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This episode is overflowing with positivity as Elliot visits a world-leading city in which the drive to go electric has resulted in 16,000 electric buses and 22,000 electric taxis. The commitment to convert is simply astounding with incredibly well thought out infrastructure and facilities to support the switch to electric. Elliot finds that not only is the air cleaner, but people are happier and the services are significantly improved.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Leading cities
0:42 Fully Charged CITIES
1:10 Shining Shenzhen
2:14 16,000 electric buses
3:34 Bus & taxi live data
3:56 Impressive stats
4:44 1 million miles a day
5:33 Buses fully electric in 2017
5:53 Electric taxis by 2018
6:27 Night time charging
7:24 New double decker
7:53 Bus tour
8:37 New routes
9:16 180 depots
9:42 Electric benefits
10:41 Low maintenance
11:54 Taxis!
12:20 Massage?
12:49 Stats & facts
13:24 Camera safety
14:02 Charge & re-charge
15:33 Easy electric
16:47 What's next?
17:33 Move to public transport
17:50 Subscribe, support, join
18:44 Sustainable city
19:06 Sunny Dundee
19:30 California dreaming
20:16 Newcastle solar
20:48 Tell us more!
#CleanEnergy #ElectricVehicles #ElectricCars #ElectricBuses #ElectricTaxis #Shenzhen #China #Charging #Batteries #ChineseEVs #ChineseTechnology #ElectricCities #ZeroEmissions #Cleantheair #StopBurningStuff
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This episode is overflowing with positivity as Elliot visits a world-leading city in which the drive to go electric has resulted in 16,000 electric buses and 22,000 electric taxis. The commitment to convert is simply astounding with incredibly well thought out infrastructure and facilities to support the switch to electric. Elliot finds that not only is the air cleaner, but people are happier and the services are significantly improved.
Interested in our Fully Charged CITIES competition?
Contact Gina@FullyCharged.Show for further information.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Leading cities
0:42 Fully Charged CITIES
1:10 Shining Shenzhen
2:14 16,000 electric buses
3:34 Bus & taxi live data
3:56 Impressive stats
4:44 1 million miles a day
5:33 Buses fully electric in 2017
5:53 Electric taxis by 2018
6:27 Night time charging
7:24 New double decker
7:53 Bus tour
8:37 New routes
9:16 180 depots
9:42 Electric benefits
10:41 Low maintenance
11:54 Taxis!
12:20 Massage?
12:49 Stats & facts
13:24 Camera safety
14:02 Charge & re-charge
15:33 Easy electric
16:47 What's next?
17:33 Move to public transport
17:50 Subscribe, support, join
18:44 Sustainable city
19:06 Sunny Dundee
19:30 California dreaming
20:16 Newcastle solar
20:48 Tell us more!
Great story... But it's a little strange that battery swapping is not being used.... At least for the taxis.... Which would allow faster turnover, which is more efficient for both the taxi and the grid... and it's less costly to do slower charging night time....
But ofc they would need extra battery pack to do the night time charging.... but the battery packs would last much longer being charged slowly at night, so even that extra initial cost would be paid back in the long run.
So ideally it would be nice to see NIO battery type swapping in these BYD vehicles oneday....
Love the video, however, my only concern here is the lack of even any negative points, or where improvements could be made.
Please be aware if remarks were made this reporter would not be allowed to report from this country so I am very sceptical of these reports
Free Hong Kong
Free tibet
Freedom for the Uighur slaves
freedom from the most homicidal government in the history
Hitler and stalin combined weren't murderous enough for the Chinese
For all those CCP nuthugers you are worst than nazis colaboracionists
@@bigpete8567 agreed the interview answers were obviously scripted
@@bernhardjordan9200 Completely agree and support, do not give the CCP any oxygen to spread their lies and deceit
I was working and living in Shenzhen back in 2012-13. Back then they were just trialling those BYD electric buses on a handful of lines. It's staggering to think (even for China's standard) they were able to change over the entire system in such a short period. Very impressive.
They built a high-tech 1,000 bed hospital in 10 days ( 火神山 Fire God Mountain ) in Wuhan during the pandemic. As if that is not enough, they built another one ( 雷神山 Thunder God Mountain ) ... oso completed in 10 days. So ... changing an entire bus system in a short period is very normal for them.
@@ftd7435 That is why a centralized system is needed, one direction is better than two or three direction heading to nowhere.
@@signumxmagnum be careful, people might start complaining about their "freedoms"
Honest and sincerity pay off in the long run
@@garthy4u The ability to centralise at mass scale is unique to Europeans and East Asians. However, how do you expect Europe to be able to centralise when social and economic liberalisation is causing western society to minoritise? China has preserved its highly centralised state, and has adopted a more realist 3rd position economy in order to mass industrialise. Whereas Europe has become deracinated, multicultural, identities are now transient and commodified, it is more consumption focused and economically individualist. Currently one needs the other (the Chimerica relationship), although I suspect that China will no longer require the west in the future and the west will have to change its trajectory.
It is strange that nowadays when we talk about "leading countries", China is immediately ranked among them, while USA is lagging far behind. Yet more strangely, the US government seems care so much more about Chinese people and issues of Chinese internal affairs than its own domestic mess.
The US in number one in going to wars and never winning
The American first, means China Comes firstly then any other firsts.
You gotta separate out technological advancements benefitting the environment from the horribly insane politics & murderous policies persisting in China & to a lesser extent in the USA.
Brilliant discourse.
@@mikeharrington5593 800 military bases around the world is designed for what use?
