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If comfortably outpacing your rivals is the main measure of automotive achievement, Tesla’s electric car is a resounding success
If comfortably outpacing your rivals is the main measure of automotive achievement, Tesla’s electric car is a resounding success
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2016-03-21
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If comfortably outpacing your rivals is the main measure of automotive achievement, Tesla’s electric car is a resounding success. The Model S last year outsold its nearest luxury rival, Mercedes’s petrol-engined S-class, by 30% in America. And in its top specification the Tesla will also beat the German car in the race from 0 -60mph. As a battery-maker Tesla is also moving fast. This week it announced plans to build a " gigafactory" in America to make lithium-ion power-packs, that it hopes will propel its vehicles to the mainstream.
Tesla’s acceleration has been rapid. Launched a decade ago by Elon Musk, a founder of PayPal and serial tech entrepreneur, last year it sold around 22,000 cars and by the end of 2014 hopes to be making 1,000 a week. In early 2015 Tesla will add the Model X, a medium-sized SUV, to its range. However, Tesla’s impressive growth has not yet translated into significant profits. A series of battery fires also briefly dented sales growth last year.
Nevertheless, Tesla’s shares surged on February 25th, to value the company at over $30 billion after Morgan Stanley, a bank, joined its adoring fans. It reckons that the battery factory will not only propel it along the road to mass manufacturing but also make it a leading competitor in low-cost energy storage, the key to making renewable energy more practical. The bank is also confident that Tesla’s Silicon Valley location will put it in the driverless front seat of autonomous motoring. A recent meeting with Apple, and the iPad-like control panel of the Model S, have convinced some observers that a takeover and an iCar are around the corner, although Mr. Musk insists that his firm is not for sale.
Tesla has defied its doubters with the success of the Model S, a smartly styled luxury car. It may not share the outrageous looks of a supercar like the Lamborghini Aventador, but it has the performance without the $400,000-plus price tag. The most basic Model S costs $64,000 in America. This has won it rave reviews in the motoring press, often sniffy about other electric cars with limited ranges and duff looks. By designing a large car with a big battery pack, Tesla has diminished "range anxiety"—one version can do 310 miles(500 km)between charges.
According to Paragraph 3, some observers believe that______.
选项
A、Tesla’s founder will not sell his company
B、Apple may take Tesla over in the near future
C、Tesla and Apple may cooperate and develop iCar
D、Tesla will be the leading corporation of driverless cars
答案
B
解析
根据some observers定位到第三段最后一句:A recent meeting with Apple,and theiPad—like control panel of the Model S,have convinced some observers that a takeover and aniCar are around the corner,although Mr.Musk insists that his firm is not for sale.其中答案的来源句为a takeover and an iCar are around the corner“特斯拉很快会被接手,iCar很快会出现”。其中,around the corner的意思是“即将到来”,四项中与该句表述一致的是选项[B]Apple may take Tesla over in the near future“苹果可能在近期接手特斯拉”,其中take Teslaover=takeover;in the near future=around the corner,故该题答案为[B]。
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