the am i ready to dive into the hands of gentlemen to us with you one day? have you have a one the front porch and come to invest deposits on the spot and unexpected side supplies in the past towards the sustainable mobility will in many, many, many use cases be an electric. what the is this the new best value for money v, the volvo, x 30 will find out right now. welcome to read the x this he is

a compact tv that the swedish call make a has a squarely it models like the v w i. d 3 equals astra electric and the test them both spray the entry level prize for the volvo. x 30 is just around 36600 euro. what do you get? well, 1st of all, you get a bunch of assistance systems, almost anything you could wish for blind spot us is on coming traffic mitigation. it will recognize pedestrians, bicycle spike or is so in a safety sense, you get everything you need. there's also a need to concentrate be exposed to the features, the latest generation of all those automatic parking system which can handle both power low and perpendicular meaningfulness. empty spaces on either side of the call or detected wind driving its speeds on to 22 kilometers per hour and then displayed on the touch screen. as soon as the driver has selected a spot the pump is this pilot steve tobacco into place by taking as the steering

gear shift accelerate to pedal and breaks the drive? it gets continuous progress updates via the display. what else do you get? a $200.00 kilowatt, we'll driven car with a 51 kilowatt hour battery that will achieve around 350 kilometers of range. if you compare that to, for example of this in the compact segment, let's say opal off dry electric vw id 3 or test the model 3. then all of these was dogs. busy around $4142000.00 euros, and even though some of these will have more range than the valuable, some will also have less range and also weigh less power for price that is way higher than that of the mobile and pricey of versions of the x the se include the single night long range model with a bigger factory, reaching out to 476 kilometers. and this 40 dual motor with 315 kilowatts of power

. so what are the down sides? what won't you get in the valuable e x 30. 1 of the things you won't get is an instrument exhaust or so behind the steering wheel. there is nothing. if you want to know how fast you're driving the speed limit or any other information, you will find all of that in the central display and the input time and system that takes some getting used to. but usually after a few minutes, you will have found yourself looking at the right spot instead of searching for your current speed behind the steering wheel. and just to be set and you have a safe journey, there's volvos on board computer keeping an eye on things. the general a driving impression in the. busy that is absolutely nice. what you would expect from a volvo. it is very comfortable. the loudness in the interior is ok as well. nothing to it out, but all so not to silence things to see traffic. and for 6,

you know, one pedal driving which is possible. in old variance and shows great to come foot and increased range and other pulls that you sent to them. the range front is the on board heat pump, which comes standards except in the single my to addition to all the way to put it to the interior of the ex 30 is to the there are opposite. the no buttons summit. the steering weird about that's about it. the infotainment system is as usual with valuable a pulse cars oper, right? that's okay. it reminds you of your smartphone, and it's also easy to operate above the touch screen looks very good, it's quite bright. it's easily readable, even if the sunshine on it, it has google maps on it. so if you plan to do along the trip,

the call will automatically find charging spot along your route and then create the battery. so it's in that ideal stays to get charged. the only thing is, if you plan to charge on your own, or if you don't use the navigation, then the battery won't be pre heated ends. in worst case, it won't charge as fast as it could. would you also can see the side doors uh clean as well, this not even a level for the windows because this one is right here in the center console. and what you also have in the center console is a 2 cup holders. and if you don't need the most cop oldest, for example, if you want to put anything else inside, then you just put that away and you can place whatever item you want to in that tray. that's pretty nice. the vehicle can be shared with friends and family via an apps that enables it to be moved without. the key is also

a remote function for checking whether the vehicle is looks and the windows are closed. the same goes to the pre heating or cooling the interior, activating the whole locates the vehicle. the space in the back is definitely what you would call a compact this. there is almost no leg room. busy it's okay, you can put it in the middle because there's a little more space or at the sides. the head room is absolutely ok also because of the huge panoramic glass roof. but the seating position is not exactly comfortable because as you can tell, the floor is quite high due to the battery of cause. and then you will have your legs bend quite a bit and that is not a position you will want to keep for a long distance trip. the seats, as such, are quite comfortable. no questions ask, but the position isn't the

just as in the front you have no buttons in the door. instead, the window levers are here in the middle where you will also find 2 u. s. b c sockets for smartphone charging. they're also handy funding pockets in the front seat, backed by the front, has a capacity of 19 liters the trunk conflicting between 318, and 904 liters of comcast. the anything you want to adjust in the car is done via the central attached is saying that is also true for. busy the side view mirrors which by the way, look quite nice because they almost bought a list, but they need to choose the mirror adjustment from the menu in the infotainment system. and then you do it with the buttons at the steering wheel. similar to what

testable has it is not intuitive, but to do is only one time a see and see. the car has memory function for the different drivers. it is ok, this new stop button, the engines to get the vehicle going, the drive as simply presses the brake pedal and engages forward over of us using the gas shift. coming up my volvo, x 30 experience. i like driving the car, even though i'm not a fan of su visa, it is quite nicely motorized. the fact that you don't have an instrument cluster is forgotten after a few kilometers. and the integration of google maps in the, in full time. and system is also a thing, i really appreciate the things i didn't like where the range that is in the

small. busy and the space in the back, but all in all a very decent call the office very good, the value for money cx, the t might not be the best value e v. but the entry level model is still a very good call at a reasonable price, despite the difficulties of space and the rate of cost. if you'd like to go foster june mode to version the manages to hit the 100 k p h and the 4 seconds you will have to show out to woods of 48000 t arise in germany, which is almost 12000 mold. and so the entry level version with the volvo, x se, then it comes down to the question of savings versus speed. the cars, cars, cars, regular phenomenon, with millions of unique stories that could be in a german golf. and we need to guys, wherever you are. however, up here what the question is now, where should we go?

