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1、★第1篇-FordAbandonsElectricVehicles 福特放弃电动汽车TheFordmotorcompany’sabandonmentofelectriccarseffectivelysignalstheendoftheroadforthetechnology，analystssay．GeneralMotors。andHonda’ceasedproductionofbattery．poweredcarsin1999,tofocusonfuelcellandhybridelectricgaso

2、lineengines,whicharemoreattractivetotheconsumer．Fordhasnowannounceditwilldothesame．Threeyearsago．thecompanyintroducedtheThinkCitytwo—seatercarandagolfcartcalledtheTHINK,orThinkNeighbor．Ithopedtosell5，000carseachyearand10，000carts．Butalackofdemandmeansonly

3、aboutl，000ofthecarshavebeenproduced，andlessthan1。700cartshavebeensoldsofarin2002．“Thebottomlineiswedon’tbelievethatthisisthefutureofenvironmenttransportforthemassmarket．”TimHolmesofFordEuropesaidonFriday．“Wefeelwehavegivenelectricourbestshot”TheThinkCityh

4、asarangeofonlyabout53milesanduptoasix-hourbatteryrechargetime．GeneralMotors’EVIelectricvehiclealsohadalimitedrange。ofabout100miles．Theveryexpensivebatteriesalsomeanelectriccarscostmuchmorethanpetrol-poweredalternatives．AnelectricToyot~RAV4EVvehiclecostsov

5、er$42，000intheUS,comparedwithjust$17，000forthepetrolversion．ToyotaandNissan…arenowtheonlymajorautomanufacturerstoproduceelectricvehicles．“Thereisafeelingthatbatteryelectrichasbeengivenitschance．Fordnowhastomoveonwithitshybridprogram“，andthatiswhatwewillbe

6、judgingthemon，”RogerHigman，aseniortransportcampaigneratUKFriendsoftheEarth，toldtheEnvironmentNewsService．HybridcarsintroducedbyToyotaandHondainthepastfewyearshavesoldwell．HybridenginesOfferGreatermileagethanpetrol—onlyengines,andthebatteriesrechargethemse

7、lves.Fordsaysitthinkssuchvehicleswillhelpitmeetplannednewguidelines“onvehicleemissions”intheU.S.However,itisnotyetclearexactlywhatthoseguidelineswillpermit．InJune，GeneralMotorsandDaimlerChryslerwonacourtinjunction，delayingbytwoyearsCalifornianlegislationr

8、equiringcar—makerstooffer100，000zero-emissionandotherlow—emissionvehiclesinthestateby2003．Carmanufacturershopethelegislationwillberewrittentoallowformorelow--emission，ratherthanzero—emission，vehicles．1．WhathavetheFo