Ford Abandons Electric Vehicles The Ford motor companys abandonment of electric cars effectively signals the end of the road for the technology,analysts say. Three years ago.the company introduced the Think City twoseater car and a golf cart called the THINK, or Think Neighbor.It hoped to sell 5,000 cars each year and 10,000 carts.But a lack of demand means only about l,000 of the cars have been produced,and less than 1。700 carts have been sold so far in 2002. The Think City has a range of only about 53 miles and up to a six-hour battery recharge time.General MotorsEVI electric vehicle also had a limited range。of about 100 miles. There is a feeling that battery electric has been given its chance.Ford now has to move on with its hybrid program,and that is what we will be judging them on,Roger Higman,a senior transport campaigner at UK Friends of the Earth,told the Environment News Service. However, it is not yet clear exactly what those guidelines will permit.In June,General Motors and Daimler Chrysler won a court injunction,delaying by two years Californian legislation requiring carmakers to offer 100,000 zero-emission and other lowemission vehicles in the state by 2003.Car manufacturers hope the legislation will be rewritten to allow for more low--emission,rather than zeroemission,vehicles. A)They have started to produce electric cars.B)They have done extensive research on electric Cars 2.According to Tim Holmes of Ford Europe,battery-powered cars B) will not be the main transportation vehicles in the future. D)will replace petrolpowered vehicles in the future. A)Toyota and Nissan C)Ford and Toyota 4.According to the eighth paragraph,hybrid cars B)run faster than petrol driven cars D)offer more batteries than petrol driven cars A)Low-emission cars should be banned. C)The legislation will encourage car makers to produce more electric cars. 答案与题解: 2.B第四段第一个句子是Tim Holmes对电动大概汽车未来的评价,他认为未来的交通运输的大众市场不可能是电动汽车。 4.C 答案的依据是倒数第二段第二句 译文:第一篇福特放弃电动汽车 通用汽车公司和日本本田汽车公司早于 1999年就停止了电池动力汽车的生产,转而开发燃料电池和电池内燃混合机,这对消费者更有吸引力。福特宣布它现在也要做同样的尝试。 关键是我们认为电动车不能代表大众市场环保交通的未来,福特欧洲区的 Tim Holmes于周五说,我们感觉自己对电力车已做了昀好的尝试。 昂贵的电池也意味着电动汽车的造价比汽油动力车高出许多。日本丰田产的 RAV4EV系列电动车在美国的售价达 42000美元,而同系列的汽油动力车仅售 17000美元。丰田和日产汽车公司是现在仅存的两大电动车制造商。 日本本田和丰田公司推出的混合机汽车在过去几年取得了良好的销售业绩。混合动力车比汽油机车运行里程更长,电池又可自行充电。福特表示,他们认为这样的机车有助于达到美国新制订的车辆排放规定。
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