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Soon be dusty exhibits in museums or in the midst of change and thats our theme today are made from a to b. The mobility of the future its good to have you with us well theyre among the most popular Passenger Vehicles of the present s. U. V. S what began as a bare bones military vehicle the Sport Utility vehicle or as u. V. Is now one of the most popular set of wheels on the road todays versions may be better engineer than their predecessors they are still expensive large and not very economical critics say they clog up traffic and pollute the air they are huge earner for the Automobile Industry just why are s. U. V. S so popular what is it that fascinates so many drivers my colleague malta wrote a column on when to take a look. Faster. Stronger. Bigger. All of the worlds people are crazy about s. U. V. S. Being used as a status signifiers. Just the greatest feeling driving around in the flesh. Other problems that they cause. They know youre. Trying to. So lets get into gear and check whats behind the hype why is the world so obsessed with s. U. V. S. 40 percent of all Passenger Vehicles sold worldwide are some form of s. U. V. Thats more than twice as much as just 10 years ago it isnt. In india in the e. U. One in 3 new vehicles is an s. U. V. In china its even more in the us its almost one in 2 from a producer perspective it makes a lot of sense to produce as u. V. A car that looked like s. U. V. S because theyre able to extract higher margins high Profit Margins than it will be not much more expensive to produce to manufacture but they will be able. Like prices like 40 to 50 percent higher so Car Companies profit from the s. U. V. Hype but thats only one side of the story because they wouldnt build them if people wouldnt buy them like crazy. Ok the car shrink when the s. U. V. Boom started in the us he helped major Car Companies sell more of the. As a Marketing Consultant and if you ask him the secret as to why people are so attracted to s. U. V. S is rooted in our brain. To put it very very simply our brain is made up of 3 different brains the cortex the limbic system and the reptilian brain they constantly talk to each other but each of them has a different job. The cortex is responsible for rational thinking it helps us make decisions solve problems crunch numbers everything thats kind of complicated limits system is all about emotions. And the rich brain isnt charge of our most basic instincts that make sure were breathing controls our sex drive and our fight or flight response s. U. V. Is red julia is that. You know car bible and reproduction im stronger and more powerful than you i mean if you come with a little car and i have a b. S. U. V. And we crash. Youre going to die and im just going to have to clean a little bit my issue with the media projecting this image that the world has never being so dangerous all 7 point one magnitude earthquake has hit Southern California is massive Tropical Cyclone triggered a tsunami militants have attacked the Stock Exchange building you want to be in this whole car when those of us work around you know you want to be an s. U. V. That. The road Building People to. Is no. S. U. V. S appeal to our most basic instincts and scowl make us target exactly those but of course s. U. V. Drivers would never admit that theyre just following their primal urges they give a more rational justification. If you look at surveys as to why people are buying s. U. V. S many will say because theyre safer and yes if youre in an s. U. V. And you crash with another car youre less likely to die. But a civilians have a pretty high center of gravity and that makes them prone to rolling over which is actually really dangerous and also kind of obvious. They know the reality is that the higher you are the more chance you have to roll over its more dangerous to have all but it doesnt matter the rate you know brian as i feel stronger when youre on top of might be Something Like i am space so by the time most cars get taller imagine youre in a smaller car in fact big and you see all those higher car puller cars then you might be incentivized to get the pole a car to just do it right in and be like intimidated by other people. People who drive s. U. V. S want to feel safe even if that means putting other side driscoll the front bumpus off many s. U. V. S for example are so high that. More likely to suffer serious head or upper body injuries in a crash so s. U. V. Drivers are gaining something here at the expense of others and thats not just the case for road safety. Board in your s. U. V. And in the fleet that means you have much leverage on the small cars and therefore they are hired at the at will still when i need fuel i need them plenty more then you have to do it. The growing number of as you visas in fact the 2nd biggest cause for the rise in c o 2 emissions since 2010 ahead of heavy industry and aviation. Emissions from other types of Passenger Vehicles actually went down over the same period. And all this is not really news to us we know as you these are bad for the environment but its just too easy for us to brush aside these concerns. Our cortex thinks about abstract and complicated things that way in the future like Climate Change