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Cars make our lives more convenient. But
they can also be a problem. For example, fossil fuel(化石燃料) cars mainly cause air pollution.
To improve the environment, many countries
are developing electric vehicles(EVs,电动车). Among
them, China is' taking a leading role and has created the world's largest EV
market.
Last year, over 40 percent of the 753, 000
EVs sold in the world were sold in China, more than twice as large as the
number sold in the United States.
"Filling up a fossil fuel car with gas
is more expensive than charging an electric car," said Wu Hao, who bought
an electric car this year.
However, there are still some problems. It
can be hard to find charging piles and the cars can't go far before needing to
be recharged.
Some of these problems are being solved. In
2014, China had 31, 000 charging piles. Now China has the world's largest EV
charging network, with more than 167,000
charging piles in total.
Developing EVs is one of many efforts that
China has made to cut down pressure on its environment after the government
promised to stop increases in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030.
"As China goes, so will the world's
car industry," the Wall Street Journal said. China has taken a leading
role in the world's electric vehicle industry.