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发布: 2019年10月4日 |来源: Bob Mok
http://chinesenewsgroup.com/news/667285
这是我介绍和购买电动汽车或插电式混合动力车的第二部分。如果想看第一部分，请点击：http://chinesenewsgroup.com/news/667243
This is the second part of the article on my quest for an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid. For the first part, please click: http://chinesenewsgroup.com/news/667243
到目前为止，我们已经肯定安大略省的电动汽车具有真正的“绿色效益”。安省用碳燃料的发电量只占总发电量的10％。安大略省经过十年的努力，已经淘汰了所有燃煤发电厂，取而代之的是用风能，太阳能，天然气以及现有的核电站发电。
So far, we have established that there are true “green benefits” with electric vehicles in Ontario with its electricity power generation accomplished under 10% of carbon fuels. Ontario has eliminated all coal firing plants after a ten year effort, replacing them with wind mills and solar power supplemented by natural gas along with existing nuclear power stations.
在我所居住的共管公寓的地下车库安装了2级充电站后，我和太太开始有动力考虑买购买电动汽车或插电式混合动力汽车来代替我们目前耗油的私家车。它将是我家的“第二辆车”。
With Level 2 charging stations installed within the parking areas of the condominium's underground garage, there is motivation for me and my wife to consider getting either an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid vehicle as replacement for our current gas guzzling “second” vehicle.
究竟是买充电的，还是买插电式混合动力汽车（既有汽油箱又可充电）的问题不难解决。要拥有电动汽车，我们必须有可在家使用的充电器。理想情况下，即使不是必须的，电动车应该可以在上班地方充电。同样重要的是，如果电动车经常要开长途，那就需要足够的续航能力，不必在路上充电。
The choice between getting an electric vehicle fuelled by charging only or a plug-in hybrid (charging as well as having a regular gasoline tank) is very simple. To own an electric vehicle, we must have a charger available for use at home. Ideally, there should be access to an electrical charger at work although not essential. It is also important that if the vehicle is needed for regular long trips then that range must be covered by a single charging each way so stoppages to charge the vehicle are not necessary.
我研究了2019年在加拿大市场上的电动汽车，注意到它们冲一次电的续航距离从92公里至595公里。车的价格也从29,050元到141,690元不等。对于汽车厂商建议的零售价（MSRP）低于60,000元的车，车主仍可获得5,000元的联邦购车补贴（折扣）。
When I look at the list of electric vehicles available for sale in Canada for 2019, I notice that they have electric ranges of 92 kilometres to 595 kilometres. Prices for models on this list range from $29,050 to $141,690. The federal incentive (rebate) of $5,000 is still there for the models that carry a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of less than $60,000.
插电式混合动力车可以在电用完后用汽油继续行驶。在无法立即充电的情况下，尤其是长途旅行时，这中混合动力车是理想的选择。但我遗憾地发现，插电式混合动力车的用电行驶的公路数不高。这些车大多数每次充电后仅能跑25公里至45公里，而能跑200公里的车型只有两个。显然，对我来说，插电式混合动力车的电力续航公路数太低，除了2款昂贵的车型外，它们现在对我都没有吸引力。而且其中一些车型也只能得到$ 2,500的政府补贴，只有五个车型有资格获得$ 5,000元的政府补贴。许多人根本没有资格获得政府补贴。
A plug-in hybrid will allow the use of gasoline when the electrical charge is expended. This would be ideal in situation where charging is not immediately available, especially on long trips. On the list of plug-in hybrids, I was disappointed to see the very low electric ranges. A majority of these models will only provide 25 kilometres to 45 kilometres per electrical charge with only 2 models over the 200 kilometres range. It is clear to me that the plug-in hybrids do not have the extended electric range that would make them attractive at this time except for 2 expensive models. Some of these models receive a federal incentive of $2,500 and five of these are eligible for $5,000. Many are not qualified to receive the federal incentive at all.
由于正在寻找第二辆可以在多伦多周围开的车，因此，我可以考虑200公里范围内的纯电动汽车，其价格在$ 38,000以下，而且可以享受联邦政府的$ 5,000元的购车补贴。这样，每周我只需要花6元电费就可以用这辆车跑来跑去。与同类汽油车相比，虽然我每年为此节省的燃料成本仅为500元。但是，我可以让全世界知道我已经减少了碳排放量！
Since I am looking for a second car to drive around town, I can consider the pure electric vehicle in the 200 kilometres range for under $38,000 with a federal incentive of $5,000 to further reduce the cost. That way, I can charge the vehicle for roughly $6 to cover my weekly trips. When compared to a similar gasoline vehicle, the fuel cost saving is only $500 per year. However, I can then let the world know that I have saved on carbon emissions!
如果我必须购买插电式混合动力车来应付偶尔的长途旅行，那意味着我只有2种车型可供选择（电动里程超过200公里），并且两种车型的价格都在$ 55,000左右。当然，这两种车都有$ 5,000的政府补贴。我目前不准备花那笔钱。值得注意的是，这两款车的汽油续航公里数都只有116公里，因此不适合长途旅行，因为我不得不每小时去找加油站！
If I have to buy a plug-in hybrid to cover occasional long trips, it would mean that I only have 2 models to choose from (with electric range of over 200 kilometres) and both would cost around $55,000 with $5,000 federal incentives to help reduce the cost. I am not ready to pay that amount of money at this time. It is also noteworthy that both of these vehicles will only have a gasoline range of 116 kilometres, making them unsuitable for long trips as I then have to look for gasoline stations every hour!
如果我不是对我的第二辆车只作为“在家周围开的车”，否则我对“绿色”汽车的追求将不得不搁置，直到插电式混合动力车的电力和汽油续航公里数都足够高才会考虑买它们。200公里的电力续航里程和500公里的汽油续航里程将是吸引消费者购买插电式混合动力汽车的最佳组合。否则，插电式汽车将无法让消费者满意，并且无法扩大它们目前的市场份额。
Unless I am content with my second vehicle as a “hometown bound” vehicle, my quest for a “green” vehicle will have to be placed on hold until the electric range and gasoline range of the plug-in hybrid are extended at the same time. An electric range of 200 kilometres and gasoline range of 500 kilometres will be an optimal combination to kick start the plug-in hybrid market and launch it into orbit. Until that day, plug-in vehicles will not be meeting the expectation of the consumers and cannot take on a larger market-share than what it has achieved so far.
汽车制造商，你们在听一个消费者的忠告吗？
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