A | 1月17日，据外媒报道，北美国际汽车开业。汽车制造商在展览会上发布了大量的电动汽车。关键问题是，消费者会选择电动汽车吗？在汽车开之前，《纽约时报》就讨论过。
B | 这篇文章是这么说的：就在感恩节前，肯·韦斯特曼几乎买了他的第一台全电动特斯拉3型。 Christie's has canceled the second auction of jewels belonging to an Austrian billionaire, whose German husband made his fortune under the Nazis, following "intense scrutiny," it said Friday. The auction house held a first controversial online and in-person sale in Geneva of part of the large stash of more than 700 jewels in May, and had been scheduled to hold a second round in November.But in a statement it said "Christie's has taken the decision not to proceed with further sales of property from the Estate of Heidi Horten."This photograph taken on May 8, 2023, shows Christie's international head of jewellery, Rahul Kadakia, speaking on his phone behind a display case of jewels during a press preview of the "World of Heidi Horten" sales in Geneva. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty With just a portion of the collection sold, the auction eclipsed previous records set by Christie's in sales of properties that belonged to actress Elizabeth Taylor in 2011 and the "Maharajas and Mughal Magnificence" collection in 2019, both of which exceeded $100 million. Hopes had been high for similar results from the second round. But following an initial report in the New York Times, Christie's sent a statement to AFP confirming that it had canceled the second round, acknowledging that "the sale of the Heidi Horten jewelry collection has provoked intense scrutiny.""The reaction to it has deeply affected us and many others, and we will continue to reflect on it," it said.
A large number of Jewish groups had asked Christie's to halt the initial Horten sale in May, describing it as "indecent" and demanding that the auction house do more to determine how much of it came from victims of the Nazis.
The extraordinary collection belonged to Horten, who died last year aged 81 with a fortune of $2.9 billion, according to Forbes.A report published in January 2022 by historians commissioned by the Horten Foundation said Horten's husband Helmut Horten, who died in Switzerland in 1987, had been a member of the Nazi party before being expelled.
"The Nazi Conspiracy": The WWII plot to kill FDR, Churchill and Stalin07:31In 1936, three years after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, Horten took over textile company Alsberg, based in the western city of Duisburg, after its Jewish owners fled. He later took over several other shops that had belonged to Jewish owners before the war.Christie's in May defended its decision to go ahead with the sale, with Christie's international head of jewelry Rahul Kadakia telling AFP that all of the proceeds would go towards charities.
"Christie's separately is making a significant donation towards Holocaust research and education," he said at the time, stressing that the "proceeds of the sale is going to do good."
C | 2017年上海车展凯迪拉克CT6插电式混合动力车。通用汽车计划使所有电动汽车成为凯迪拉克品牌产品的核心。许多电动汽车迷争相购买特斯拉电动汽车，有效地促进了特斯拉销量的增长。但是主流汽车消费者可能比富有的买主、环保主义者和早期的电动车消费者更难吸引，特别是在美国中部。这里的充电站远远少于沿海地区。例如，韦斯特曼先生说，他想要一辆行驶里程近1000公里的电动汽车，其行驶距离与装满一箱油的价格相当。市场咨询公司伊利咨询（Erie Consulting）的总经理马克•韦克菲尔德（Mark Wakefield）表示，汽车制造商正在开发如此多的电动汽车，主要是为了在中国和欧洲市场竞争。在美国，电动汽车的销售是不确定的，因为它们仍然很便宜。”韦克菲尔德说：“在美国，一辆电动汽车能卖出10万辆汽车是不可能想当然的。
D | ”“你不（像特斯拉一样）把整个工厂都贡献给电动汽车。”电动汽车媒体Insideevs.com估计，去年美国市场共售出36.1万辆电动和插电式混合动力汽车，仅占全部购车量的2%，其中特斯拉电动汽车占一半。
E | 但汽车制造商是雄心勃勃的。明年，福特计划推出一款类似野马跑车的小型电动SUV。在未来五年内，该公司还将花费110亿美元开发16辆全电动汽车和24辆其他类型的电动汽车。”福特爱迪生团队的负责人泰德·坎尼斯说：“它还处于初级阶段，但我们认为人们会来购买我们的电动汽车。
F | ”我们认为我们在正确的时间来到这里。”通用汽车也在做出类似的努力。上周五，首席执行官玛丽T.巴拉（MaryT.Barra）表示，通用正在增加雪佛兰螺栓电动汽车的产量，并计划将电动汽车作为凯迪拉克产品线的关键组成部分。
G | 汽车制造商相信，电池技术的进步和电池价格的下降将使他们能够生产出里程数更长的电动汽车。
H | 尽管韦斯特曼所期望的1000公里里程可能不会很快实现，但充电时间较短的电动汽车正在成为现实。对于电动汽车来说，最大的问题是充电站的可用性。
I | 虽然在购物中心和停车场有更多的加油站，但在美国大约有20000个加油站，但在美国有150000个加油站。尽管房主可以选择在车库安装充电设备，但居住在公寓里的数百万人没有选择的余地。