Having visited Shenzhen annually from 2012 to 2019, I myself have personally watched this amazing transformation year after year. Shenzhen is the most friendly and futuristic city existing nowadays. All innovations come quickly true in Shenzhen and besides it's also an extremely green and beautiful city.
Extremely well done. I was thrilled for the Chinese that had developed this. I was in China 40 years ago at the beginning of these changes. It is very nice to spring forward and see that all the enthusiasm for change and the future that followed Deng Xiaoping's rise to power has resulted in so much positive change.
Glad to hear from someone who's been to China before it opened up. It's rare to find person who actually understands the changes that are taking place in China since the younger generations in the west mostly knows China from msm reports.
@@vincentdesun you are right. Came before & remain OPEN to China's change!!
@@vincentdesun I have been to China many times and you are spot on my friend.
You are very welcome back to China for travel, everything has been changed compare to 40 years ago.
Fantastic and informative episode. I remember visiting Shenzen a couple of years ago and being stunned at how far ahead they were. We are so arrogant and backwards in the UK. I hope we can learn from pioneers like Shenzen. Congratulations Elliott this was your best episode yet. Well done.
Its a shame the UK is obstinately. backward and imperialist . The Brits allow their democracy to be hijacked and they let those untrained
incompetent egos run the country just obeying
the MIC in war... mongering... but all's not lost.
If the power grid goes down so do electric buses unless you get a diesel generator to recharge them.
@@twocansams6335 da fuq you talking about?
@@twocansams6335 that's not an excuse for why the UK can't change it's buses to be fully electric. the UK rarely has power outages
I spent some of the best 5 years of my life, living in this incredible city! If I may add, being a carnut/petrolhead, I never once wished for owning a car there, with public transport being so amazing (and now sustainable!), ordering a taxi, sharing rides have never been more convenient. Great job FC team on this video!
Same here, I have been in Shenzhen for 5 years. I wish for faster metro deployment, especially the northern side. But rarely do I think I wish to own car here. Just no need. Car or a proper ADV motorcycle is needed for exploring rural countryside. Otherwise no need.
I was in Shenzhen a few years ago for a study trip & found their new electric buses to offer pretty good ride quality, but was wondering why they used a high-floor design (which would reduce accessibility)
@@lzh4950 that’s a good thought. The engineers need to put more thoughts for the disabled people as well as our whole infrastructure design.
@@chang8690 Designing a large vehicle like a truck or a bus is totally different from designing a passenger car. The total weight is different, as well as the weight of the cargo / people that the vehicle will carry is different, everything has to be accounted for, because, if you don't, then the whole thing simply can't move, or if it move, the momentum would brought the vehicle into very dangerous situation, when it is fully loaded.
The size of the tire for a truck / bus is so much bigger than that of a car, and that difference alone added a few feet to the bottom of the vehicle, plus, if you are the designer of a large vehicle, you gotta reserve some space between the wheel axle and the actually underside of the vehicles for suspension.
And the suspension system of a large vehicle is different from that of a car as well, and that alone added even more space to the bottom of the large vehicle.
so everything adds up, inch by inch.
In conclusion, do a little bit of research (since you guys are online) when you have questions, instead of just voicing out your displeasure.
@@lzh4950 Battery's.
That is the difference between just thinking, talking about it and actually doing about it.
True!
Shenzhen is like a decade ahead of the world.
Different planet for the rest of us.
Shenzhen is ultra modern city , one of the most beautiful I have a chance to see.
Chinese hydro power plants are coal fired and pollute the atmosphere and even change the world climate and make more rain in western Canada.
@@firstchoicelastchoice28 how can a hydropower plant be coal fired? Please don't be stupid.
Almost everywhere in the world, coal is still the number one power source. The only notable exemption is France because they heavily invested in Nuclear power plants.
Jut food for thought. do you know that China is the world's leading country in electricity production from renewable energy sources, with over double the generation of the second-ranking country, the United States?
@@rap3208 I should have written power plants not hydro power.
But China is 40 years behind Canada for example in pollution standards and enforcement. China they bribe the inspectors to look the other way.
@@firstchoicelastchoice28 You do know that in 1978, they were poorer than most african nations, don't you? You do know that all of the 1980s and about half of 1990s, they were just beginning to be industrialized and the chinese was just interested in having something to eat and does not really have the luxury nor the technology to think of environment pollution.
Think of the early industrial age of america where factories and plants have tall smokestacks blowing black smoke, that was 1980s China. Think of the 1970s america where cars were blowing black smoke that almost all major cities have bad pollution and smog. China didn't go through enough of that phase because by the end of 1990s, they were rich enough to start worrying and solving their pollution problem.
If you ask me, their performance in tackling pollution control and global warming is leaps and bounds faster than the west. It took the US from the early industrial age to the late 80s to start implementing standards while China took from 1978 to the present to become the world leader in clean renewable power generating plants .
Our worldview is so limited. This type of show is a real eye opener and gives me hope for our electric future. Thank you and keep them coming.
....what exactly is going to generate all of this 'clean' electricity in the bright new future you dream of? China produces its electricity from coal fired power stations! Not quite so clean energy after all then....
Wow. Sorry I have no polite response for that and because I'm Canadian I'm not allowed to go the other direction.
@@thespywholovedme1977 they also generate from nuclear, wind, hydro & solar just because some is from dirty coal doesn't mean all is not clean, and what comes from coal or gas is not being burnt locally in the city.