right to wherever you are, incentives your stories and your crazy car into the, let's catch up soon on the 5 rumor or actually too many more as you try. not believe that the tv is going to die because the traditional german legacy brands, like missy this on coal, cannot compete with the up and coming chinese easy makers. so they are not on the verge of, sorry, the tone. i'm too young from the the rest. i'm going to show you, is that the case on the, are you are the last few or to, with your phone to talk to the point him ventures the all calls will be in june before lunch duty and then to walk you through choose onto should go up lease, so that she to,

to court grand junction to have a way to call when you get this left me who had already jump on the bund stagen and purchased 2 electric vehicles is set the buffalo. what's going on? what type of to you that the vision is clear up here on the electric portfolio portfolio and yes, we firmly believe that the electric mobility is going to support a sustainable and so you are missing the future to this goal is no longer costs. have to have massive investments in the electric vehicle sector. german also makers, including miss status bmw and folks via an over the past decade old gone to based

when i heard that vast and ultimate curse, representative payment status, we're going to give up on the electric vehicles. i quickly check out the more serious germ of financial media, such as the reports in honda's block, which said, this is what i'm vicious, goes according to the internal plan. as mister spins am to achieve more than 20 percent of itself is fully electric cars in 2023. however, distilled, got based company only managed to achieve electric share of 12 percent of the approximately 12 meeting costs delivered last year. given this pace, it seems i'm realistic for the traditional german auto make. our mistake is to achieve its goal of fully electric sales by 2030 and so after our runs of criticism from the supervisory board, the head of miss status, ola continues, has put an end to it. he's a comprehensive electric strategy,

essentially hollow thing to target for the end of this decade, the south racial of my state of hybrids and electric vehicles at most retail level of 50 percent. but from this news complete concludes that we say this and even german also makers as a whole, a balance of the box, electric vehicles, and stop competing these chinese manufacturers. even though they haven't given up at all, saying they've given up is completely nonsensical. there's no such thing. i think i would like to paraphrase the single mark twain. yeah. the reports about the death of the electric vehicle. i'd greatly accelerate what we are seeing now. what you're seeing now is a slide in bright on the road to the electric field. we did each because to whomever you talk him, the industry in the medium to the past, towards sustainable mobility. we look in many, many, many use cases, b and electrical equipment. and the industry is ready,

willing and able to follow that pass for the majority of the vehicles. so the notion that invest in countries unable to compete of looking to tables collectively giving up on the electric cars and leaving, trying not to play along. come, therefore only be described as some people being overly anxious. not long after this claim was made, some of china's own social media voices stepped forward to clarify and set the right courts, drive people to various reasons. people have been feeling very anxious, whether it's about the white a modal themselves the one moment they think that being surrounded by the west and the country is doomed. the next the fee, i will replace humanity, i'm a doomed. such feelings are understandable, but not particularly helpful. you'll be able to help to what you paid off into. it's a leading technical consultant in the european automotive industry and has also witnessed

the growth of trying those electric vehicle industry. i think at the moment there is a very high attention to any new step according to the electric clear, cuz they have the option of electric vehicles involved marks. the the see the moment the, the situation. we have plenty of prices around to the political, economic land, so on. right. and people are really somehow in fear of change in some respects as those voices from china and europe mentioned. the uncertainty about the future of electric vehicles may steam from the fact that we currently live in the certain words. because so many of our previous understandings has been negated by new circumstances. we have started to become accustomed to engaging every scene. but when it comes to the future of all more

ability, a highly important topic, what do the experts in europe same? uh and uh, while uh electric will be used to choose some tasks for the industry. so there is no doubt about that every major role. we have many, many un trend state. they have set their bits of electrical ability as to the main trends of demand for my husband, for the future to come full scale, assess slice don't target x results. cracks minus thoughts on the end of the dream . i'm not entirely results foundation. they have also got their proponents in germany. the v is the future. do my unfortunately, our politicians have lost interest in the future. there's this professional 49 student who have, who used to be known as the got father of the automotive industry in germany. as an academic, he pays close attention to and is optimistic about the development of china's

electric vehicle industry and is often a p i p as a professional chinese event. however, he is not optimistic about the future of electric vehicles in the european american markets. the reason stands from politics up on the political side, there have been significant changes and these changes are slowing down the electric car. the main reason why electric cars are now weakening in germany in the u, who is the lack of support from the political spirit. firstly, in terms of buyers premiums, and secondly, due to the general political attitude that internal combustion engines still have a future. i'm to the point of view that i need to talk. so this is the view of professional doesn't have a as an academic of server. what have germany is major, traditional automakers has recently set about the future of electric vehicles. this is all kind of in your determine of my status. as we mentioned before, the phased criticism from the supervisory board,

