harmful Greenhouse Gas emissions theyre still a hit show to Battery Powered vehicles arent always 100 percent environmentally friendly and the distance they can go on one charge is Still Limited a big drawback for consumers but where theres a will theres a way right here are a few facts and figures. Electric cars like me are still quite a rare sight theres only 5 and a half 1000000 others worldwide thats just a tiny fraction of the estimated 1400000000. 00 cars in total but the numbers are growing economies use role materials mined in south america the democratic republic of congo and china these include lithium cobalt and rare earths needed in our batteries admittedly extracting and transporting these materials is an environmental nightmare often carried out under inhumane conditions but their reserves are abundant studies show that worldwide deposits of these materials could meet demand for years to come. One good thing about us is that we dont emit Greenhouse Gases although money factoring us certainly does my part still have to be produced but my power train only has 200. 00 parts as opposed to a Combustion Engines 1200. Where my electricity comes from is another huge issue. That we share of green energy is growing which definitely plays in my favor. As Battery Technology improves the range of economists is increasing. Right now its rarely more than 400 kilometers an often way less. Finding a charging station can also be an issue. As to our batteries 95 percent of them could be recycled in an environmentally friendly way but its still not economically viable. But i recommend you sit back and relax its surely only a matter of time today electric cars cost more than conventional models but back up its closing the day of Climate Friendly electric cars may be about to. So until that day how we have left to put up with big bulky and thursday as you please clogging the streets of cities ill never understand why any city to ellen needs a loud and dirty tank is sized to get the shopping done theyll pick up the kids from school but as we know the markets demand now that said demand seems to be changing in many parts of the world and if european comic as want a share of the future spoils lead to better get a move on. The production of electric vehicles is moving full speed ahead in china with chinese firms like b a i c m b y g claiming their stake in a growing market. Feel ready dominate the Global Market for electric vehicles china also has the highest number of registered t. V. s on its roads. But for now conventional engines still dominate the market and here in germany does no sign of any major transition in the car industry towards electric vehicles. Move account number is an economist. Hes all too aware of the global challenges that germanys Automobile Industry is facing. You know. China is a leading car make a world right on the competitive for german manufacturers germany also exports a lot to china so its a partner but when it comes to the move to electrum ability Chinese Companies will probably be among the biggest rivals which could lead to disruption in the german car industry and your. Concept of just dropped of innovation is when a new market begins to just dropped an existing one the Auto Industry could face severe disruption resulting in massive job losses. German auto makers are still doing well around the globe and especially in the worlds biggest car market china a significant percentage of their overall output is produced and sold in china all vehicles with combat. Jeannette engines what would happen if electric vehicles gained the upper hand and demand for these cars dwindles. Because i was working on these new Mobility Concepts have a head start because theyre developing the industry if the german automakers dont follow suit they wont grow in this area it will be the market that decides which one wins and the fear is that the german Car Companies could fall behind in the human body and think that that. The biggest manufacturer of electric cars worldwide is the u. S. Company tesla but the Chinese Companies b y d n b a i see together dominate the Global Market followed by b. M. W. The electric division. Comes in a lowly 10th position. German manufacturers of electric cars are struggling in the domestic market one reason is there are too few places to charge the cars france is Schneider Electric is a Global Leader in charging stations but sales in the German Market pale compared to other european markets. And. When it comes to the infrastructure for electric charging other european markets are easier than the German Market is they simply dont have the same regulations the German Market is particularly complicated for us. Right now there are only 5600000 electric cars in the world. Thats a small fraction of the 1400000000 Combustion Engine cars around the planet. But the share of electric vehicles is growing rapidly. Many countries have already decided which way they want to go. The registration of Combustion Engine car. As in cities in china and india will be bombed in 10 years time the us britain and france are not planning to follow until 2014 striking behind will be germany 2015. If nothing changes then most electric vehicles on german roads will be asian made german Vehicle Manufacturers risk falling behind the move to emo belittling. And being overtaken by the competition. Now that would be a pity considering the Business Opportunities in the election will billet he sexed up especially in booming emerging markets such as india the south asian subcontinent has a fast growing middle class looking to improve their standard of living and that includes owning cars again the fact that indias megacities are among the worst polluted in the world its time to switch from debt to clean mobility like diego and act based electric scooter rental service. The bright yellow taxis and don van crowns will tell you you are in calcutta no no university as the city of joy. But the city also faces major difficulties like lack of public transport and traffic pollution. Electric scooters could help reduce the burden of air pollution especially if. We get some research and found out that only 15 percent of india actually have the drivers license so there was a majority of indians didnt have a license and that was the market that we wanted to we did a little bit more research and found out that electric scooters where the speed of 25 kilometers an hour doesnt require a license to write and that was the aha moment. And thats when we decided that we want to start this company. Founded his rental service is over 2 years ago with 60 scooters now he runs a feat of 85. 00. The rental service. Clients can pick up and drop off discounters x. 7 different points across cog on average a scooter is used by 3 to 4 right as a day. All of us who does have probably came on batteries so 8 time battery is green or about to be green customers can go to any of the points and swap out the battery free of cost if a customer has any problem middle of the road we have roadside assistance and even out there the wakil can be swapped if any problem is about to be filed. Is but haps one of the earliest clients have worked exactly different garners of the city. Taking a cab to the business hub of her and back used to cost between prefunded and 400. 00 rupees to 5 yards when she rents intellect for 45. 00 rupees less than 0. 