@@thespywholovedme1977 And u have to know that China is poor in oil and gas but rich in coal. It needs to feed 1.4 billion people and manufacture the good for the whole globe. It ought to need energy and they are trying hard to decrease the portion the fossil energy by putting large effort in clean energy. They invest 3 times more than the US in clean energy. But it takes time to replace all the fossil energy.
@@thespywholovedme1977 can't change everything overnight, China has committed to net zero by 2060.
Meanwhile, roads in US cities are full of potholes and they talk about democracy and serving the citizens.
Such an impressive report and such an impressive city and such beautiful happy people who put emotions into the work they do for their homeland...
I like the human touch where taxi drivers’ needs have been carefully planned into the charging depot. Not just a dump without any services. A proper rest area, access to medical care, massages and food!
Getting to hear from the drivers was a nice addition to the video. All the usual things (easier to drive, cheaper, etc) with some new items too. The centralized depot seems to be very beneficial to driver and vehicle.
Been living since 2016 and been to over 20 cities big & small and local city buses everywhere are all hybrid or fully electric. All the bikes are electric and now you'd see so many EVs at any part of China!
My point is: It's not just Shenzhen
That was just great. The company I work for deliver some parts for the BYD electric taxi and so I knew about Shenzhen going electric but I had no idea how advanced and well implemented the whole concept is. Well done Shenzhen!!!
This is just the beginning, SZ is planning to replace normal taxis network with auto driving taxis as part of its ambitious 5G application projects
@@dicky-duck6632 Shenzhen (or is it Guangzhou?) is already operating self driving taxis on the roads.
Unfortunately, according to China's laws, they still need to put a human driver on the driver's seat.
It's expected that one day in the near future (maybe in 1 or 2 years time), the govt will relax the law. So you can have a taxi with no drivers on the driver seat!
Wow! What an episode! This is Fully Charged at its very best. Kudos to all the team involved in making this exceptional content.
I agree 100! Just spectacular!
Truly an awesome episode! I would be interested in hearing about the energy mix of the city. Is it renewable energy or still a lot of coal? Nonetheless an inspiring transition 🙏🏼💚
Impressive indeed. There’s a tendency in the west to see China as a backwater for environmental issues. This blows that myth out of the water. The interior of that bus was really high quality.
CCP sponsored and editing.
@@motivate-today hmmm that’s odd - I didn’t get any money for editing this?
Truly Magnificent ! Makes me feel I’m living in an underdevelopment country. What a wake-up call for our dear politicians.
Perhaps that is the problem, you have politicians rather than qualified decision-makers.
talking about politicians,
A, actually get the job done
B, downplay the counterpart/competitor
B is always the easier choice to make
"we don't have electric buses or high-speed train but China is genocidal"
People prefer Meritocracy society above “fake” Democracy
Differences: Politicians of meritocracy can think.., and Politicians of “fake” Democracy can’t think! 🤣😂😅, because they’re “zombies” paid by billionaires?
MAGA by those politicians like Rubio, Ted... actress AOC. lol
With all the respect, unfortunately speaking that most of your politicians are awake, they just want you people to keep sleeping :(
Shenzhen I'm so jealous they woke up one day and thought they would just change everything I wonder when the rest of the world we'll wake up to.
My first glimpse of Shenzhen was in 1981 as a kid standing on a Hill at the HK New Territory gazing across the Border (when China was still closed to Foreigners).
It was a Big Plain of NOTHING. Like just a Road running across the Mojave Desert, with a few single storey houses along it.
I still remember vividly there was Nothing except a Bus Stumbling from Left to Right and Forth.
If Shenzhen is a Story of Man Made Miracles, then I am the Witness to that Miracle.
@@adicheah5049 amazing story bro
We cant do that as it’s human right issue. Things has to discuss and notification should be given before any change. It might take 2-5 yrs.
Not only vehicles get charged at their charging station, drivers get fully charged too.
Taxi company bank account fully charged too.
@@rickywong6014 Why not? What a Win-Win ending
Yes those pesky KTVs
I'm a bus driver.
I am so insanely jealous of my Chinese colleagues right now.
Show your bosses this video. And your town, city, state, politicians, your population. Time to move into the 21st Century NOW.
I lost my bus driving job due to Covid...
@TEC Man What point are you looking for?
@TEC Man I have nothing to tell you.
Me too I am jealous that they are polluting more! It would have been better for them to atleast convert the diesel buses to electric not build new buses!
China is pulling ahead of everyone in the race to go full electric. This is impressive stuff.
Coal powered buses is a step forward as it removes the pollution from the city , and places worse pollution elsewhere. ......
@@budbud2509 this is a multi step process. while the consumption end is being electrified, the generation ends are also being progressed, more solar and wind farms, as well as hydro dams (but this has its other draw backs) are being built particularly in the sparsely populated western provinces, together with new ultra high voltage DC transmission system to bring the power to the densely populated central and coastal provinces.
Is it really impressive you still need oil for products from the vehicles for tires for things to rotate and not squeak.
Those who think you can go all green are absolutely ignorant.
Jesus Christ is the souls first last and only hope.
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@@naughtyfrog8257 Yes the wind turbines and the solar panels built with fossil fuels. Its impossible to create steel on a commercial basis without coking coal. The huge Lithium mines powered by diesel and all the plastic in these EV cars made by solar and turbines ?
Now before u think Im a fossil fuel junkie u would be wrong, just as we have multiple power sources for todays transport ( Petrol, Diesel, LPG, H2 EV ) so it will be in the future . I prefer Thorium as a sensible power source that wont near collapse as in Texas and Germany recently, I dont care to much for the PWR version of Nuclear power and I view Thorium as a safer alternative .