and how we can prevent it our emotional limbic system however is more of a live in the moment kind of person would like selfless you the brand new s. U. V. Looks and wants to drive often it now and this instant gratification will often outweigh the distant an abstract concerns like Climate Change to tell me that the environment is going to be bad in 1520 years that doesnt really connect with me ive been there in 15 years so you know so we have to make people realize. That was used today and what they can experience today as some consequences for them today. People around the world are realizing. That still doesnt stop more and more people from buying s. U. V. S or industries and up to a point but you want to point you have to talk about trying to go i mean you have to talk about it if you go putting the damage its. Going to should be sacked. Because she didnt you know do the crime you didnt just. Need to have all factored into taking direction and the like more efficient engines more electively growth but also more. And also short distances travelled. The villain creates a sound we capable of rational thinking and yet why its 2 like the very things that are bad for us. All right if cars can be seen as an extension of their owners egos what should we surmise about those who want to ride smaller more efficient electric like this little guy created out of sheer utility and definitely not sex appeal we sent our reporter to switzerland to talk to a man whose vision of the future is much more practical and emotional. 0 emissions no accidents no traffic jams then getting from a to b. Will be safe healthy and relaxed maybe. Ill give it a try. This is a prototype and Peter Cleveland is testing it he teaches at the university of sun callen in switzerland his work focuses on the future of mobility. Oh why are you driving such a tiny car theres only room for 2 the range is small so why does it its because thats the future. But i think we need them ability revolution. And micro mobility the more intelligent use of cars cities and space is the only way to preserve mobility. What do tiny cars contribute to that. You know only occupies one 3rd of a standard parking space thats one aspect another is that its electrically powered so its more sustainable i dont think average Car Occupancy no days as 1. 00 and the car spends 93 percent of the time just standing around so this car is perfectly adequate for getting about in town. Were bought instead is in fact if this thing would not have a better more ecological. Part of it although i dont even like sarin alternative but i live in the countryside so i have a long ride into town from what i see the future is intermodal and that is ill take public transport sometimes take the car to transport stuff or go out with my children because electric scooters and other new things will come along and theyll be a whole range of Mobility Solutions and tiny cars a one element past like mine i am not perfect. As drives like a toy car. So how will we be getting around a few years from now im going to get one example so i want to go to berlin in the future well have apps on a full on the. Platforms where you and your priorities efficiency cost sustainability. And where you will get corresponding recommendations including an itinerary. That my smartphone will tell me where i have to go and when and which means of transport ill be using refined it will deal with payments as well leading. Them to says we should do away with Combustion Engines in cars and he said cars rather than own one. I have the impression that its still a long way off people want to own their own cars and keep the cars theyve bought for as long as possible 1015 or 20 years and they run on gasoline something that is your vision simply unrealistic its you if we dont always be some private ownership of cars but its unthinkable to go to the entire planet with private cars even with everybody owning the room and i can fall its like in terms of climate protection out of the question. With. The coronavirus pandemic has seen people shift away from often crowded trains and buses and use their cars more. Claiborne there is a champion of public transport as part of the mix is his vision already obsolete. The industry was already going through a process of transformation to a covert 19 has led to a slump in sales so the question of change and reinvent itself has increased dramatically. Clinton says electric mobility can be fun but it doesnt mean doing without all the good stuff as many people still seem to think he also says theres no way around it. Right of cars will look different in the future chances are they will also sound different a lot of us probably dont give it much thought but the noises a car makes matter not just for the gear heads love the sound of an engine revving for everyday safety if you cant hear it you might not know its coming and thats why sound is being programmed into electric cars which are otherwise almost silent finding the right sound thats an art. For sound design theres Combustion Engine noises are as complex as symphonies. And they provide the basis for developing artificial motor sounds for electric cars at present they sound like this. When did you know were going to sit at a mating call of a stack. Of country or a tiger whatever is not the chirping of a sparrow. Office mature sound like that does something to a driver men are said to need bellowing noise that signifies. Time of greatest does this buzzing sound 0 india doesnt have such an immediate and powerful impact but it could come to signify another kind of power thats expressive in its own right the power. The challenge is to develop that power for electric cars. To move really cheat. Disempower. Car dealer benyamin dad it says a timid buzz just doesnt do it for him he loves the full throated growl and roar of 500. 