随着高油价促使购车者蜂拥选择混合动力车，通用汽车公司正重新审视这项技术。
With high gas prices sending car buyers flocking to hybrids, General Motors Co. is giving the technology another look.
这家总部位于底特律的车企长期对油电混合动力车持怀疑态度，首席执行官玛丽·巴拉周二在电话会议上告诉分析师，公司现在计划在其产品阵容的“多个细分市场”推出混合动力车型。随着通用汽车在美国的整体销量下降，推出高需求产品的紧迫性增加了。
A skeptic of gas-electric vehicles, the Detroit-based automaker now plans to have hybrid models in “multiple segments” in its lineup, Chief Executive Mary Barra told analysts Tuesday on a conference call. The need to hit on high-demand products has gained urgency with GM’s overall sales volumes declining in the US.
“我们将推出混合动力车，”她说。“随着发布时间临近，我们会谈论更多细节。”通用汽车在中国提供少量混合动力车，并曾在美国销售过，但近年来它基本置身事外，即使需求稳步增长——今年因燃油成本上升而激增。相反，该车企一直试图通过其纯电动和柴油动力车型来突显动力总成的多样性，并将重注押在其核心的耗油量大的卡车上。
“We will have hybrids,” she said. “We’ll talk more about them as we get closer to the launch.”GM offers a few hybrids in China and has previously sold them in the US, but in recent years it has largely kept to the sidelines even as demand has steadily grown — and spiked this year on rising fuel costs. Instead, the carmaker has sought to highlight powertrain diversity through its all-electric and diesel-powered vehicles. And it has bet big on its core gas-guzzler trucks.
就在今年早些时候，通用汽车还表示不急于介入油电混合动力车的竞争。
As recently as earlier this year, GM signaled it wasn’t eager to jump into the fray for gas-electric vehicles.
“我们了解这项技术，在其他地区也有应用，”巴拉1月在接受彭博电视采访时表示，并补充说公司计划提供“一小部分”混合动力车。“但目前我们的重点真的是拥有合适的内燃机产品组合和合适的电动车产品组合，以面向未来。”自那时起，丰田汽车公司、现代汽车公司和本田汽车公司等竞争对手在混合动力车市场上迅速抢占份额。
“We understand the technology, we have it in other regions,” Barra told Bloomberg Television in January, adding the carmaker planned to offer “a handful” of hybrids. “But right now our focus is really on having the right internal combustion engine portfolio and the right EV portfolio going forward.”Since then, rivals such as Toyota Motor Corp., Hyundai Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. have done swift business in the hybrid market.
“很难忽视混合动力车供应商和制造商取得的成功，”通用汽车首席财务官保罗·雅各布森周二在接受CNBC采访时表示。“我们了解混合动力车是如何增长的，并且我们正在继续适应这个不断演变的监管市场。”
“It’s hard to ignore the success that the hybrid providers and manufacturers have had,” Paul Jacobson, GM’s chief financial officer, said Tuesday in an interview on CNBC. “We understand how, how hybrids are growing and we’re continuing to adapt to this evolving regulatory market.”