@@budbud2509 absolutely, human’s very presence and lifestyle imposes huge net energy budget amongst other things on the earth’s resource balance. nothing is perfect however we still have to move towards a better solution than yesterday. and yes i’m reasonably familiar with various battery and fuel cell technology, none is perfect and sometimes the better ones don’t get adopted.
Beyond impressive! They are 40 years ahead of any and every American city.
The Chinese execs for the bus and taxi companies have superb English language skills with next to no accent. The technology of the telematics and dashboard are next level. Only in China apparently.
They obviously completed their higher education in the west. The difference with China is that the brain drain isn't necessarily one way, and the more ambitious ones end up going back to China for their careers.
He has Hong Kong accent. Very light. But still can tell.
@@cliffling2220 The guy is probably from HK and either studied in HK or maybe Britain. The woman does not have a British accent, and probably is from mainland China. Her accent is pretty American, enough so that I wonder if she maybe even did undergrad in the US.
@@tren133 That is an assumption. Many Chinese have very good English even in China without being in the west. Business with local Asian countries also add to it.
Philippines is also a prime example where many Chinese are and where English is fairly common.
Local Shenzhen and Hong Kong have similar accent, it’s just a cross to the mainland!
This is possibly one of the most powerful videos that has been put out by Fully Charged recently. What an amazing job has been done making that operation. An interaction for other cities (hopefully!!).
I was amazed by this high-quality video. FCS has done a fantastic job and has become one of the best channels in CZcams. The content is very informative, detail-oriented, unbiased without any political debates, and showing the audience jaw-dropping developments of Shenzhen.
As a Chinese, we don't want to beat anyone or surpass anyone, we just want today's life is better than yesterday's and tomorrow is even better with our hard working. We hope the world would be peaceful and green. I am proud of my country.
I despise any Asian vehicles.
Absolutely incredible to see! We are still (sort of) living in the medieval in terms of public transportation compared to that...
Lol
If you're medieval then we in NZ are bronze age.
Hold my stone 😭
The oil companies aka gov lobbyists will make sure youvstay that way.
@@yeusean From my perspective, they've already lost the fight. We are now experiencing classical rearguard actions. The real problem is the energy sector. Especially here in Germany...
Best episode for ages, and the best ever from Elliot in China. Must have been a lot of work. Superb.
And such long thumbs...
Yeah, just don't question the Chinese government on anything, Xi jingo poo bear is perfection incarnate, the next Jesus if you believe such rubbish...
@@alexl579 You have been brainwashed to start controversy where it is not relevant to the topic. This New Energy ecosystem predated Xi's tenure and realy he did not advocate this program much either. This concept is already spreading elsewhere as BYD Buses heavily operate outside of China. This is a great advancement despite the problematic people in power. You are just here to serve two waring sides of corrupt politicians to overshadow positive improvements.
@@Neojhun There is a large push from the the CPC to push forward a greener future. 75% of the so2 emissions has been reduced and this has been confirmed by NASA. High speed rail on such a large national scale has been pushed forward by Xi after his visit to Japan as well. A truly wants improvement to the country and physically visits poorer villages as well. It isn't easy to build for China, the HSR itself required standardization in China to make it affordable and usable and labor costs alone doesn't help. Of course there is always corruption on government, however, if we compare the countries - China certainly has put the money to better use rather than fund military regimes like the west.
China has more low level corruption which is more obvious - the west on the other hand is more higher level and more hidden and isn't pushed in the media. Including the legalization of lobbying which results in the citizen's loss.
@@AFlyingCookieLOL Because they see it as a lucrative business an industry to dominate. If that was not the case you would not see such a dramatic change from China.
Slowly but surely the world will have to give China the credits where credits is due! Thanks for sharing this to a wider audiences in the west.
Yes, I couldn't agree more.
There are too many detractors. People in Australia say why should Australia tackle climate change when China doesn’t. They don’t want to believe that China is pulling away from the west. They can’t believe that Asians can be cleverer
@@johnm7267 It's sad cos we never even claimed to be more clever than anyone else in the first place. All that we are doing is for the benefits of the Chinese people at the same time we are happy to share but the rest of the world don't seem to to care but adamant on stopping us. China have reached a stage where only war will be able to change anything but the outcome is inevitable mutual destructions if war was to break out. It is illogical for anyone with any sense to believe that China wants war fter all of the efforts she put into building China up to where she is today then to just tear it all down in a senseless war.
@@namelesswarrior4760 it is obvious to anyone with any sense that China doesn’t want war. Why should they as they are doing well why would the want to disrupt that? On the other hand in the west we have an arms industry who make their millions out of wars. This arms industry lobby govts and offer financial incentives to politicians to go to war. I knew a retired arms salesman in Sth Africa and he told me his company visited the presidents of the black African countries to sell them weapons and gave them kickbacks. They then sent agents into these countries and inflamed tribal tensions to get them to start fighting each other, so as to sell more weapons. I knew a politician who told me much the same. Of course this behaviour is well documented. The American Secretary of State and others made a fortune out of the Iraq war. All these people wanting to attack China will not be fighting themselves they expect others to do it. There is also a large number of people who automatically think the west will defeat China, when evidence suggests from history that America is only good at fighting short wars. They have never faced an enemy like China. They boast of America’s superiority weaponry, but this hasn’t helped them in Vietnam, Korea or Afghanistan. They claim as an excuse that in these wars the opponents didn’t fight fair. They didn’t come out in the open to be shot but hid in the jungle. How stupid. The danger is as you have pointed out is a small conflict could spiral out of control and a nuclear war ensue. All these Chinese detractors will perish along with everyone else. A Russian general said the next war will be the last
Yes, I agree, but there are moves afoot already to stop their progress. The west succeeded in stopping Russia by stopping them trading with other countries. I worked in Customs during the Cold War and had to inspect all the export and import bills. The bills of Prohibited goods to Russia were all stamped PROHIBITED.
