本期內容：

Europe gave the world some of its top automakers, but it's losing out to China in the race to define the industry's future. China is the driving force in the business of electric vehicle batteries, which European leaders see as vital to the future of the auto industry that employs millions of people across the continent. About two-thirds of the world's manufacturing capacity for lithium-ion batteries, those most commonly used in electric vehicles, is in China, according to consulting firm Wood Mackenzie. It may be too late to catch up.

lose out to sb / sth: 被……取代
driving: n.駕駛；行車
driving schoo: 駕校
driving test: 駕照考試
adj. 強有力的；推動的
driving force: 驅動力；推動力
see as: 考慮，看待
consider as / regard as
vital: 極其重要的，必不可少的
play a vital role / part (in sth): 擔任重要角色
vital information證據
employ: vt. 雇傭
self-employed: 個體經營的；單干的；自由職業的；自雇的
Wood Mackenzie 伍德麥肯茲
McKinsey&Company 麥肯錫公司
Lithium-ion battery: 鋰離子電池
Lithium: 鋰（符號Li）
ion: 離子
commonly: 經常地；廣泛地；大量地
common：常見的；通常的；普遍的
catch up：追上、趕上；達到某種水平、標準；了解近況；敘舊

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