越南电动车制造商VinFast计划在印度建厂。 Vietnam’s EV Maker VinFast Plans Factory in India

Vietnamese electric vehicle company VinFast recently announced its plans to build a $2 billion production center in southern India.

越南电动汽车公司VinFast最近宣布计划在印度南部建造一个20亿美元的生产中心。

The new factory is expected to produce up to 150,000 cars per year once it is completed.

预计新工厂一旦完成，每年将生产高达15万辆汽车。

The project will include an opening investment of $500 million. Construction will start this year. The production centers are expected to support over 3,000 jobs in the Tamil Nadu state.

该项目将包括5亿美元的初始投资。施工将于今年开始。预计生产中心将在泰米尔纳德邦提供超过3,000个工作职位。

The center will be close to the port city of Thootukudi.

中心将靠近印度泰米尔纳德邦的港口城市图蒂库迪。

VinFast started in 2017 and has been producing electric vehicles since 2021. It already announced plans for a factory in the southern U.S. state of North Carolina. The factory there will cost $4 billion to complete and vehicle production is expected to begin this year.

VinFast于2017年开始，并自2021年以来一直在生产电动汽车。它已经宣布计划在美国南部的北卡罗来纳州建立一座工厂。该工厂预计将花费40亿美元完工，汽车生产预计将于今年开始。

VinFast brought its cars to market in the U.S. for the first time in 2023. The cars have not sold well in the U.S. because they have received some bad reviews and there are questions about their quality. VinFast officials, however, believe the company can succeed in the U.S.

VinFast于2023年首次将其汽车引入美国市场。这些汽车在美国的销售情况并不理想，因为它们收到了一些糟糕的评价，并且对其质量也存在一些疑问。然而，VinFast的官员们相信公司在美国能够取得成功。

The company’s stock is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, and, for a short time, its shares were worth more than Ford and General Motors. However, by the end of 2023, the company had lost more than $1.4 billion.

该公司的股票在纳斯达克证券交易所上市，在短时间内，其股价超过了福特和通用汽车。然而，到2023年底，该公司已经亏损超过14亿美元。

VinFast said it hopes to sell its cars in 50 markets by the end of 2024. It announced a $400 million factory in Indonesia late last year. VinFast cars will be used in Laos by Green SM, a taxi company mostly owned by VinFast’s founder.

VinFast表示希望到2024年底在50个市场销售其汽车。去年年底，该公司宣布在印度尼西亚投资4亿美元建设一座工厂。VinFast汽车将由Green SM在老挝使用，Green SM是一家主要由VinFast创始人拥有的出租车公司。

The production center is the first move by VinFast to enter the growing Indian market. The country has one of the fastest-growing electric vehicle markets in the world. India has launched a $1.3 billion plan to support electric vehicle manufacturing and use.

生产中心是VinFast进入快速增长的印度市场的首次举措。该国拥有世界上增长最快的电动车市场之一。印度推出了一个13亿美元的支持电动车制造和使用的计划。

However, of the 2.3 million EVs in use in India, most are inexpensive motorbikes, rickshaws and scooters. Some experts wonder if there are enough Indians who have the money to purchase a costly electric car.

然而，在印度现有的230万辆电动车中，大部分都是廉价的摩托车、人力车和踏板车。一些专家怀疑是否有足够多的印度人有能力购买昂贵的电动汽车。

VinFast is part of Vingroup, which was started as an instant noodle company in Ukraine in the 1990s by Pham Nhat Vuong, who is now Vietnam’s richest man.

VinFast是Vingroup的一部分，该集团在1990年代由范日新在乌克兰创办成一家即食面公司，范日新现在是越南首富。

I’m Dan Friedell.

我是丹·弗里德尔。

Dan Friedell adapted this story for Learning English based on a report by the Associated Press.

丹·弗里德尔根据美联社的一篇报道，为学习英语适应了这个故事。

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Words in This Story

本故事中的词语

construction –n. the process of building one or more structures

建筑-名词。指建造一个或多个结构的过程。

review –n. a piece of writing that gives the writer’s opinion about a product or service

评论 – n. 一篇写作，表达关于产品或服务的作者观点的文章

taxi –n. a car that takes passengers to places and usually charges by the distance traveled

出租车 – 名词. 一种载送乘客前往目的地并通常按照路程收费的汽车。

inexpensive –adj. not costly; cheap

廉价的 –形容词。不昂贵；便宜。

rickshaw –n. a small, light vehicle that is usually powered by a person or a very small engine

人力车 – 名词，一种通常由人或者非常小的引擎提供动力的小型轻便车辆。

scooter –n. a small, wheeled vehicle for one person

摩托车-名词-一种小型、轮子的交通工具，适合一人使用

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我们希望听到您的声音。您对来自VinFast的电动车感兴趣吗？