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This Mercedes Class G costs the same as a Dacia Duster. Its price is precisely its biggest problem

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163,756.71 euros. That is the price that the configurator of the Mercedes class g When we enter to select all the details of our next great electric offset. It is, of course, the departure price. For example, if you want to add the comfort package, with systems as revolutionary as the opening of keyless doors or wireless recharge of the mobile phone for the front seats you can already add another 2,000 euros of extra. With four small details it is easy to go above 180,000 euros. A prohibitive price for most mortals and, of course, is far from the other Mercedes Class G Electric that you can find in the market. Yes, one for which just over 20,000 euros have been paid. One that, of course, is not an electric class G but imitates it with great detail. Too bad it is a golf cart And not a car, right? A $ 24,000 golf cart Because this Mercedes Class G can be bought at the price of a Dacia Duster, it is to anticipate that who has been done with him has enough money to buy a Mercedes class g of truth. The information is brought in The Drive who assure that a client has paid $ 24,000 for this golf cart converted to Mercedes G Class in Miniature, sold by Mecum auctionsspecialized in the auction of all types of special vehicles. On their website they explain that the supposed SUV is, in reality, a quadricycle (they call it golf cart) with a 10 kWh battery to cover up to 80 miles (about 120 kilometers). With a power of 15 kW (20 hp), the car is limited to 35 mph (56 km/h). That is, it is little more than in Europe we consider a light quadricycle. In the United States that Golf carts have become fashionable To do small daily errands. As with the Citroën Ami or the Fiat TopolinoThey are cars that cannot circulate on a highway or highway but are allowed to go to secondary roads and are widely used by older people who do not want to go far from home. That has promoted curious modifications such as this supposed electricity class G Class that perfectly mimics the body of the German car. Inside, the differences are more evident but has four disc brakes, assisted direction and rear camera to facilitate maneuvers. In addition, it carries a complete multimedia environment that with a screen for each passenger in the rear seats. In front of the information is distributed in A couple of twin screens which are integrated into the same frame. Of course, although disguised, with the images we can appreciate that what will be up to this Pseudo Mercedes Mercedes Electric Class will be the sum of many hard plastics. This imitation gives an idea that the grid market is dominated by purely practical models but that there is also a place for those who seek in them something of a fashion accessory. The pamper that Fiat has put to the tooline design It is a good example but also the irruption of Microlinoa reinterpretation of the BMW isetta that It is sold for 19,500 euros If we talk about the light quadricycle (it does not exceed 45 km/h) or 22,990 euros for the heavy grid. Photo | Mecum auctions In Xataka | The new fiat topolino is neither a Fiat nor is a car. It is something much better: extremely profitable

The Mercedes Class wanted to overcome the discomforts of the electric car. It is incompatible with a multitude of loaders

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A car with a brutal autonomy, designed for the client to forget the endemic evil of the electric car: look for a charger and wait for the necessary time to continue the march. A car designed by and to travel and to which, now, a problem as simple as it has been discovered: it does not charge most of the chargers. This is happening with the Mercedes Cla. The Mercedes Cla. A brutal autonomy. That was, without a doubt, the head that left us the presentation of the Mercedes Cla and that we lead to the first line of our article in Xataka. The Mercedes Berlina came to conquer the skeptics of the electric car promising up to 792 kilometers of approved WLTP autonomy. With its 85 kWh battery and a homologated WLTP consumption absolutely ridiculous of 12.2 to 12.5 kWh, autonomy varies between 792 kilometers of version 272 hp and 771 kilometers of the 354 hp version. With exquisite aerodynamics and a very low front surface, it aspires to large autonomies. The 800 volts. The German Berlina also had a powerful appeal. It is your first car with 800 volt structure. This tension allows you to load very high powers. With the appropriate charger (and now we will see the importance of adequate) can reach 320 kW of power. Thus, it goes from 10 to 80% autonomy in 22 minutes. That is, according to the estimated figures, more than 600 kilometers. The industry has long since It goes to 800 volt platforms. He Porsche Taycan and the Audi E-Tron GT They already presented them years ago but more and more companies get into the car because it allows very fast loads. Hyundai, Kia, Stellantis or Renault are betting on them because it will allow them to mount less large (and faces) batteries but, at the same time, generate very little discomfort In the client. What is expected in a premium brand like Mercedes is exactly what it offers (or should offer) the Mercedes Cla: large battery and express recharges. Who pays the money of a Premium car aspires to the best of the electric without the discomforts of the electric and the autonomy and load power of the Mercedes Claedes came to propose that (almost) we forgot the plugs. An unexpected setback. For the client, of course. The first tests have been enough Del Mercedes Clade to find an unexpected setback: the car cannot load in the stations with 400 volt plugs. How many are those? We do not know, beyond that there are many. There is no official count of them. And, until now, the charger is 800 volts or 400 volts had been indifferent to the user. In fact, the client cannot know it easily. What about cars that load at 800 volts? So far nothing. That is, if the car uses such a platform and the loader is 400 volts, he manages to load the car. If the car uses a 400 volt platform and the loader is 800 volts, it is the charger that does the best not to damage the battery. The Mercedes Claedes, however, does nothing. Simply, do not load. How do cars work? Cars with 800 volt platforms promise very high loads, above 200 kW. Right now, that loading power is almost exceptional and just a handful of loaders take advantage of powers greater than 200 kW or even 300 kW. However, it is estimated that with 800 volts 400 kW of power can be reached in the recharge with the appropriate plug. If the car uses this platform but the loader is 400 volts, there are two possibilities. The first is that the battery divides, something like simulating that has two 400 volt packages. When the charger reaches the 800 volts unifies them. Another less efficient option is to put a DC-DC converter that adapts the voltage but the load power will be limited to that of the DC-DC converter. Mercedes’s response. In Xataka We have contacted the company who have confirmed that, indeed, their cars can only take advantage of 800 volt chargers. Loaders that, as we say, there is no way of knowing for sure what are with a first search in the usual applications, such as electromaps. From the company it is ensured that “the proportion of speed charging stations of 800 V constantly increases. With the new Mercedes-Benz (MB.OS) operating system and navigation with Electric Intelligence, it is guaranteed that the driver is always aimed at a compatible loading station. The update of available and compatible load stations works practically in real time.” Despite this, they have not answered our question of whether Mercedes knows how many fast charging stations at 800 volts are available in Europe. So? Then it only remains to trust the company’s browser. That or Always search for more than 200 kW load stations since it is the maximum loading power that can be offered to 400 volts. If the offered power is superior, it will use the 800 volts and the Mercedes Class can load. Of course, these stations with such high powers are the most expensive when recharging. And along the way we leave most of the Tesla load points (the company is already installing with 800 volt structures) and a good part of the electricity in our country. Photo | Mercedes In Xataka | 400 kilometers loads in five minutes of ByD are as impressive as it is not very useful. At least they think of Mercedes

