It is hard to predict when production may resume until we can ascertain which auto parts makers have been hit and to what extent.

在我们可以确定哪些汽车零部件工厂遭受了损失、以及遭受了多大损失之前，很难预测何时生产才会继续。

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Except those cars and trucks aren't exactly what federal regulators had in mind when they called on auto makers to design vehicles for 2025 that could average 54.5 miles on a gallon of gasoline.

只不过这些轿车和卡车与联邦监管机构的愿望并不完全吻合，监管机构希望到2025年的时候，汽车制造商生产的汽车每加仑汽油平均能跑54.5英里。

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And speaking of things that go, the U.S. auto industry may in fact offer President Obama the only dependable port in a re-gathering economic storm when car makers post their August sales results early next week: Prognosticators believe the sales snapshot will show an auto industry that is still strongly on track toward its third consecutive year of double-digit sales gains.

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That can be a problem when a creditor defaults, as with Delphi and other auto parts makers earlier this year.

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When you add China into the mix, U.S. auto makers will benefit from demand there, too.

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