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Major world automakers have already invested heavily in electric vehicles and related technology and they are committed to keep doing so. Some have even promised to stop producing vehicles that run only on gas or diesel fuel in the future. The change

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VOA标准英语2012--Self-Driving Cars: Science Fiction Future Is Near

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VOA标准英语2012--California Attracts Cars of the Future

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2016年CRI New Technologies Highlight 2016 Beijing Auto Show

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2015年CRI Response to Government Push for New Energy Vehicles not Encouraging

The government hopes that incentives can help alleviate Beijing's worsening air pollution -- a significant part of which is blamed on motor vehicles. But most potential car buyers think the new energy vehicles predominantly battery driven ones -- may

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2018年CRI Chinese brands show their vehicles can rival market leaders

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