I'm from Hong Kong, an infrequent traveler who occasionally cross over the boarder couple of times a year for visits. I must say there were bound to be something new and different on every trip.
in comparison, hk still runs old toyota crown comforts from the 80s for its taxi fleet, not the most fitting car for such modern city
@@obstinatejack When was the last time you were in HK? Importation of diesel taxis stopped in 2001 and totally ceased in 2006.
Perhaps the Crowns you saw were LPG models? Still, emission from LGP engines are just as bad, especially in dense grids.
HK really need electric buses, exhaust is horrible and one can fell the heat when the bus go by, probably add few degree to the temperature of the city.
@@MMLL369 i was in hongkong at late 2019, i don't actually know if they ran on diesel or not, i just saw them as the majority of the taxi fleet
@@obstinatejack Either way, diesel = pollution you can see; LPG = pollution you can't see. :))
Whenever I hear someone cite China as being the reason NOT to adopt anti pollution measures it makes me cringe. They have been working very hard to reduce pollution whilst in the UK the Government listens to the fossil fuel lobby.
Looking after the political donors?
@Defectiveresistor It has less now than last year. There is a program underway to close down the worst of them, and replace them with a range of alternatives . Nuclear , PV panels and Wind Farms. together with demand reduction from lighting, heating and transport.
They have also closed many coal mines.
@@solentbum they are moving/have moved to waste incineration generators in some cities, including Shenzhen, which kills two birds with one stone, but burning plastic releases toxic carcinogenic chemicals into the air... makes sense for a country where everything (and I mean everything - even your chopsticks and plates at a restaurant!) is packaged or double packaged in single-use plastic.
@Defectiveresistor Doesn't China also have more green energy production than anyone else?
Do you know how hard it is to supply electricity to 20% of global population?
@Defectiveresistor, that's why Australia is the Evil trying to sell more coal to poison China. What good things could you expect from the descendants of convicts?
Just amazing! Not only the technology, but the scale and speed of the change! And the level of English of the two executives, especially the lady. Without looking at her, I'd have thought she was an American.
She speaks English better than a lot of Americans.
You guys are the best in this field right now. Great coverage.
We have electric coaches in Scotland. I drive for the group ember. We have Chinese coaches yutong. Really nice to drive quiet comfy and everyone who’s been on so far has really enjoyed it. The route goes from Dundee - Edinburgh and returns to Dundee where we put the coach on charge.
My lungs thank you for driving such an excellent transport, regardless of distance.
Is there massage service for drivers at the depots?
Thanks for featuring Shenzhen guys! I lived there for 6 years and it really is so far ahead of the world in so many ways, BYD is a great company (and a great investment..). I actually miss living there because it is so much more modern than Europe and so much cheaper to live there. You forgot to mention the prices for the buses and taxis which is about 10x less than in England!
and elders get to ride the public buses and subways for free.
well china's ppp per capita is on parity with iran and brazil so it'd only make sense for it to be affordable genius
@@user-if8po5pu7j
Come back in ten years.
@@rogerstarkey5390 i will and i'll see how they're doing then. have a nice one
@@user-if8po5pu7j and bring some more brain cells too.
Thanks for the education, the charging station for taxi's is quite revealing about concern for the drivers well being. Food, medical, massage, fitness and rest. Imagine if all companies were that concerned for their workers. Sadly, most workers are just a tool for company profits.
Some companies have learned its is good policy to take care of your tools😉
@@LG-ct8tw Yes, the smart ones. Thanks.
Better than BBC, CNN. Thanks for giving us a dream of futuristic city.
This is one of the most professionally produced, edited and presented videos I’ve seen the channel put out. This is broadcast TV standard.
Of course, propaganda needs to be.
@@motivate-today we are all aware that China has many faces, but that's no reason to throw out the lessons learned from all the good work they're doing.
Puts traditional broadcasters to shame.
Editing credits CCP.. 😀
Cameras in all the taxis for safety... Hmmm.. safety of CCP...
Woah fully charged just took a big leap forward. The content is so good and production too, it should be prime time viewing
I admire all of the workers making this dramatic advancement and proving the concept. They can do!
Great episode.The pace at which Schenzen has managed to transform and redefine mobility is beyond my imagination.This kind of transformation for a city with over 10 million people is phenomenal.hatsoff to them.
Great episode! Shenzhen is well suited to develop EVs for several reasons: (1) Money: Local Government has a deep pocket (GDP $415 billion in 2019, a single city's GDP is more than Finland or Denmark) to build basic infrastructure (2) Technology: It has a range of local high tech companies to support EV development: to name a few BYD specialised in battery and EV manufacturing, Huawei specialised in 5G, telecommunication and AI technology, Tencent specialised in AI technology and software. Both companies have their own autopilot technologies. In next decade we will see Huawei, Tencent and other start-ups play more important roles in EV development. (3) Clean energy: Shenzhen has its own nuclear plant (Daya Bay nuclear plant) and solar panel manufacturing capacity (4) Strong political will and consistent energy policy
Maybe one day drivers could be working from offices with 5g and ai assistance. Or fully auto pilot with remote drivers just keeping an eye on the road.
Also weather, it's warm all year long like LA. They can't do lithium-ion battery EV in northern cities as easily, yet.
