Pollution-Free Electric Car

A Japanese automobile firm has announced successful development of three-wheel electric light van for pick-up and delivery service and informed that it had started production of the car for full-scale marketing.

Recently, development work on electric cars has been accelerated in Ja­pan as a principal means of eliminating environmental damage which is caused by automobiles through air pollution and noise. The electric cars they are going to construct will be the first to be used in the streets. This car will be employed mainly for delivery of newspapers, mail and milk as it has motor and four 12-volt improved lead batteries as the power source. The vehicle, in which only a driver sits, has maximum speed of 40 kilometers per hour. If the batteries are to be charged home electricity can be used. With each charging, that takes eight hours, the electric van can run 40 kilometres. The price is about twice of conventional gasoline cars of a similar type.

2. Quieting Noisy Trucks

The acoustic properties of plastics have played a major role in helping industry to cope with standards on noise emission. And now the experi­ence which was gained over the years is being applied to the job of quiet­ing noisy trucks. We speak of trucks particularly because the diesel en­gines that carry much of the nation's freight have been identified as a source of widespread noise pollution. No truck which is noisier than an automobile should not be permitted on the road.

So it's hardly suprising that interest in plastics is on the rise. Plastics are used as sound absorbing barrier and damping materials.

The sound absorbing foam products that are installed on the top sides, and various other interior areas of the truck cabin will not transmit sounds,

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advantage [9d'va:nticfe] n преимущество residential areas [,rezi'denjl 'еэпэг]
disadvantage [,disdd'va:ntid;] n невы- жилые кварталы

годное положение; недостаток pupil ['pju:pl] n зрачок expose [iks'pouz] v выставлять; под- impair [нп'реэ] v нарушать, повреж-

вергать (действию) дать

exposure [iks'poi3a] п выставление regard [n'ga:d] v считать, рассмат-
strain [strem] v напрягаться ривать

decay [di'kei] v разлагаться, разру­шаться; n разрушение, упадок

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