Now, however, recent developments in electric vehicle technology mean they can match conventional petrol engines in terms of performance and safety.

然而，如今电动汽车技术得到最新发展，这意味着它们在性能和安全性方面都可以与传统汽油发动机相媲美。

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China is outpacing the Western world in terms of both electric battery manufacturing and deployment, due to a straight-forward policy and an enormous demand for technology.

得益于政策支持以及对技术的巨大需求，不论是电动车电池的生产还是安装，中国都将超过西方国家。

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The system meets the technical terms of automatic hump, and shunting route control conforms to the technical terms of electric interlocking for large stations.

系统满足自动化驼峰技术条件，调车进路控制符合大站电气集中的技术条件。

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Thus the electric car is harvesting in terms of well-to-wheel miles only about 27% of the original fossil fuel energy, so not that much better than the standard car running on petrol or diesel.

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