@@ben8718 our government will put a stop to that.
China are the biggest threat to the west.remember?
@@pinkcichlid Only today I saw a car in China 1,000 miles range regardless of Temp, I did not get the details but it is coming.
This largely answers the question of energy source in my post above.
Absolutely awesome! Where there's a will there's a way! No messing around in Shenzhen, they've gone all out and done it properly. We need to follow suit.
And crime is almost non existent!
Communist Will.. Dictators Way..
👍👍👍😉
Isn't it funny to think there are people out there, China haters, who are barely able to watch this video out of anger and disgust, thinking "WHY IS CHINA NOT POOR WHY ARE THEY DEVELOPING SO MUCH WHY DO THEY EXIST!!!!!!!?????"
Generally people do not hate the Chinese.
They don't like the Chinese authoritarian communist government.
@@richardstubbs6484 we have heard the "we don't hate the chinese people we hate the people that are making them strong" argument many times
@@papabear90 really you heard that all the time?
@@papabear90 They hate the people who make China strong and stop being pushed around and even start eating their cake. Lol.
@@richardstubbs6484 yes and still you beat the F out of Asians. Not only you hate Chinese people and culture but you've also develop a bad taste for anyone who look like them for example the whole Asian community.
And Joe Biden said that "China won't become rich under my watch" tells a lot about you.
Proud to be a Chinese❤️
me too
You are showing the way on electric transport .
Fabulous episode. We so need this for our larger cities here in the UK.
Sadly we don't yet have the infrastructure to fully replace all of our buses with electric, the government will need to put mor emoney into modernising the grid before charging large numbers of buses are viable, electricity is the future but sadly full fleets of electric buses are not yet possible in the UK
@@reecewharf 350kw chargers will be everywhere by mid-2022. The UK should really focus on driving EV adoption where it's needed - London and Birmingham regions, to improve air quality. Anyway, the UK nationally is already cleaner than China nationally. Enough on the trendy UK self-hating attitude. The UK is a clear pioneer in many aspects of cleantech adoption.
I've been a BYD-Fan Boy for years. I'm not surprised at all for what they are accomplishing.
Next year we are banned Chinese company
One can't deny the level of sophistication this brings to the city along with the degree of uniformity in their planning of the city's transportation... Good for them!
Wow shenzen is a decade ahead compared to other cities in the world in terms of EVs👏👏
Thank you BYD... I am a loyal sharesholder..
Next year we’re banned all Chinese company in the uk
@@louisbeerreviews8964 BYD shares is only for local Chinese holder. have nothing to do with UK loser.
So bad i only can watch it from Australian as their share price going up and up day by day last year.
@@louisbeerreviews8964 Sorry to upset u loser, but that's never happening here in the UK
Meanwhile, Here in the UK I just got an electric toothbrush... Oh wait, It was Chinese :0
😅
No in London they got Boris bus is a electric bus
🤣🤣🤣
Dont worry u can replace it with a proper one very soon ............
LOL.. 🤣🤣🤣
My Jaws DROPPED as I watched the advancement and tech they used . Like many OBSERVERS ... Decades AHEAD of many countries. Even in Singapore ( Heavily subsidized by Govn ) it is STILL behind inTech and Used of Electric Buses. Most TAXIS here are Diesel or petrol. The TAXI drivers are So Neat and Professional with Uniforms and gloves ! Wow !!!!!
This has to be a quiet city, we seldom talk about the reduction in noise pollution.
As China shows, don't talk about it for too long, just do it.
If they're telling the truth about them.
@@dickriggles942 Hi again Dick. That is a anti-ev troll. Seems to be some wacko political agenda. Tends to resort to spreading ignorant and outdated rumors. Just a warning for the others.
Agree. Action speaks louder than words
@@Neojhun You're ignoring facts, which makes you the one with a wacko political agenda!
@@dickriggles942 LOL your the one spreading baseless propaganda. Which heavily destroyed by technical and engineering facts. Thanks for Swift-Boating.
Amazing episode. China are miles ahead and are showing us the way (in this respect). Yes, do lots more episodes like this!
Brilliant episode. Very inspiring. What a mammoth effort must have gone in to the infrastructure. But the 1m miles per day is a very tangible benefit.
In the USA, they talk, talk, talk, rant, rant, rant, criticise, criticise, criticise: Cruz, Hawley, Taylor-Greene, Boebert, Pelosi, etc. and then go on vacation to Cancun or Bermuda.
Mindboggling! I'd definitely like to see more of such high-quality videos from China. Thank you so much for this informative and professional made stuff!
I love what China is doing with it's infrastructure! Please make more episodes highlighting what they are doing. Hopefully, it will animate our politicians to be more forward-thinking.
@Nig BKD Maybe so, but there has to be a balance. China is culturally and politically a very different place to most western countries. Still, I happen to think it's possible to be impressed by China's progress when it comes to efficient and sustainable transport (and adapt similar policies), whilst also remaining critical of human right's abuses and an authoritarian style of government. In fact, it's what we should do. What's currently lacking in Europe and the US though is political will to actually invest in the technology (we're talking billions or trillions here) and if we don't start soon with a massive program (Green New deal style), China will have a complete monopoly on all new green infrastructure...
China is currently building more coal power plants than the rest of the world combined - doesn’t seem particularly Eco!
