   01. new energy vehicle /ˈviːɪkəl/ 新能源车 📝讲解：新能源就是直译的 new energy，然后讲到汽车的时候，除了 car，大家还要会用这个词 vehicle，就表示车辆。 📍例句：The government has been promoting new energy vehicles as a way to ease pressure on the environment.  02. electric vehicle / EV 纯电动汽车 📝讲解：要注意表示「电动的」，这里不是 electrical，而是 electric，electric 也可以做一个形容词，比如说电灯 electric light，电动吉他 electric guitar，所以电动汽车是 electric vehicle. 口语中，还可以直接用首字母缩写，EV 来表示电动汽车。 📍例句：Check it out, I bought an EV. Isn't that cool?  03. hybrid electric vehicle / HEV /ˈhaɪbrɪd/ 混合动力车 📝讲解：hybrid 意思是混合物，HEV 就是 hybrid electric vehicle，混合动力车型，既有 electric motor 电动机，也有 combustion engine 发动机，也就是国内常说的，双引擎车，既可以烧油，也可以用电。hybrid 这个词在生活中其实还蛮常见的，除了表示混合这个意思，还可以表示杂交。 📍例句1：So an HEV is a vehicle that uses both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine to achieve better efficiency. 所以混合动力车就是既有电动机，也有发动机，运行效率更高。 📍例句2：This winter, we're crazy about a kind of fruit that's a hybrid of orange and pomelo.  04. plug-in hybrid electric vehicle / PHEV 插电式混合动力车 📝讲解：plug 表示插头，这种 PHEV 是第三种电动车的类型。 📍例句：So a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle runs on electricity longer than a conventional hybrid.  05. battery /ˈbætəri/ n. 电池 📝讲解：电动车的电池，要知道用哪个词，就是这个 battery，像手机、电脑上的电池也是这个词。 📍例句：A battery is where an electric vehicle's power is stored.  06. gas tank 油箱 📝讲解：油车加的油，可以用 gas，也可以用 petrol，油箱是 gas tank，加油站是 gas station. 📍例句：If you drive an EV, you don't need to go to the gas station to fill up the gas tank.  07. charge station 充电桩 📝讲解：充电桩的表达还挺多的，可以说 charge point, charge facility, charge station. 其中 charge station 是最常见的。还有快充，可以说 rapid charger. 📍例句：There are some concerns about EVs such as EV battery materials and a lack of charging stations. 
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