Bicycle and car production since 1950
1950年來的自行車和汽車產(chǎn)量

FAT-BUSTING but not wallet-busting, the humble bicycle is an increasingly popular choice of transport. Around 130m bikes rolled off production lines in 2007 and even more are set to be made this year. Bicycle and car production grew pretty much in tandem in the two decades beginning in 1950. But since 1970 bike production has nearly quadrupled while car production has roughly doubled. Much of the recent growth has been driven by electric bikes; production has doubled since 2004, to 21m.
由于能減肥卻不需花大價(jià)錢，不起眼的自行車正日益成為一種流行的供人選擇的交通工具。2007年約有1.3億輛自 行車出產(chǎn)，今年的產(chǎn)量則會(huì)更大。自1950年到1970年的20年間，自行車和汽車產(chǎn)量均有較大增長。但自1970年以來，自行車產(chǎn)量翻了兩番，而汽車產(chǎn) 量不過約是原來的2倍。最近自行車產(chǎn)量的增長主要是由于電動(dòng)自行車的推動(dòng)。2004年以來電動(dòng)自行車產(chǎn)量已翻了一番，達(dá)到了2100萬輛。