There is about a 50-percent chance in the United States that the electricity that's used to charge the batteries of a plug-in electric vehicle is generated by burning coal.

在美国，大概有50%的用来为电动车充电的电能是通过烧煤来产生的。

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The inequality of batteries for electric vehicle was one of the main factors that had bad effects on performance.

电动汽车电池的不一致性是影响其性能的主要因素，研究电池的均衡控制技术很重要。

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Simply driving down the stretch of road in a properly-equipped electric or hybrid-electric vehicle will power up the batteries.

安装了相应设备的电动车或混合动力车只需在这种路面上行驶便可为电池充电。

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The company said it plans to use that money to expand manufacturing capacity and accelerate development of batteries for the hybrid electric vehicle market.

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Similarly, stimulus investments have helped transform the United States from a bit player in international advanced battery markets to a global competitor with an estimated 20 percent of worldwide manufacturing capacity online by 2012, all while potentially driving down the cost of electric vehicle batteries by up to 70%.

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Plus, FMC sells recession-resistant chemicals like coatings for pills, and a third of its revenue comes from specialty chemicals, including lithium, the raw material for the next generation of electric-vehicle batteries ( click here for related story).

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