00 horsepower. Feeling. Thats just part of it for many people with. The big engine big sound great sound bite. That means performance passion fun behind the wheel when everything good and exciting about driving as you head into the sunset in your sports car to move on and going for it. But how can a lector vehicles be fitted with a truly authentic sounding fake sound. In this were going 151617 kilometers an hour the noise is minimal im going to tweak the sound quality. Ive just boosted the higher frequencies. The new e. U. Regulations says new electric cars will have to be equipped with an acoustic vehicle alerting system which makes a sound at low speed entering reversing the. Its not that the e. U. Wants to make the world sound better and cooler for us all its about safety you have to be able to hear if an electric car is just 10 meters away heading at you or 20 kilometers an hour. And the sound has to be distinctive and easy to hear those fish cut out for one sound design or just want to shape the experience of those inside the car as well as outside its also about branding. Despite of im 50 years ago most cities had a special distinctive sound and it had to do with the substance of the cars the sound was authentic just like it also came to stand for stability and safety those times are over now you can fake everything so you keep wondering does anything actually sound like what it really is its. Driving pleasure reliability safety and authenticity can assume to be designed to suggest all that. Well it does seem like everything can be imitated reproduced or fake these days and often quite convincingly or the battery or Combustion Engine cars still roll along roads but if the entire journey were virtual a crowd of viruses decimated global terrorism theres one sector that stands to benefit from the pentagon and its associated travel bans are Virtual Reality industry after all just because we cant travel doesnt mean we cant be transported. Diving headfirst into the Virtual World can we really go on a journey without travelling and how does it feel im giving it a try. Ive always travelled as a reporter but ive also travelled a lot in my free time ive backpacked through asia and australia. And im starting to get itchy feet again. But its like that times have changed. I take a church to the i. T. Experts at the university of hamburg french dynaco runs a Research Group studying human computer interaction zz im going to take a trip in his Virtual Reality laboratory. Teleport at the touch of a button i can fly anywhere i desire automatically. Crashed and. Im back at the old as a rock formation in the australian outback. While. The view is incredible. But its not australia i cant feel the hot wind or hear any animals. I travel to the all goes almost 20 years ago we spent many a night out in the open it was a journey outside of my comfort zone and one on never forget it was hot and not all the animals were friendly you can ever have virtual experiences like that ok i need. To buy a disc it would annoy me mostly experienced things with our eyes and ears you have no sense of touch or temperature here to include all the senses youd need to wear special equipment like a deva suit data gloves and lots of cables thats not what were aiming for and its not really available yet anyway because it is but Virtual Reality does make more extreme travelling possible i can take a drive on the moon for example or i can climb Mount Everest things i could never do in real life. In the gaming industry as a cutting edge of search of reality towards in one game well traveler my avatar randomly land somewhere on the planets my job is to figure out where i am. The Tourism Industry hardly uses Virtual Reality a tool that its steaming with other problems at the moment due to the coronavirus pandemic and the other problems lie ahead technology is moving forward at a rapid pace many believe that in the not too distant future but will johnnies will become competition for tourism in the real wild. In the next 510 or 20 years it will have Virtual Worlds that you wont be able to distinguish from real life at least in terms of sound insight as much so that means well have to develop a new sense to know if somethings real or not exactly. Its interesting ethically i mean i always have to tell people that the reality is virtual real and were always having problems like that today i cant tell if the noose is fake or a photos have been retouched and we are technologies of the future will bring that to a whole new level. Mixing up reality that wont happen to me its easy for me to tell that this journey is virtual its great but i feel sick now i need to break out. Sometimes your movement