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外资车企在华大举扩张 面临产能过剩风险 Automakers Expanding in China May Soon Face Weakening Demand 外资车企在华大举扩张，面临产能过剩风险 SHANGHAI — The new $1.3 billion Cadillac factory on the outskirts of Shanghai is a shrine to modern manufacturing, the kind of facility that automakers all over the world dream of building but can seldom afford. 上海——这座位于上海郊区的凯迪拉克新工厂造价达13亿美元，是一座现代制造的神殿，全球各地的汽车制造商都梦想修建这样的工厂，但却没有几家负担得起它的成本。 Hundreds of robots bend, arch and twist to assemble the body of Cadillac’s new flagship CT6. Lasers seal the car’s lightweight aluminum exterior using techniques that the carmaker, General Motors, has only just introduced in the United States. Yardlong, bright yellow robots like mechanical Alaskan huskies tow five-foot-tall carts of auto parts to the assembly line. 数以百计的机器人弯曲、弓起，扭动着，组装凯迪拉克新旗舰车型CT6的车身。激光器对车辆的轻质铝外壳进行密封，这是其制造商通用汽车公司(General Motors)刚刚在美国推出的新技术。一码长的明黄色机器人好像一只只机械阿拉斯加哈士奇，把五英尺高、装着零件的拖车拉到装配线上。 “It’s more along the lines of aircraft technology than traditional, spot-welded steel bodies,” said Paul Buetow, G.M.’s head of manufacturing in China, as he strode along the assembly line. “这更像是飞行器技术的生产线，而不是传统的点焊钢铁车身，”通用汽车中国制造部门主管保罗·布托(Paul Buetow)一边沿着流水线走动一边说。 The factory is part of an aggressive expansion by automakers in China, the world’s largest market for new cars and the industry’s brightest hope for the last 15 years. But the country’s economy is now cooling, which could leave carmakers with too many factories and not enough buyers. 通用汽车在中国积极进行扩张，这个工厂是其部分成果。中国是全球最大的新车市场，也是未来15年里这个行业最大的希望。但中国经济正在降温，拥有太多工厂的汽车制造商可能不会有足够多的购车者。 G.M. will open a second, $1 billion factory in Wuhan next year. G.M.’s main rival in the Chinese market, Volkswagen, plans to open large assembly plants next year alongside its existing factories in the cities of Foshan, Ningbo and Yizheng and build one in Qingdao by 2018. Hyundai plans to complete a factory south of Beijing by October and another in Chongqing next year, while Chinese automakers like Great Wall and Changan are aggressively adding cap