VOA标准英语2012--California Attracts Cars of the Future
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
California Attracts Cars of the Future
The hills on the west side of Los Angeles are the perfect place for Scott Painter to experience his passion for cars, especially if they are fast and cutting edge.
"I've had pretty much all the electric vehicles that have come on the market. I've got both the Tesla roadster and the Model S," he said.
Painter is the founder 1 of TrueCar.com, an Internet website that provides car pricing information for consumers.
"Southern California is such a hub for automotive innovation because we get to see these things first and we get to experience them," he said.
At the Los Angeles Auto 2 Show this year, BMW, Chevrolet and Fiat 3 unveiled electric vehicles.
Real estate agent Gene 4 Bush says people in Los Angeles are ready to pay a higher price for cars.
"In L.A., people will pay their car note [i.e., loan] before their house note," said Bush.
They might have to. The Tesla Model S costs between $60,000 and $80,000.
Los Angeles Auto Show spokesman Brendan Flynn says California lawmakers are encouraging consumers to buy environmentally friendly vehicles.
"They've given better incentives 6, so the rebate 7 you get in California when you buy an electric vehicle is better," said Flynn.
Shaun Halladay received $10,000 in state and federal rebates 8 for his all electric Nissan Leaf.
"Maybe if I was in a different state [and] that incentive 5 wasn't there, I probably wouldn't be able to do it," he said.
Halladay says he loves not having to pay for gasoline, but he says there should be more charging stations.
"Even today, I'm having a hard time finding a charger. I must find one in order to get home," he said.
Halladay will have a good chance of finding one in California. Jordan Ramer of EV Connect says his company has installed and manages more than 1,000 charging stations in the United States.
"Half to two-thirds of what we've deployed 9 are in the state of California, and probably a good portion of that is in Southern California. We see that a quarter to a third of EVs [electric vehicles] are here in the state of California," he said.
Tesla's Jeremy Snyder says its largest customer base is in California.
"The state attracts people who are dreamers and big thinkers and idealist, and people that don't want to go with the societal norms, but they really want to create the new societal norms," he said.
Ed Zaelke just placed an order for a Tesla Model S.
"I believe global warming is real, and I think that electric cars are one of the many things we have to do to look for solutions to that. And, I need to be a part of that solution," he said.
Scott Painter owns two Tesla's.
"Certainly the first one is always going to be performance for me," he said.
Tesla says it plans to make a less expensive electric car to attract more consumers.
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
- Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
- The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
- The opening of a market stall is governed by municipal fiat.开设市场摊位受市政法令管制。
- He has tried to impose solutions to the country's problems by fiat.他试图下令强行解决该国的问题。
- A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
- The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。
- Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中，钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
- He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。
- tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
- Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- You can claim a rebate on your tax.你可以要求退回部分税款。
- Customers are to benefit from a rebate on their electricity bills.顾客将从他们的电费退费中得到实惠。
- The VAT system offers advantages, such as rebates on exports. 增值税有其优点，如对出口商品实行回扣。 来自辞典例句
- In more recent years rate rebates have been introduced for households. 近年地方税的减免已适用于家庭。 来自辞典例句