in the real world doesnt match what youre experiencing in the Virtual World it could lead to a conflict of the senses your visually experiencing Something Different than the body is and it can lead to feeling a bit queasy that was exciting but id rather travel in the real world. Im going to go on a bike to its good to social distancing and good for the environment. And while were talking about 2 wheelers what comes to mind when you think about a motorcycle rally burly men clad in leather you may be behind the times the fact is more and more women are heeding the call the open road and in recent decades theyve carved out their own space for clubs rallies and group rides with their own Market Brands are beginning to take notice. Well documented by one thats long been dominated by men. But this is a women only event they want to break the stereotype. Thats my view cannot win by monday and if your children partner at home call friends you havent seen for a while get on your motorbike and head to pet for lads to do something thats just for you. For years ago nick founded whats now europes biggest women only motorbike festival petra lets. Her aim was to get more women interested in money to bikes and to connect them with each other. For fun calling every year we see a handful of women who dont have motorbike licenses and who arent into the scene but the next level they have a license and come by motorbike. And having an impact on the market since 2011 the number of women with motorbike licenses in germany alone has risen by around a quarter to almost 5000000. But still more than twice as many men have money to bike licenses the industry remains very male centric. Its difficult when you go into a store i wanted something for me with different sizes and i was kind of intimidated their only guys in the store there guys they dont like even talk to you or if i won the world with my friends. To introduce themselves to my friends but they dont even like shake my hand thats been in my home to see all awareness is growing and as a target group were taken more seriously but theres still a long way to. For the motorbike market gets more female friendly especially in terms of clothing for nothing the suspension to kick. In the past women were often just used as decoration to sell much to buy. But thats changing slowly the industry is taking note women bikers are a force to be reckoned with. These women are born to be wild the global Motorcycle Market is riding high with some 100000000000 euros in 2018 its expected to keep growing and thats some parts to women. 2 wheels 4 wheels big car or small loud or quiet transportation and travel is changing or getting from a to b. May be the Main Objective but whatever be the only reason for getting behind the wheel or the handlebars are glad that you came along for the ride today thats all for this weeks made see you next time in the mean time to be sure to check us out on twitter and facebook. As long as the managers do not go today nothing would change you know the banks and you know why and so was the language of the banks. Speaking the truth global news that matters w made for minds. To use crime fighter car back africas most successful radio drama series continues. This season the stories focus on hate speech the mention consisting of local production. 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This is a dozen years live from broadband place in western germany launch raids on their fellow offices 29 suspended over the sharing of neo nazi images in chat groups m f and now face criminal investigation also on the program. We need to go fast and we need need to do things better. European Commission President or should a fall of the law and sets out how a vision for the future of the e. U. And the 1st states have. Union address. Im phil dale welcome to the program 29 Police Officers in the german state of north rhinewestphalia have been suspended as part of an investigation into the shared a far right images in private chat groups 11 are now under criminal investigation images shared in the groups include pictures of alpha hitler and nazi symbols like swastikas its not the 1st time germany Security Forces have been at the center of scandal involving far right extremism. By this grace and a slap in the face for germanys Police Forces thats what the interior minister in north rhinewestphalia called the discovery of czech content in which 29 Police Officers shared right wing extremist material. Including for example pictures of hitler of swastikas of imperial war flags but also many more horrible images like the fictional depiction of a refugee in the gas chamber of a concentration camp Police Officers from different cities and 34 Police Departments took part in the czech groups they were all suspended pending the results of the investigation they could face charges of inciting racial hatred a spokesman for the federal interior Ministry Said the reports are worrying. Its mostly goes what were hearing from north rhinewestphalia is very alarming. It is a disgrace for the police force there but of course it also has an effect on the entire Police Profession throughout germany. Its not the 1st case of far right extremism spreading within germanys police and military forces in july