Volkswagen is trying to help a Greek island go green
大众集团正努力帮助希腊一岛屿实现绿色环保化
The Volkswagen Group and the government of Greece plan to roll out an electric transport system on an island in the Mediterranean, with an agreement between the two parties signed this week.
大众汽车集团和希腊政府计划在地中海的一个岛屿上推广电力运输系统，双方已在本周签署协议。
The project, which is slated to last for an initial period of six years on the island of Astypalea, will work toward the goal of developing “a model island for climate-neutral mobility.”
该项目最初将在阿斯提帕利亚岛进行为期六年的建设，目标是开发“气候中和流动的模范岛”。
Based around the development of an electrified transport network, the scheme will include an all-electric ridesharing service and a vehicle sharing service providing electric cars, e-scooters and e-bikes. Users will be able to book these kinds of transport using a “mobility app.”
该计划以发展电力运输网络为基础，包括全电动车辆共乘服务，以及提供电动汽车、电动滑板车和电动单车的车辆共享服务。用户可以通过使用移动端应用程序使用此类交通工具。
Commercial vehicles and those used by the police and emergency services, as well as public fleets, will also go electric, while Volkswagen will develop both public and private charging infrastructure on the island. All in all, around 1,500 combustion vehicles will be swapped for 1,000 electric cars.
商用车，警车，应急部门及公共车队使用的车辆都将采用电动汽车，同时大众集团也将在设立公共和私人充电基础设施。总而言之，大约1500辆内燃机车将被替换为1000辆电动汽车。
A green shift
绿色转变
The island itself covers just under 100 square kilometers and is home to around 1,300 people, according to Volkswagen, but attracts over 70,000 tourists per year.
根据大众集团统计，阿斯提帕利亚岛的面积不到100平方公里，岛内约有1300人居住，但每年会吸引70000名游客前来。
At the moment, its public transport service consists of two buses, with the German automotive giant stating that “energy demand is almost entirely met by fossil fuel sources.”
目前，该地的公共交通主要依赖于两辆公共汽车。对此，这家德国汽车巨头表示：“能源需求几乎完全由化石燃料来满足。”
The idea is for a combination of electrified transportation and charging infrastructure powered by renewable sources such as solar and wind to help change this.
对此提出的解决办法是将电气化交通和太阳能、风能等可再生能源驱动的充电基础设施相结合，以帮助改变这一现状。
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he strongly believed in partnerships.
希腊总理米佐塔基斯在周三发表声明，表示他非常坚信与大众集团的伙伴关系。
“Governments can’t deliver on their own and the private sector isn’t the answer to every question,” he added. “That is why this ambitious endeavor is the result of the close partnership between the Greek state and Volkswagen Group.”
“政府不能单靠自己解决问题，私营产业也不是解决所有问题的答案。”他补充道，“这也是为什么希腊政府要与大众集团要努力开展如此雄心勃勃的合作。”
The plan being hatched by Volkswagen and Greece aims to redevelop the transportation infrastructure of a whole island.
该项目由大众集团和希腊政府共同策划，旨在重新开发整个岛屿的交通基础设施。
In the U.K., similar projects are also being sized up. Back in September the Scottish city of Aberdeen — known for its close links to the North Sea oil industry — said it would work with experts from energy major BP to cut emissions and “become a climate positive city.”
在英国，类似的项目也在酝酿当中。早在9月份，与北海石油工业联系密切的苏格兰城市阿伯丁就表示将与能源巨头英国石油公司（BP）的专家合作，达到减少排放的目标，“成为一个气候友好型的城市。”
That collaboration will focus on a number of areas such as: The use of hydrogen in transportation and for heat and power; the development of “solutions for clean, low emission vehicles”; and boosting energy efficiency within buildings.
这一合作将涉及多个领域，其中包括氢气发热发电在交通运输方面的应用，净化和减少尾气排放，提高能源使用效率等。
Small changes, big impact?
小改变，大影响？
And other, much smaller, projects focused on the integration of sustainable technologies into the built environment are also in the works.
此外，一些小型项目也相继推出运行，这些项目旨在整合建成环境的可持续发展技术。
In the English city of Worcester, for example, the city council has overseen the introduction of 22 solar-powered compaction bins and 20 recycling units.
英国伍斯特市议会就引进了22个太阳能压缩式垃圾箱和20个回收装置。
The “solar bins” charge a 12 volt battery which in turn powers a compactor, helping the bin to store larger amounts of waste compared to a conventional one.
太阳能垃圾箱内置有压实器，其电力来自其安装的12伏电池，相比于普通垃圾箱，压缩式垃圾箱能容纳更多垃圾。
“The solar-powered bins, which compact waste so they can hold more, will allow Council workers to spend less time emptying bins and more time cleaning streets and looking after other areas outside the city centre,” councilor Andy Stafford, who is vice chair of Worcester City Council’s environment committee, said in a statement on Thursday.
伍斯特市议会环境委员会副主席、议员安迪·斯塔福德(Andy Stafford)周四在一份声明中说：“太阳能垃圾箱能够通过压缩垃圾实现容纳更多垃圾，这样可以让议会工作人员花更少的时间清空垃圾箱，更多的时间清理街道，管理市中心以外的其他地方。”
来源:CNBC
作者：安马尔·弗朗古尔
译者：刘映辰 吴琼
发表时间：2020年11月6日
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/06/volkswagen-is-trying-to-help-a-greek-island