60. She can hop cost time with a fully charged battery she can go up to 60 kilometers. On the scooter im not only spending less money i also end up saving time. I did was act on but i have several things to do in a day i intend to buy for the full day or on an hourly basis i invariably end up spending less than if i had to take a bus a cab on the tram all else is either on what they have that see me. Corporate customers like this food delivered or get even better rate a strategy which it is hoped will also raise the visibility of the. Scooters it is primarily aimed at younger stock of founders and college students. A lot of thinking about polygamy and if you talk about the course i dont really know how to go about it and i see my friends who are using their own bikes to do this show to spend a lot on maintenance so thats the biggest benefit to me thats going to science. Is them go out he would think that according to Greenpeace India is a still home to 15 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world with delhi ranking as the worlds most polluted capital. But quite efforts are being made in delhi and its never going areas the city of scrabbling with the rapidly rising pollution that. This citys known as the diesel capital of india over 60 percent of vehicles in calcutta august and even driven but it is hard for businesses to find investors for a mission free rental systems since this is an extremely new model bags are on billing to finance it as the founders of the expedience however devoted consider changing that approach. We really want to make sure that none of the. Value the air and you know as many people ask us would we ever going to internal combustion who does and we tell them no we might move to maybe higher speeds what does back live in never that is that is the ethos of our band even never going to i see i. C. T. As. Compared to a 4 stroke engine and electric scooter has a much lower Carbon Footprint depending on how the electricity was generated but switching to immobility is also a technical challenge as there is still a lot of manufacturers of scooters and the batteries they need. To start ups like give the necessary impulses to get those waves rolling. Just like in kolkata people in cities all over the world are keen to lower their stress levels and get around well easily and cheaply the north german city of hamburg is looking to be a trailblazer on this front its becoming a smart city using Artificial Intelligence and other Digital Technologies to improve traffic flow and it wants to encourage people to use public transport more often heres how it works. As our cities grow increasingly congested with more and more people on the move governments have to come up with new solutions to improve traffic flow and these days their digital this software is helping hamburg to improve the coordination of its construction sites. Were very pleased weve had some astonishing results. The programmers very intuitive its very similar to a smartphone or tablet that anyone can use it its very on problematic i was seeing a big improvement in coordination years the software shows where a construction site is planned if it looks like it will cause snarl ups Building Work can be scheduled specifically or it can be bundled with other projects so as to minimize disruption to traffic. Beefed up. In hamburg traffic lights are already digitally coordinated when a municipal bus approaches the lights automatically switch to green. The control Center Software keeps the rest of the traffic flowing. In the mornings there are lots more cars and motorbikes heading into the city as opposed to out of it so signals a program to optimize traffic in that direction as were frighted just i think yes with a new start up to get. Hammered as a pioneer in the field of Smart Mobility in 2021 the city will be hosting the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress by then local authorities hope to further reduce the time people spend waiting in traffic. Is also a bit of your fertility the main focus is communication between traffic lights and cars signaling to motorists when lights are green before the green wave concept will be replaced by a system providing informational traffic lights including a cross roads so that approaching cars dont have to stop and start. Rail travel is one of the most dependable ways of avoiding traffic. The journey planning app is making it easier to get home from the train station it gives travelers access to bike and car sharing services. Its a good moment and i have an app for hamburg that shows what public transport options are available where the nearest carsharing station is the nearest underground station overground station and the distances between them. Have been a person in sukhumvit we want to create a platform where the entire process is seen to be from leasing up to registering and paying. Complex big income. People in big cities not only need to be able to move around efficiently they have to share the citys public spaces at the hamburg half and City University researchers have developed digital my. Goals to analyze behavioral patterns such as where people tend to congregate. First of all we research how public squares work we track people who are out walking their dogs shopping hanging out to see how Public Places function we collaborate with companies and other Research Institutes who also have an interest in Public Places working well and attracting people you know the things go to dog and often. Building contractors can see if their projects meet criteria and compare potential sites in terms of advantages and disadvantages proximity to a Research Institute or an airport for example. In this way advances in Digital Technology are giving city dwellers new opportunities to enhance the urban experience. And thus reducing the level of stress something we could probably all benefit from the stress can be caused by so many things noisy car engines traffic jams sirens all basically all the things that surround a city dwellers 247 so how to keep it together in a stressful world our resident guru recommends enjoying the calm and the beauty of the early morning. Its morning. That the day begins. I. Know why and he saw flying. What a great feeling. The city wakes up slowly. Nish things still quiet. Sorry not today ive got meetings nonstop me with the trucks i need a taxi taxi probably but 1st another coffee and having no taxi see just how i take the tram its getting to try. To keep. Up. This is much better. This in their sleeping longer would be one option or come off or just get up earlier. Out of this as the white to go. And thats all for made this week for me and the team in berlin thanks for watching. The fish. Turning toxic. Glyphosate Person Agency and damage claims worth millions to what they are known when they bought months ago. The agricultural giant from the us has a Bad Reputation and its rubbed off on. Their monsanto merger what are they still hiding. 50. W. Welcome to the but is they getting more done. Which control the bottom of the bridge thats the whole body. Its all happening so much of. Bit difficult. To link to news from africa and the world nor link to exceptional stories and discussions can you and welcome to devils advocate in program tonight from funny to me from the z tower i would say do double the cold snap africa join us on facebook w. Africa. Where you saw. Your family scattered across the globe. To. Turn back to the roots again in a. Sharp family from somalia live around the world. One of them needed urgent assistance. A family starts october any d. W. Frank food. 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