@@bordersw1239 Whatever their domestic energy situation, it us an undeniable fact that they are currently in the process of slowly taking over both the green transport sector (trains, electric buses and cars) and renewable energies sector (solar, wind and water-turbines in particular). If western countries don't step up we'll be buying all equipment from China and producing nothing ourselves (notice that when it comes to some European cities shifting to electric busses, that's already happening). That would be a waste of potentially millions of industrial jobs here at home. Really we should be building these buses, trains etc.ourselves, we're more than capable of it...
@@bordersw1239 Nope, they are replacing old inefficient ones while not leaving people in a black out. They also have some of the longest HVDC lines in the world in addition to many nuclear power plants being commissioned. And these take a long time to certify. It's not a flick of a switch. Your information is also dated.
NASA has also confirmed that SO2 emissions in China has decreased by 75% while India increased by 50%.
On top of that, flights have been greatly reduced in China because of high speed rail in addition to a massive amount of public transport in addition to Subway resulting in high integration across all public transport in China further increasing it profits and efficiency.
You see, you like to complain about China coal plants but you miss the fact that, coal plants powering public infrastructure is still far more efficient than your car. And to boot even your EVs because they do not have to carry that heavy battery pack let along speed.
Many China cities had greatly improved their air population, so they're building more coal power station but yet lesser air population? Interesting ideas. I'm from Singapore btw.
Everything is centralized and integrated with each other as well! I have a feeling that it would be a mess in america where it's different companies competing instead of working together.
Only watched this today, I can't believe I almost missed it!
Its the best show so far, please show us more about China's electrifications and infrastructure, and the reforestation of the desert which China has planted something like 66 billion trees over the last 4 decades! And it cut CO2 down by something like 30%!! Astonishing!!
The biggest difference between New York City and Shenzhen is noise level and pollution. Without those ICE noises, the city becomes much quieter. If you live in Manhattan, you can constantly hear engine noise outside.
Sirens on emergency vehicles could be quieter if the streets were less noisy too.
I heard my university hostel neighbour was even awoken from sleep by the sound of buses (diesel) passing by
Love NY, hate SZ..
The excitement, the energy, the creativity..
Would love to visit NY again, or live there..
I would hate to even pass thru SZ, worst 3yrs of my life..
@Craig Whitley lol that's hilarious
@@RedHanded1969 what happened?
excellent episode. I work as a city bus driver near Montreal, Canada. This should be required viewing for the decision makers
Bonjour, I recall there was few demostrator from BYD, Nova and new flyer running in STM a while back for data accqusition and evaluation. Due to the climate, they need to run diesel heater to suppliment temperature control. Im not sure STM is waiting on the battery is improve enough to run the heater fully as well.
Too cold
Brilliant, what an episode, brilliantly covered. Awesome work FC, love you guys
China is way ahead of Europe and USA in most areas. Just look at Covid. Instead of criticizing them all the time we should learn from them and copy.
Yes exactly! U got my respect as a Chinese
Speaking of covid, my country india developed mobile apps and passed around otps, instead of telling no vaccines available they said your otp does not match. Wonderful confidential trickery. while china developed no app but got all its people vaccinated
@@gytan2221 truth honesty and sincerity pay off but only in the long run. Please be patient and bide your time
Wuhan corona virus - Proudly made in China. Damm good virus.
@@kmch7286 Delta out performs all
That control room with the wall screen, wow, that’s very cool
Absolutely incredible....London, please take notice and learn!
London: Human Rights, blah.. blah..
@@nmew6926 Damn right! Human right is far above these low end transportation issues.
@@nmew6926 stabbing rallies, blah, blah, blah
The 43 was the first double decker route to go electric in July 2019, a few more have followed since. The single decker fleet is more advanced with many routes gone electric. I've lost track a bit, not been quite as nerdy recently.
They need to the national grid needs to be modernised before large fleets of trucks and buses are able to be charged at once. I believe that rather than giving money to people that buy electric cars, they should use some of that money and invest it into more power stations and sub stations so that when everything switches to electric there won't be as much stress on the UKs aging electrical system
excellent information , very concise positive expressed in a clear presentation , we should have this kind of setup in australia , my question is why not
Love the perspective.
One thing that I think you can talk about more: having gyms and activity near chargers. Sure, a restaurant and a café make more sense, but having the possibility to move around and shake your legs on a road trip is definitely valuable. I like the bikes that let you charge your phone at the airport because of how frustratingly hard they are. I’d love to see a similar system to let people appreciate the amount of energy that we are consuming: let people top up their car _just_ a little bit faster by pedalling, i.e. adding 0.1% by sweating bullets.
Many South American countries ordered fleets of these BYD buses too. Good on em!!:)
SEAsia too 😁 and even US
China is outstanding in spearheading climate change projects but the leaders, of 5 eyes countries, currently Trudeau, (did he really study English lit? Doubtful) Boris and Biden are only too. ready to bad mouth all thins Chinese. Shocking types of leaders they are!
@@yananneteoh9818 thought trudeau grew up in french boarding school, so he's excused :D
In Chile there’s 500 electric Buses in the Public Transportation system...and 18 Chines cars (and other vehicles) brands. I have a JMC truck that I bough in 2010 (diesel, with Isuzu licensed díselo engine), and was a good purchase, no problems so far....looks like China is not the future....is the Present!
I was in Shenzen, it was incredible!!!
i still remember that
fullychargedshow episode where the host was laughing when the guest from BritWind was mocking Eastern Europeans in a very Brexitee way.
My friend who works there claims the EV hype is vastly overstated.
@Nig BKD Most of it was built recently and it is prosperous. Add a few centuries to the place with job loss and get back to me.
@@dickriggles942 LIES you are not even a real user. There is no friend. Troll farms don't have friends.
