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There's no point in denying it. Electric cars are here to stay. Some of the London's iconic black taxis will soon run on batteries.
无可否认，电动车时代已到来，伦敦一些标志性的黑色出租车不久将改为电汽车。
Admitting that the times are changing, the fossil fuel giant Royal Dutch Shell now offers battery charging
时代在改变，这是不争的事实，化石燃料巨头荷兰皇家壳牌已提供充电服务，
at a few of its gas stations in England with more to follow.
英格兰几家加油站已经率先可以提供服务，接下来还将有更多加油站参与进来。
We recognize that electric vehicles are part of the future transport in the country
我们认识到电动汽车将是该国未来交通运输的一部分，
and we want to make sure that we offer our customers choice and they have the option to recharge on one of our four courts if they want to.
所以我们要为用户提供这一选择，用户可以在四家提供充电的加油站充电。
However, there's still some confusion about the usefulness of electric cars.
然而，电动汽车的实用性仍然让我们一头雾水。
They have a limited range and the recharging, the battery takes at least half an hour
汽车的里程受限，而且充电时间至少是半个小时，
but with just a handful of public charging stations, it may actually take much longer.
而且供充电的加油站也不多，等待的时间会更长。
Are you gonna be able to plug directly in or have you got one or two
你是能直接充电吗，或是你需要等待前面的1-2辆车充完，
or in some cases that I found, three or four cars waiting in front of you.
甚至在某些情况下，你发现你前面有三四辆车。
So before you, even plug your car in for its first charge, you may have to wait for two or three hours.
就算你可以充电了，你还是需要等两三个小时。
In large cities such as Wroclaw, Poland, the future of electric cars maybe in car-sharing, much like the increasingly popular bike-sharing.
像波兰的大城市弗罗茨瓦夫，未来的电动汽车市场很有可能向共享汽车发展，就像如今越来越流行的共享单车。
The reservation and rental is made by a smartphone. The car is opened by a mobile app. Rental ends also by using the mobile app.
预定和租赁用智能手机就能做，打开汽车也只需要一部手机，租赁结束也是通过手机应用完成的。
Everything without the keys to the car.
租用电动汽车无需车钥匙。
With a price of about 16 dollars an hour, these electric cars will be cheaper to drive than the smallest gas-powered, the rental cars.
每小时16美元的价格，这些电动汽车将比租用最小型的燃油汽车还便宜。
Together with no hassle renting through a phone app, they may become a good solution for city dwellers and the air that they breathe.
利用手机租车省去了您不少麻烦，它或将成为解决城市居民生活，以及大气污染的好办法。
George Putic, VOA News, Washington.
乔治·普特奇，美国之音新闻，华盛顿报道。