a former Police Officer was arrested for threatening politicians across germany referencing a neo nazi cell in his emails and in june germanys defense minister disbanded part of the armys elite commando after allegations of far right extremism within its ranks. Or more from. As we heard this is just the latest case of far right extremists and within germany Security Forces does anyone have a handle on the science of this problem. Well the short answer is no because after all this latest case appeared after the Police Officers phone was investigated he was under suspicion of having passed on information to a done list so really this wasnt an investigation looking into neo nazi tendencies in fact the police chief has also been interviewed today and he said there were no indications with these particular Police Officers that there may be some kind of racist tendency there had been no complaints so they really didnt have a clean sheet in terms of their behavior will record and yet looking at this private mobile phone 5 whats up groups were found and the big question now is once other phones have been seized and theres been investigating this continuing what else will be found so we have 11 officers facing criminal charges what is being done now. Well i think were seeing an investigation that is going to be scaled up if anything 200 Police Officers were involved this morning looking into 34 police stations and private homes of Police Officers and i suspect that we will probably get more information trickling through in which direction that investigation will continue but we know that if anything this is potentially the tip of an iceberg although nothing at this particular moment in time points at an organized Large Scale Network this appears to have been small tack groups but nevertheless Police Officers sharing and looking at imagery thats not just tasteless that was illegal and despite these revelations interior minister is refusing to launch an inquiry into right when your stream is in Public Service why is that. Well this is a slightly altered the debate and that emanated from the allegation of systemic racism among Police Officers and many in the wake of what happened in the United States there he said he wouldnt launch such an investigation because he was against a kind of wholesale suspicion against the police as being a racist into an institution but in the light of this latest investigation there will be political pressure to look more systemic into whether this could indeed be systemic amongst germanys police so thats something i would expect to evolve the coming days and weeks chief Political Editor may have a clue thank you. Well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world will start in greece where of thora says on the island of last boss of charge for man with arson in connection with the fires that swept through the overcrowded more refugee camp last week the men all migrants from afghanistan have been given 3 days to prepare their testimony. The u. S. National Hurricane Center says the eye of Hurricane Sandy has made landfall close to the city of gold shores alabama forecasters say the category 2 storm packing sustained winds of 105 miles an hour is likely to cause catastrophic and life threatening flooding along the North Central gulf coast. The government of barbados wants to remove Britains Queen elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic the caribbean island gained independence from britain in 1966 but retain the queen as head of state the Prime Minister says now its time for the country to have a barber agent in the top job. The European Commission has the president of the European Commission has laid out her vision for the block to tackle the Climate Crisis addressing the European Parliament found alliance wide ranging speech also called on china to improve its human rights record and made a not so veiled attack on member state poland for its attitude towards gay people and she urged Member States to resolve the blocks paralysis on the issue of migration. Also love underlying ahead of a 1st arab state of the union speech waiting to unveil more ambitious climate goals for the block we need to go faster and we need to do things better the European Commission is proposing to increase the 2030 targets for Emission Reduction to actually least 55 percent catching emissions and becoming climate neutral by 2050 are part of the European Green deal one of funder line speed priorities of the situation taken partly due to the mounting pressure of climate activists but ramping up the instrument targets its not enough for some i expect on the lion to keep on working with her commissioners and really to put pressure on the council because we know that there are Member States who are not willing to do what we need to do when funds are lined took office late last year she presented a long list of projects by the car with 19 pandemic slowdown many of them or brought them to hold she now said its the years 1st priority to pull each other through this that you commission chief also put a focus on human rights not only calling out chinas treatment of minorities but also criticizing your member said poland for introducing socalled free cell phones l g b t q ive 3 zones are sure