A university has created a class to help them overcome their telephobia

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Generation Z have been the first generation of 100% digital natives. Have grown with a Smartphone in the hands as an extension of themselves and with permanent Internet access that allows them to do anything with just a couple of clicks. However, there is something that makes less and less: telephone. His phobia a Talk to someone by phone It is such that even a university in the United Kingdom has implemented a class to help its younger students deal with their “telephobia.” Don’t call me, I’m Genzer. A survey of the British Uswitch hiring and telecommunications platform revealed that 23% of young people between 18 and 34 years in the United Kingdom Never attend phone calls. One of the reasons is because, 56% of respondents assume that the call is associated with bad news. The increase in spam and fraud calls has also caused the youngest Extent the calls. Instead, others prefer Asynchronous communication systems such as text messages, emails or social networks, which allow them to think before responding, avoiding the immediacy and possible discomfort of a telephone conversation. Telephone, the new Z disease. According to He informed The British BBC, Nottingham College is organizing training sessions for her students in which trust and protocol are worked during phone calls to help young people from generation z to overcome their phobia to make or receive phone calls, a syndrome known as Telephobia. Liz Baxter, an advisor to that university, assured the BBC that “young people simply have no confidence” to use the phone as their parents or grandparents did, and that leaves them in a clear labor disadvantage. “Telephone -related anxiety is something we are often,” Baxter explained. Telephone anxiety. As he counted Zoia Tarasovasocial anthropologist to Fortunethere are several reasons why generation Z can feel apprehension when speaking on the phone. “This reflects a broader fatigue with immediacy and urgency, where people have tired of the culture of discomfort and obsession with efficiency. People are silently rebeling against this immediacy taking their time to respond to those calls “Tarasova said. Written communication gives them greater control over how they are presented and how they respond. They can edit their messages to reflect exactly what they want to express and find information before answering to avoid uncomfortable or misunderstood situations. In addition, young people fear not knowing what to say, mistake or not understand the other person well, and they are worried about interrupting someone or being interrupted, which they consider disrespectful. Telephone subject. In the telephone communication class, young people affected by Telefobia practice the roles of each interlocutor simulating phone calls to communicate effectively by phone. The objective of this class is to provide students with the tools and trust necessary to develop with ease in This type of conversations. They are taught to plan the calls, to actively listen, to answer questions clearly and concisely, and to handle difficult or unexpected situations. Some of the practical exercises they perform is to call restaurants to obtain information about their schedules or ask about products availability, so that their skills are improving. It is not a minor problem. Unlike Other technologies They can be more or less obsoletetelephone calls are a tool that is still very present in the workplace. That conditions very seriously to those who suffer from Telefobia since they subtract them Opportunities in the labor market. Casey Halloran, executive and co -founder director of the online travel agency Namu Travelexplained to Fortune that telephobia had become a very real problem in its office. “He has never seen anything similar to the generational gap” that exists between the older and young agents. “We have been doing extensive training, offering incentives, observing calls with our veteran representatives and even hiring a business psychologist. After more than two years of this fight, we are almost at the point of giving up and adopting the SMS and the webchat in Place to continue fighting against wind and tide, “the manager lamented. In Xataka | The z -manage the nets than boomers, but have a problem: but they have a much more chew Image | Unspash (Brooke Cagle)

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