Detroit's Big Three automakers said that they will export thousands of vehicles to China over the next two years.

底特律三大汽车制造商说他们会在今后两年向中国出口成千上万辆汽车。

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Seat belts are the only mandatory equipment, and the increase in car buying hasn't boosted demand for airbags or anti-lock brakes, automakers said.

安全带是强制安装的设备，但是增加的汽车购买者并没有对安全气囊或防抱死制动系统的需求，汽车制造商说道。

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Honda’s September sales rose 3 percent from a year earlier to 60, 913 units and Nissan Motor Co.’s rose 30 percent to 97, 381 units, the Japanese automakers said in separate statements today.

本田汽车九月份的销量在去年同期的基础上增长3%，为60913辆。 据日产汽车透露，这家日本车企九月份的销量涨幅高达30%，共计汽车97381辆。

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which it also plans to export. Ford has said small cars represent the future for automakers, and expects sales of these cars to double over the next decade.

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The automakers said they can make half of their vehicles ready to run on ethanol or bio-diesel by 2012, but said their efforts should be matched by incentives to encourage the production and availability of renewable fuels.

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There were automakers who said that installing seat belts was unnecessary, unaffordable, and would ruin the auto industry.

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"We recognized a few years back that the key to meeting these incredible fuel-efficiency targets--and keeping cars fun to drive and making them affordable--is great, lightweight, low-cost, structurally sound steel, which we weren't able to get from the handful of steel suppliers in the industry who supply other automakers, " said Krafcik.

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