Skull-Blowing: Tesla's EV Lorry
① Electrifying cars is easy.
② Most people drive only short distances each day and typically return home each evening.
③ Transforming trucks from dirty diesel-guzzlers into battery-powered clean machines is more difficult.
④ Eighteen-wheelers typically travel long distances and must refuel along the way.
⑤ It takes a lot of electric power to haul heavy loads, but bulking up on batteries adds weight and reduces space for cargo.
⑥ That is why EV trucks make little sense to industry veterans.
⑦ Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla, has never had much time for such conventional wisdom.
⑧ The disruptive American firm that has popularised electric cars will introduce an electric lorry today at a glitzy event in Los Angeles.
⑨ Mr Musk insists that the vehicle will "blow your mind clear out of your skull and into an alternate dimension".
⑩ Unless the laws of physics and chemistry are suspended in that dimension, he has much to prove.
▍生词好句
skull /skʌl/: n. 头盖骨
lorry /ˈlɒri/: n. 卡车 (英式)
electrify /ɪˈlɛktrɪfʌɪ/: vt. 使通电
diesel-guzzler /ˈdiːz(ə)l/ /ˈɡʌz(ə)lə/: 油老虎
battery /ˈbat(ə)ri/: n. 电池
-wheeler /ˈwiːlə/: ……轮的车
refuel /riːˈfjuː(ə)l/: vi. 再加油；续航
haul /hɔːl/: vt. 拖拽
bulk up /bʌlk/: 大量堆积
cargo /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/: n. 货物
veteran /ˈvɛt(ə)r(ə)n/: n. 老兵；行业专家
conventional /kənˈvɛnʃ(ə)n(ə)l/: adj. 传统的
disruptive /dɪsˈrʌptɪv/: adj. 颠覆式的
glitzy /ˈɡlɪtsi/: adj. 浮华的；熠熠生辉的
alternate /ɔːlˈtəːnət/: adj. 另外的