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Saudi Arabia Aims to Develop EV Industry

沙特意图发展电动汽车行业

Saudi Arabia has spent billions of dollars to become competitive in the electric vehicle (EV) industry.

沙特阿拉伯花费了数十亿美元，让自己在电动汽车行业具有竞争力。

Such efforts are part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin¹ Salman's broader plan to create jobs and diversify² the country's economy. The kingdom has invested at least $10 billion in Lucid³ Motors, a United States-based company. It also set up a Saudi EV company, Ceer, and built an EV metals factory.

这些努力是沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼创造就业机会和实现国家经济多样化的宏大计划的一部分。沙特已向总部位于美国的Lucid Motors公司投资至少100亿美元。它还成立了一家沙特电动汽车公司Ceer，并建造了一家电动汽车金属工厂。

The Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia's $700 billion sovereign wealth fund, has a goal to produce 500,000 EVs yearly by 2030, up from a target of 150,000 in 2026.

作为管理7000亿美元的主权财富基金，沙特公共投资基金的目标是到2030年每年生产50万辆电动汽车，而2026年的目标是每年生产15万辆。

Yet by December, Ceer, which opened in September 2023, had put together around 800 vehicles. Those vehicles were based on kits⁴ supplied from the U.S. state of Arizona.

然而截至去年12月，于2023年9月开业的Ceer公司已经组装了约800辆汽车。这些车辆是基于美国亚利桑那州提供的套件。

Saudi Arabia has failed in the past to appeal to foreign car makers⁶.

沙特阿拉伯过去未能吸引外国汽车制造商。

Japan's Toyota rejected a proposed deal with Saudi Arabia in 2019. The company said labor⁷ costs were too high, local suppliers were too few, and the market was too small.

2019年，日本丰田公司拒绝了与沙特阿拉伯的一项拟议交易。该公司表示，沙特劳动力成本太高，当地供应商太少，市场太小。

As the world moves away from cars fueled by oil, experts say Saudi Arabia faces competition in the EV industry.

专家表示，随着世界逐渐放弃以石油为燃料的汽车，沙特阿拉伯在电动汽车行业面临竞争。

"There is tremendous competition that the country will face from established manufacturing power houses and from established supply chains," said Gaurav Batra of EY, a business advisory⁸ company.

安永商业咨询公司的高罗夫·巴特拉表示：“沙特将面临来自老牌制造业巨头和老牌供应链的巨大竞争。”

Batra added, "A lot of things need to come into place before this industry takes shape and really ignites."

巴特拉补充道：“在这个行业成型并真正爆发之前，需要做很多事情。”

Saudi officials did not respond to Reuters news agency requests for comment.

沙特官员没有回应路透社的置评请求。

EV production

电动汽车生产

China currently leads the new supply chain as well as EV production. Chinese company BYD became the world's biggest maker⁵ of EVs last year, pushing Tesla motors into 2nd place.

中国目前在这条全新供应链和电动汽车生产方面处于领先地位。中国比亚迪公司去年成为全球最大的电动汽车制造商，将特斯拉汽车挤至第二位。

Saudi Arabia faces a lack of auto⁹ parts supply - anything from car doors to engines. There is no major local industry to produce these goods.

沙特阿拉伯面临着汽车零部件供应短缺的问题，从车门到发动机，无所不包。当地没有大型产业可以生产这些产品。

The EV manufacturer Ceer, a joint¹⁰ project between the PIF and Taiwanese company Foxconn, plans to launch a car by 2025. But the company has not yet built its factory.

电动汽车制造商Ceer是沙特公共投资基金和中国台湾省富士康公司的联合项目，该公司计划在2025年前推出一款汽车。但该公司尚未建厂。

A source connected to Ceer said it was unlikely the company would have a vehicle on the road before 2026. The source spoke¹¹ on condition that they not be identified.

一位与Ceer有关的消息人士表示，该公司在2026年之前不太可能有车辆上路。该消息人士要求匿名。

In October, South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai and the PIF announced a project to build a factory for traditional engine vehicles and electric vehicles. The project, along with those of Lucid and Ceer, would create a group of factories in Jeddah's King Abdullah Economic City.

10月，韩国汽车制造商现代汽车和沙特公共投资基金宣布了一个项目，将为传统发动机汽车和电动汽车建造一个工厂。该项目连同Lucid和Ceer的项目一起，将在吉达市的阿卜杜拉国王经济城创建一批工厂。

Ceer will get parts from Germany's BMW automobile¹² company, including batteries, the highest cost single part of an EV.

Ceer将从德国宝马汽车公司获得零部件，包括电池，这是电动汽车中成本最高的单个零部件。

Lucid vice¹³ president Faisal Sultan told Reuters in December that Saudi Arabia needed the presence of critical suppliers. He said the Saudi factory only rebuilt vehicles and the Arizona site carried out quality control testing.

Lucid副总裁费萨尔·苏丹12月告诉路透社，沙特阿拉伯需要关键供应商的存在。他说，沙特工厂只是重新组装了车辆，亚利桑那州工厂进行了质量控制测试。

The company's idea - keeping the supply chain and vehicle manufacturing in the United States - could lead other companies to set up rebuild sites as well. As a result, these companies might be able to get Saudi incentives¹⁴, a Saudi auto industry leader said.

该公司将供应链和汽车制造留在美国的想法可能会导致其他公司也建立组装基地。一位沙特汽车行业领袖表示，因此，这些公司可能能够获得沙特的激励。

But such moves could slow the growth of local Saudi manufacturing as the country would continue to import foreign-made cars.

但这些举措可能会减缓沙特当地制造业的增长，因为该国将继续进口外国制造的汽车。

1 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

2 diversify   

v.（使）不同，（使）变得多样化

参考例句：

• Our company is trying to diversify.我们公司正力图往多样化方面发展。
• Hills and woods diversify the landscape.山陵和树木点缀景色。

3 lucid   

adj.明白易懂的，清晰的，头脑清楚的

参考例句：

• His explanation was lucid and to the point.他的解释扼要易懂。
• He wasn't very lucid,he didn't quite know where he was.他神志不是很清醒，不太知道自己在哪里。

4 kits   

衣物和装备( kit的名词复数 )； 成套用品； 配套元件

参考例句：

• Keep your kits closed and locked when not in use. 不用的话把你的装备都锁好放好。
• Gifts Articles, Toy and Games, Wooden Toys, Puzzles, Craft Kits. 采购产品礼品，玩具和游戏，木制的玩具，智力玩具，手艺装备。

5 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

6 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

8 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

9 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

10 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

11 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

12 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

13 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

14 incentives   

激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 )； 刺激； 诱因； 动机

参考例句：

• tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
• Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法