Do any of you drive hybrid cars or even electric cars?

有没有人开混合动力车甚至电动车？

Plus, Toyota is the godfather of hybrid cars, just think of the Prius.

此外，丰田是混合动力汽车的开拓者，想想普锐斯就知道了。

Alongside regulatory mandates by California to reduce smog, these innovations sparked a small wave of new electric vehicles, including hybrid cars.

与加利福尼亚州减少雾霾的监管规定一起，这些创新引发了一波新的电动汽车的浪潮，这也包括混合动力汽车。

And the UK is bringing forward a ban on the sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2040 to 2035.

英国提出将禁止汽油、柴油以及混动汽车的销售，从2040年提前到2035年。

Compared to global rivals like Volkswagen or GM, which are increasingly focusing on EVs, Toyota has been pushing mainly its hybrid cars.

与大众或通用等越来越关注电动汽车的全球竞争对手相比，丰田一直主要推动混合动力汽车。

Firstly, the use of electric and hybrid cars has become more popular due to their eco-friendliness and cost-effective nature.

首先, 电动和混合动力汽车的使用因其环保性和成本效益而变得更加流行。

An increasing number of Americans are trading in their hybrid or electric cars for purely gas-powered vehicles, including SUVs.

越来越多的美国人将他们的混合动力或电动汽车换成纯汽油动力汽车，包括 SUV。

But the U.S. government says sales of electric and hybrid cars are growing almost doubling from 308,000 in 2020 to 608,000 in 2021.

但美国政府表示，电动汽车和混合动力汽车的销量几乎翻了一番，从2020年的30.8万辆增长到2021年的60.8万辆。

Craig Turner says less ethanol is needed as sales of energy-saving automobiles increase. These vehicles, such as hybrid or electric cars, use less fuel.

克雷格·特纳说随着节能汽车的增加，对乙醇的需求会减少。比如混合动力车或电动车用的燃料就少些。

Many environmentalists recycle, plant trees, and drive hybrid cars, but bicycle commuting could be even more effective than all of those combined.

许多环保主义者回收利用、植树和驾驶混合动力汽车，但自行车通勤可能比所有这些加起来更有效。

If the tax were larger, more people would be driving hybrid cars, and if it were large enough, they would switch to electric cars.

如果税收更大，更多的人将驾驶混合动力汽车，如果它足够大，他们将切换到电动汽车。

Therefore, critics argue that rather than a blanket ban, efforts should focus on making private transport more sustainable, such as promoting electric or hybrid cars and improving fuel efficiency.

因此，批评者认为，与其全面禁止，不如将重点放在使私人交通更具可持续性上，例如推广电动或混合动力汽车以及提高燃油效率。

At the moment petrol and diesel engines are causing a lot of damage to the planet and we're going to eventually run out of natural resources, so I think the developments will be towards electric or hybrid cars.

目前使用的汽油和柴油发动机对地球造成了很大的破坏，最后我们的自然资源可能会用尽，所以我认为汽车一定要向电动汽车或混合动力车发展。