City cars are all very well as runabouts, but for electric vehicles to become widely adopted and displace fossil fuels they will have to crack the saloon-car market, too.

城市电力汽车是良好的轻便车，但若要被广泛接受并取代化石燃料，电力汽车还需占领豪华车市场。

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Market research revealed that ageing baby boomers and their children were tired of boring, functional saloon cars no matter how clever their design.

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