Many European countries have been making the shift to electric vehicles and Germany has just stated that they plan to ban the sale of vehicles using gasoline and diesel as fuel by 2030.

很多欧洲国家正在转向使用电动汽车，德国刚刚宣布，计划到 2030 年时禁止出售以汽油和柴油作为燃料的车辆。

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A 2008 spike in oil prices changed that, prompting a shift towards smaller cars, yet still an electric "revolution" on the roads remains a distant prospect.

2008年的油价飙升改变了那一状况，促使人们转向小型汽车，但道路上的电动“革命”仍是一个遥远的前景。

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He believes the shift to electricity opens up new possibilities for designers to be more creative because of the simplicity of fully electric cars, which need neither bulky engines nor transmissions.

他认为，向电动汽车的转变为设计师开启了新的可能，可以更具创意，因为全电动汽车结构简单，不需要庞大的发动机或传动装置。

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Kinder says he's looking for other pipeline partnerships to buy, and Kinder Morgan is expanding into terminals that handle coal and other dry bulk materials, hoping to capitalize on long-term trends such as the shift by electric utilities away from Appalachian coal toward cleaner- burning western coal.

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The Free Press reports that GM made a similar shift of engineering staff that was working on development of gas-electric hybrid technology in 2003.

CNN: GM takes step toward fuel-cell car

General Electric booked a stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter profit, propelled by its new shift into oil and gas equipment.

FORBES: GE: New Focus On Oil And Gas Powered Rising Q4 Profit