大众、宝马等合资成立的充电网络初创公司Ionity正就大幅扩大其欧洲电动汽车充电网络进行谈判，以跟上欧洲电动汽车销量增长的步伐。请看本报昨日的报道：

A venture formed by Volkswagen AG, BMW AG and other automakers are in talks to substantially expand its European electric car charging network to keep pace with rising sales of battery-powered vehicles.

报道中的keep pace with就是“跟上、保持同步”的意思。例如：

In this business we have to keep pace with our foreign competitors.

在这个行业内我们需要跟上国外竞争者的步伐。