Other efforts to increase the use of electric vehicles include plans to build over 1 million hybrid and electric car battery charging stations across the country.

为了增加电动汽车使用量，德国还采取了其他措施，包括在全国建立一百多万个混合动力汽车电池充电站。

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The trend toward hybrid and electric vehicles will only accelerate the software shift-electric cars are completely computer controlled.

向混合动力以及电动汽车的发展趋势将会加速向软件的转移，其中电动汽车完全由电脑控制。

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Carmakers are now racing to build petrol-electric hybrid vehicles, and these are widely seen as steps on the way to all-electric ones.

汽车生产商们正争先恐后的生产油电混合动力车，这普遍被认为是迈向全电动车的一步。

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More than 435, 000 battery powered electric and hybrid electric vehicles were sold in the United States this year, an increase of 53%, compared to 2011 sales numbers, according to the Electric Drive Transportation Association.

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Because hybrid and electric vehicles produce less sound than vehicles powered by an ordinary internal combustion engine, pedestrians may not be aware of the presence of a nearby hybrid or electric vehicle.

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The proposed standard, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 141, would fulfill Congress' mandate in the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act that hybrid and electric vehicles meet minimum sound requirements so that pedestrians are able to detect the presence, direction and location of these vehicles when they are operating at low speeds.

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