because piece of business planned for a fully electric line up, but towards all the 30 wasn't all the chief of all. now here's chan she's narratives pushing back the deadline for completing this transition by another 9 years to 2039. so we want to achieve a net carbon neutral position by the end of the next decade. but in order not to wait for that to happen in 1516 years, we have also set ourselves at the enter in target by the end of this decade and achieve up to 50 percent of the journey by 2030, the net 0 carbon target. it's mentioned by me, see, this is actually more vicious from the previous go off of saving a fully electric sales line up by 2030. this net 0 go means that the entire product life cycle of old year vehicles, including batteries, roll material,

production, assembling, delivery, customer usage, and recycling with a chief carbon your trilogy, and the environmental impact of electric vehicles. so out your entire life cycle is also a focal point. for many critics in the long term factory electric vehicles will be the predominant tab. i'm trying to think of the market chat about 2027 know will be at a tipping point. so 5 to the up or electric vehicles, flipping something that i see. this was the volt declaration made by the c o of folks, but you're going in 2023. furthermore, looking across other german automakers, including bmw and audi, achieving carbon neutrality is essentially a medium to long term goal for often, there's only the timelines for achieving those goals, very seeing that german automakers are planning to execute the electric vehicle.

race is therefore completely at all. it's just a fact. it's the need to how many was in your questioning the future of electric vehicles. for example, european countries, including germany on friends, significantly reduced subsidies for electric vehicle buyers, not long ago before the constellation of purchase subsidies by an electric vehicle in germany could have met it's you a government subsidy of around 4500, still 6000 euros. imagine if you had both a mid to high spec electric, meaning just the subsidy alone would have amounted for roughly 10 to 15 percent off. the purchase price for popular moses like the many this level of discount was

essentially the maximum manufacturer could offer. if you had bought a cheaper entry level, electric car price between 20030000 euros, the government subsidy. would that cost the $2.00 adults and even the other person's off the cost? but now this money is gone, but here's what applies and now the price difference assessed significance. and this is the most important argument. customers are withdrawing and reverting to combustion engines. so it's the big price difference between combustion engines and electric cars to my way of comparison. china is no, a power dies for e v buyers. you can get this for running about 27000 bureaus. this 432000 euros, and this for less than 17000 bureaus of costs cannot be considerations. undoubtedly the primary concern for most users. besides the purchase price, however,

the continuously racing electricity prices across europe. also a reason why many consumers verse hesitant to embrace the flood or more, the 1st wave of the choir and arrows pioneers. oh, the so called early adopters have already terminated. first time, positive and negative experiences, sir years ago. as someone who acquired an electric car, i belonged to those early adopters. the experience of driving electric vehicle in europe these days isn't necessarily bad, but it's enough to fast track you into a midlife crisis. the experience is marked by old page public charging stations and excited pretense electricity prices. the low compatibility of charging costs the incomplete or inc are create information about charging stages and various frustrating charging experiences. add to the audio,

coupled with range anxiety in her and to electric cars. all that reinforces my belief that the future of electric mobility cannot remain as it is now. i also understand better why many argue that the electric cars we see on the roads today. i'm ready for the station, the products of costs the dissenting voices as well. ninety's of my i don't agree because if you look at vehicles from the latest generations, for example, what our series is doing with his s and e class models, they have great range and one can manage quite well with them. which device? well, not really a high over kind of forward let me say this s o e of costs. so we kind of hope that's a common curse. well, gradually democratize the battery technology used today and talk more of those to more affordable, more of those that the masses cannot accept. regardless, the future of electric mobility will still depend on new technological advancements

. the most important thing, what we see here in factories this is an 6 molar cheap that starts right away and we will have plenty of improvements over the next 2 years in terms of price performance for the inability. excellent. so this makes me confident that and next to probably the 10 foot feed, it's promises to provide sustainable affordable mobility for society. again, different hours and we expect that battery technology will make significant liens forward in the next 5 years. unfortunately, it's not one of the links we're talking about, solid state batteries of your state. but only i've also noticed that in germany whether people are pessimistic or optimistic, i bought the car and states of electric vehicles. yes. do you believe that the future direction of outside will mess up? is electric. kind of those traditional german comm acres, which ones bone, beak risk conversion or internal combustion engine technology. and has been

criticized from moving to slowly on 2 legs towards electrification. continue proving the f a clear vision of the future and they are embrace in the future as that is electric, or at least hybrids electric for the existing portfolio. so i wouldn't worry too much if you're not able to to, to mask the car. godfather of germany believes that the future of electric mobility lies and trying to see where optimistic that to break through will happen in china . no question. and we think it will also spread to europe and the us. but the question always is, what will the politicians do? the politicians conduct the car, di or let it live without it? you can't predict what politicians will do. where did you go? they never less as to be have heard from it. say this folks log in and others eaves off from best. not even fading away. major comm acres in germany,

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