news bulletin – answers

Plug in, recharge, drive off

true/false

1. Drivers often forget to fill their cars up at the petrol station. F: ‘Forget’ here means that they won’t need to do it in the future
2. Drivers will have re-chargeable cars in the future. T
3. The limited production is for pilots only. F: it will be a pilot i.e. a test
4. Electric cars will not be sustainable in the future. F: they will ‘provide sustainable mobility’
5. Co2 emissions will be 20 – 80 grammes. F: there will be no emissions
6. The car needs 6 hours to charge fully. T
7. The car can travel long distances. F: only short city trips
8. The car can accelerate quickly at traffic lights. T: ‘roar away at the lights’
9. The cars are too heavy to be completely environmentally friendly. T according to environmentalists
10. The cars are cheap to buy and cheap to run. F: expensive to buy, cheap to run