Elon Musk Says Tesla's Robotaxi 'Will Look Like The Future' — Remains Mum On $25K Model 2
Elon Musk Says Tesla's Robotaxi 'Will Look Like The Future' — Remains Mum On $25K Model 2
$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ CEO Elon Musk on Saturday said that its robotaxi vehicles will look "like the future" while dimming hopes on the Model 2 design.
$特斯拉 (TSLA.US)$ 首席执行官 埃隆马斯克 周六表示，其机器人出租车将看起来 “像未来”，同时使人们的希望黯淡 模型 2 设计。
What Happened: Musk was responding to a user who wrote that Tesla's $25,000 car and dedicated robotaxi offering will be Cybertruck-inspired.
发生了什么： 马斯克在回应一位用户时写道，特斯拉售价25,000美元的汽车和专门的机器人出租车产品将是 网络卡车-灵感。
No, but Robotaxi will look like the future," Musk wrote, without elaborating.
不，但是Robotaxi看起来会像未来。” 马斯克写道，但没有详细说明。
The rumor that the $25,000 Tesla car, nicknamed Model 2, and the robotaxi from Tesla will have a Cybertruck-inspired design stems from excerpts of Walter Isaacson's upcoming biography of Musk published by Axios.
有传言称，这辆价值25,000美元的特斯拉汽车（绰号为Model 2）和特斯拉的机器人出租车将采用受赛博卡车启发的设计，这源于以下内容的摘录 沃尔特·艾萨克森即将出版的马斯克传记由 Axios。
According to the report by Axios citing the biography, Musk was pushing back plans on the $25,000 electric vehicle in favor of the robotaxi. While the CEO wanted the robotaxi to be made for autonomous driving, his aides wanted a more conventional design with steering wheels and pedals given their more "realistic" timeline for Tesla perfecting its full self-driving capability.
根据Axios援引传记的报告，马斯克正在推迟购买这辆价值25,000美元的电动汽车的计划，转而使用机器人出租车。尽管首席执行官希望机器人出租车专为自动驾驶而设计，但鉴于特斯拉完善其全部自动驾驶能力的时间表更 “现实”，他的助手们希望采用更传统的设计，包括方向盘和踏板。
Musk, however, was apparently determined not to make a "amphibian frog" or a "halfway car," and said, "No mirrors, no pedals, no steering wheel. This is me taking responsibility for this decision."
但是，马斯克显然决心不制造 “两栖青蛙” 或 “中途车”，他说：“没有镜子，没有踏板，没有方向盘。这是我为这个决定负责。”
The aides, however, allegedly convinced Musk later of the need for a cheaper EV and that Tesla could build both the Model 2 and the robotaxi on a next generation engineering platform using the same assembly lines.
但是，据称，助手们后来说服了马斯克相信需要更便宜的电动汽车，而且特斯拉可以使用相同的装配线在下一代工程平台上制造Model 2和robotaxi。
Why It Matters: During the company's second quarter earnings call in July, Musk said that its dedicated robotaxi will be a revolutionary design made in a revolutionary way.
为什么重要： 在7月份的公司第二季度财报电话会议上，马斯克表示，其专用的机器人出租车将是一款以革命性的方式设计的革命性设计。
"It'll be by far the highest units per hour of any vehicle production ever," Musk said, while adding that he was very excited about the same. Musk has been touting the idea of fully autonomous Tesla vehicles functioning as a robotaxi since 2019.
马斯克说：“这将是迄今为止所有汽车产量中最高的每小时产量，” 他补充说，他对此感到非常兴奋。自2019年以来，马斯克一直在吹捧特斯拉全自动驾驶汽车充当机器人出租车的想法。
This is the product that makes Tesla a ten-trillion company," he reportedly told Isaacson about the robotaxi. "People will be talking about this moment in a hundred years."
这种产品使特斯拉成为一家十万亿美元的公司。” 据报道，他向艾萨克森讲述了机器人出租车。“人们将在一百年后谈论这一刻。”
Musk had himself introduced the idea of a smaller EV priced at about $25,000, lower than its current cheapest offering Model 3. During Tesla investor day earlier this year, Musk refused to say when the next-generation vehicle would be showcased while adding that he would be jumping the gun if he answered the question.
马斯克本人也提出了小型电动汽车的想法，价格约为25,000美元，低于目前最便宜的Model 3。在今年早些时候的特斯拉投资者日期间，马斯克拒绝透露下一代汽车何时展出，同时补充说，如果他回答了这个问题，他就会过早行动。