第四部分阅读理解
【第一篇】FordAba
do
sElectricVehicles（福特放弃电动汽车）TheFordmotorcompa
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do
me
tofelectriccarseffectivelysig
alsthee
doftheroadforthetech
ology，a
alystssay．分析人士评论，福特汽车公司放弃电动汽车的举动有力地证明了这种技术是行不通的。Ge
eralMotors。a
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ofbattery．poweredcarsi
1999tofocuso
fuelcella
dhybridelectricgasoli
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gi
eswhicharemoreattractivetotheco
sumer．Fordhas
owa
ou
ceditwilldothesame．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。Threeyearsago．thecompa
yi
troducedtheThi
kCitytwoseatercara
dagolfcartcalledtheTHINKorThi
kNeighbor．Ithopedtosell5，000carseachyeara
d10，000carts．Butalackofdema
dmea
so
lyaboutl，000ofthecarshavebee
produced，a
dlesstha
1，700cartshavebee
soldsofari
2002．3年前，福特推出名为Thi
kCity的双排座汽车和Thi
k或Thi
kNeighbor系列高尔夫车但由于需求不足。截至2002年仅牛产了1000辆汽车，售出1700辆高尔夫车。—Thebottomli
eiswedo
‘tbelievethatthisisthefutureofe
viro
me
ttra
sportforthemassmarket．‖TimHolmesofFordEuropesaido
Friday．—Wefeelwehavegive
electricourbestshot‖—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TimHolmes于周五说．‖我们感觉自己对电力车已做了最好的尝试。‖TheThi
kCityhasara
geofo
lyabout53milesa
duptoasixhourbatteryrechargetime．Ge
eralMotors‘EVIelectricvehiclealsohadalimitedra
ge。ofabout100miles．Thi
kCity系列的运行里程仅53英里，电池充电需6小时。通用公司的EVI电力车也仅能运行100英里。Theveryexpe
sivebatteriesalsomea
electriccarscostmuchmoretha
petrolpoweredalter
atives．A
electricToyotRAV4EVvehiclecostsover42，000i
theUScomparedwithjust17，000forthepetrolversio
．Toyotaa
dNissa
…are
owtheo
lymajorautoma
ufacturerstoproduceelectricvehicles．昂贵的电池意味着电动汽车的造价是汽油动力车的两倍多。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。—Thereisafeeli
gthatbatteryelectrichasbee
give
itscha
ce．Ford
owhastomoveo
withitshybridprogram—，a
dthatiswhatwewillbejudgi
gthemo
，‖RogerHigma
，ase
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sportcampaig
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dsoftheEarth，toldtheE
viro
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tNewsService．—应该说电池动力r