@@dickriggles942 So you are claiming your friend is there to somehow increase your credibility.
Wow, just wow. I've seen many people of your type.
Thank you for this good video! It's my first time to have such a close look into Shenzhen's bus transport system even I'm actually from Shenzhen! I used to be a big fan of those supercharged diesel-engined buses, they sounded awesome and went very fast. Now, these electric buses are even faster! And much better AC, all these somehow compensate the long gone awesome engine sound.
This was one of the best of your videos ever, I assume. Loved it!
This was an excellent story - I think that the rest of us have a lot of catching up to do!
They'll never catch if they keep hallucinating from consuming the lies and hate sold by Anglo-American "Free, Fair and Uncensored" press as news. Dumbing down ignorance so to speak.
Outstanding work from Elliot. Would imagine it was a much bigger undertaking than just reviewing a car!
I'm so proud that Shenzhen is my hometown!
wow! very useful to get a glimpse how far behind are we in Europe.
Great! I'd love to see more like this. I think it's especially useful to counter the 'what about China' trolls.
Also perhaps I should look into learning Mandarin.
I had chance to visit Shenzen and BYD factory, impressive, great episode
Shenzhen is giving us a glimpse of what electrified transportation is like for the future. I can safely say, Shenzhen is years ahead of any G7 cities in NEV deployment.
Even more impressive is the two persons speak English almost like native speakers.
Shenzhen is right next to Hong Kong. so not surprising if some Hong Kongers or HK born immigrants in Canada/USA find a job in Shenzhen :)
@@jk3jk35 Are they all from Hong Kong? Even Hong Kong people, sometimes I can hear accents.
Amazing episode! So great to see that a large city was able to switch to EVs and made it work. The bus and taxi data network with all the information that can be collected there are amazing!
Now, a follow-up episode for me would be to show how they built the infrastructure to support all this but especially showing us what powerplants they use to power all the EVs to run with clean energy.
yes, I agree. If it can be done here, it CAN be done anywhere
there's a nuclear power plant near Shenzheng
@@billz6010 Ahh thanks!
Fantastic! Mind blowing, although we all heard of the 16 000 busses but just insane!! Thank you Elliot that was brilliant, I hope to see some more!
I am actually surprised about how fluent that two persons' English are, consider it is a Chinese local bus company.
this seems like youtube originals type of quality. Amazing that this is free to watch!
This was brilliant and very interesting, thank you for putting together. More interesting content like this from China please.
Fascinating. Definitely more of this stuff please!
Great episode! Thank you for the effort of making this video.
I'm really fascinated with everything your doing please continue with it all.
Can we talk about how polished and put together their Head of International Development is? The future of SZ Bus Group is looking very bright!
100%
Sharp dude.
Those bus seats weren't too shabby either.
Certainly caught my eye!
That guys is UK educated.
@@cachem11 I think he's talking about the lady(head of international development), who clearly has an American accent
Brilliant episode as always guys. As an ex bus driver (and taxi driver) I am very impressed with what they are doing. I used to cough every morning in my depot as the diesel fumes from 50 buses starting cold were not good.
Didn't know that. I dont think well of SZ a decade ago. Glad they have improved by leaps and bound. Thanks for sharing.
Great episode, Fully Charged team! Inspiring and a good look at what the future will be.
Woohoo! Brilliant episode! Great to see what can be done. I’m sending a link to Brisbane city to show them the future.
Wow, that’s how to do it! Well done Shenzhen! Stunningly efficient and effective.
This sort of content needs to be put on prime-time TV.
Great show---best so far!!
Thank you for this inspirational video that gives hope for the whole world.
I work for a company called Proterra we build electric buses and provide all running gear to other companies for integration in trucks and delivery vans. Right now we are working with Highland Electric and Thomas Built Buses to provide 326 school buses to Montgomery County Maryland school district. The buses batteries will also be utilized as back up for the power grid as needed.
Just amazing. As Norman Foster told us in his documentary (how much does your building weights Mr. Foster?). China's way of working is completely incredible, and we (Europeans, Americans) are just sleeping.
"Don't copy our American dream, make your own Chinese green dream, that will be the most important invention from China after paper". Thomas L. Friedman (2012)
so...we should press ethnic minorities into slave labour?ok....
@@iainansell5930 Doesn't the US has literal slaves working at private prisons?
@@iainansell5930 I don't know what to say to you, what a pity :(
Is that from the world is flat? I meant to read that
@@sie4431 (in my 2005 first edition book, no) . But more in "hot, flat, and crowded". Cited from T. Friedman speech at Guangzhou 2012 Alibaba's congress, in his last 10th point advice. Ten rules for business in 21th Century.
I´m down to 1 week waiting time until I get my first full EV (BMW i3s). Much of my decision process was influenced by FullyCharged. Thanks for your commitment!
My brother has an i3. You'll love it!
Ditto. This show fuelled my changed to full ev
Just over 1 year on my e-Golf, also in part due to Bobby and the crew. Enjoy the BMW i3s 👌 good choice
i3s is the bomb, man, hope you really enjoy that car (i did!!! so much)
And me
Well done in making this program as this amazing success story needed to be out there. Shenzhen has come a long way since my first visit 25 years ago. From a small fishing village with 50 thousand inhabitants in the early seventies to a super modern metropolis. And the story of BYD is super impressive which started making batteries for mobile phones and laptops in 1994 to one of the biggest EV makers in the world. Had the pleasure of visiting their factory a couple of years ago which has its own sky train network also made by BYD.
Amazing! I get to travel with Elliot as I watch your video. Ty.