manatee free zones funder line also said the e. U. Finally has to decide on a solution on how to handle migration one of the most disputed topics among Member States i expect that the Member States will engage in the discussion so that we can really move forward and have a common plan to deal with that topic underlines commission will present a long awaited proposal for a new pact on migration on september 23rd and its her who will be judged on its outcome. Now to japan where your show here has been formally elected as the countrys new Prime Minister following a vote in parliament in a place as shown so who resigned this month for Health Reasons as he takes over the helm of the worlds 3rd largest economy mr sogers expected to stick closely to policies championed by his predecessor. It was an easy victory for the former Prime Minister is a long time right hand man. You know shes here to serve one the parliamentary votes by a landslide. For the last 8 years he has occupied the powerful position of chief cabinet secretary as such he was defector number 2 to shinzo lobby and to kill in force of government policy as part of his effort to secure the top job he vowed to stick to those policies presenting himself as a safe pair of hands at a time of pivotal but his Top Priorities will be far from the coronavirus and turning around the economy battered by the pandemic. Human so i will strike a balance between preventing the spread of the current virus and maintaining social Economic Activity if i will create a government that will overcome this crisis and be trusted by the people if i will create a cabinet that will work for the public better than they can to me he thinking. He is not seen as a flamboyant old passionate person often described instead as someone who operates behind the sayings hes also said to be a pragmatist rather than an idealist but some critics lamenting what they fear could be a lack of vision on his part. But in one respect he stands out from most of the japanese lawmakers he does not come from an elite political family he grew up in a rural part of the country as the son of a strawberry pharma and has now worked his way to the countrys top elected position. In sport the powerful former head of world athletics has been found to guilty in a doping scandal that allowed athletes to compete after they should have been suspended a french court found that women limine dhea solicited vibes tode celestin bribes totaling 3000000 euros from russian athletes suspected of doping then use the money to help them compete in events like the 2012 london olympics and was sentenced to at least 2 years in prison with 2 more years of suspended jail time he remains free pending an appeal. Coronavirus pandemic has created difficult conditions for many our industries around the world including the arts artists in south africa protesting in major cities asking for government help to save the Creative Industries they say pandemic lockdowns of left them unable to a living for nearly 6 months the w. s added increased reports. It has been a lockdown here in south africa for 6 months now but gradually the economy has been reopened in the past weeks and months but not all Industries Many people are still suffering this is why artists came here to protest they say they havent been able to perform for half a year not able to make an income and they want the government to consider them as well the way i. See. My name is i mean doing im an artist im a performer it has been small town the Music Industry Performance Industry in detainment lots of Small Businesses attached to all those Small Businesses out there not just. You know. People sound a lot of levels that have been affected when they just pull the plug ive been just surviving via the grace of my god you know in my creator and my family people that have helped and supported me they can because our industry was the 1st to be afflicted with it was the 1st to be let down shut down completely businesses have gone out of out of business. I many people are also complaining that the government has largely been ignoring the arts and entertaining industry for many years and even during the times of the pandemic some odyssey are complaining that they had no access to it covered 19 emergency relief funds among the people protesting musicians seeing people playing in theaters most of the arts menus in capetown remain closed they are allowed to open but at limited capacity at the moment with a maximum of 50 people at one venue people here are saying this is not enough to survive to make a living and theyre demanding for them to be allowed to operate at 70 percent capacity but there might be a reason for hope for the artists here president s are around. Announced that he will address the nation tonight an image falling corner virus infection numbers many people here believe that he will announce a further relaxation of the lockdown regulations the knife. And i up the 5. 100 creature forcing dont forget you can always get the w. News on the go just download the app for google play. As well as push notifications for breaking news if youre part of the story music. Videos. At the top of the hour up next to. Your Business Update good day. Mr muslim in between the face. Of. A militant chemist