Shanghai International Automobile City is planning to lease electric cars at transport hubs, possibly as early as April.
The pilot program will start with 50 e-cars placed at subway stations, universities and hospitals, Cao Guangyu, deputy general manager of the auto manufacturing base, was quoted as saying by Wenhui Daily on Thursday.
“电动汽车”即 electric car ,或简称e-car,是指以车载电源(electrical energy stored in batteries)为动力,用电机(electric motor)驱动车轮行驶的汽车,对环境影响相对传统的汽油车(gasoline car)较小。目前,市场上还有一种混合动力汽车(hybrid vehicle),大多使用传统的内燃机(internal combustion engine)和电机作为动力源。文中出现的相关词汇有:automobile(汽车),transport hub(交通枢纽) ,auto manufacture(汽车制造)。