For better or worse, batteries make possible our mobile-first lifestyles, our screen culture, our increasingly globalized world.

无论是好是坏，电池使我们以便携式为先的生活方式、屏幕文化以及日益全球化的世界变得更为可能。

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Scientists and engineers have long believed in the promise of batteries to change the world.

长期以来，科学家和工程师们都相信电池能够改变世界。

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There is also the question of whether lithium-ion batteries are tough enough for the world of railways.

另外，锂电池足够坚固耐用以适应世界各地的列车也是一个问题。

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And do you know that in 18 months, we will have the capacity to produce 20 percent of the advanced batteries around the world? (Applause.) And by 2015, we'll have the capacity to produce 40 percent of the batteries around the world.

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