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, 1st in europe for the brand. The cool thing about neo calls that is apparent 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 little thier that is 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 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 and its home country, china. The annual neo de contracts, 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, the cross 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 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 a closeness and relationship to nature as well. Is about a celebration of 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 experiences 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 e. S 8. Start at around 57800. 00 urine. 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 neil is struggling a little bit because all the audi is not really satisfied with the naming of this called the 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 audi. And what i think is even more important, a name consisting of a ladder, and a number is not really something you would call create if 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 card 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 big assessor the we have. So e s 8 of course, what sets the neo bran to park is it swap a will battery system at a battery swap station, the customer, an exchange, an 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. The 1st 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 in the o if cool, i mean the idea i really like it. And the only problem right now is we dont have to wait, wait until neil 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 cruise he any by develop for the african market. And hes been attracting a lot of attention. You can see that was in i let me good even in the go design was using dollar another using my whole seater from 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. Sheets vans and fuselage unlocked. Erica 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 to put it in 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 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 would either police and some of the bi components that the industry tends to rely on might not be available on general. Read like we call hun. My names off to dixon. 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 at 600 euros, its quite a bit more affordable than most di 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 in 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 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 an alternative, as a trends, what a mobility tentative that to people can use instead of motorized transport lay cause like what to say cause the fact that it is functional. It is able to carry 100 kilograms of of kugel. So it is function, it is very fast. It is of course 5, fabio runs Small Service points to handle maintenance, and to swap out the solar powered batteries. Mechanic joshua mikaya joined the project early on and now has a permanent position. He sees a Bright Future in the technology. I stuffed up. Awesome. And they want to skew my fellow friends and young people dont dare. I want to get them on how to repay up bags and how to beta ebay, 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 one of the tennessee one scene movie, 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 teens are working on refining the next generation of africa. Cruises, 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 are 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 living. 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. He argues as part of what form of transportation did at replacing and what would they have gone by motorbike by car or on foot would allow using that data. We can determine how much c, o 2 emissions were actually say, officially, thats your site on found on this. Even though that process takes time, the next 640. 00 every crews, the bikes are in production. In india, theyll be headed to togo, panini, burkina, faso, tanzania, and other countries. Its hope to eventually produce some components in uganda. Yoga and passion is happy that his afro crazy project is taking off. And for walter onan 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 expense 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. 00 kilowatts, 230. 00 voids and 16 m power. But getting a put charge from a home socket requires some amount of patients. We are charging right now with this. 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 wired, but in some cost 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 charge of 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 a works for boxes usually didnt have a power between 3. 7 and 22 keywords. And you need a certified electrician to install one, which is often quite expensive, but it can potentially combine convenience was comparatively, we cant charge, which is a big place for this. No say this why box here is charging mice has low with 11 people, 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. 00 q. 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 deliver up to 3. 00 kilowatts of energy. Very consistent for bet, 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 how many type to keep it usually transferred rate up to 40, squeaky towards. 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 came up because im constantly on the goal 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 claxon, cale. These are the ones i encounter angenie. This is an ac type, 2 cable at the public charter, 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 as her demo plaque, which was developed in japan back in 2010. The arent very common and you but a still used to charge sammys. They support rapid d. C, charging and in germany they usually go up to 150. 00 killers. And this is a c, c, s, or combine charging pluck, which has 2 d c contact at the bottom, allowing for fast charging. Its the most common rep charging clock 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 his last supercharge in it, which also uses the c c as plaque in europe. But did you know constantly past charging of crap isnt good for the better. But more about that now and 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 they call that leg. I. D doff with crutches to drive in to play with god god, for more than my initial team is not to do with when i got it. I buy so many job, no job. I used to be down the do i have myself . Now we can make, we decide to be using that got got in a with that im using to drive my car. This one is a 120 the break while youre down one down a little on as up on me to one of the and im with to walk. I think, oh wait, 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 a block in the morning. 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