考研英语阅读例题：Highly charged motoring负重前行.doc

微信扫描二维码关注启航考研( qh_kaoyan ) 考研自学平台咋学微信号: 咋学网( z axueapp ) Highly charged motoring 负重前行[] The Economist Electric cars e and gone over the years. Usually an oil crisis has given them a boost; this time it bination of oil prices, fears about energy security and climate change. Now the big car firms are pushing all-electric cars for the mass market. At the Paris Motor Show this week they unveiled electric vehicles of all shapes and sizes. Some go on sale in the next few months. This represents a huge leap forward for the industry, but the showroom patter will be misleading, for two reasons. First, although electric cars are nippy, stylish and as easy to drive as conventional vehicles, electric motoring has some distinct disadvantages. Second, they are not really as green as their promoters claim. The idea of recharging an electric car at home for only a few dollars and never again having to visit a filling station is enticing. For most journeys, the limitations of battery capacity are irrelevant. As salesmen will be quick to point out, 99% of the time people do only short runs — the mute, trips to the shops and to pick up the children — all of which are well within the range of most electric cars. But that final 1% of journeys presumably includes the summer holiday when people pile into the car and head off for the coast. Hopping on the train laden with suitcases and child