Tesla CEO Elon Musk Says Warren Buffett-Backed EV Maker BYD Should Change Approach To Autonomy 'Fast Or They're In Trouble'
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Says Warren Buffett-Backed EV Maker BYD Should Change Approach To Autonomy 'Fast Or They're In Trouble'
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk warned on Wednesday that its biggest rival, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway-backed Chinese EV maker BYD Co Ltd (OTC:BYDDY), needs to change its approach to vehicle autonomy fast to avoid going obsolete.
特斯拉公司（纳斯达克股票代码：TSLA）首席执行官埃隆·马斯克周三警告说，其最大的竞争对手，沃伦·巴菲特的伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司支持的中国电动汽车制造商比亚迪有限公司（场外交易代码：BYDDY）需要快速改变其汽车自动驾驶方针，以避免过时。
What Happened: "BYD needs to change course fast or they're in trouble," Musk wrote on X in response. In a subsequent post, Musk clarified that he meant "trouble" to mean going obsolete.
发生了什么：“比亚迪需要快速改变方向，否则他们会遇到麻烦，” 马斯克在X上回应道。在随后的文章中，马斯克澄清说，他的意思是 “麻烦”，意思是过时。
The CEO was responding to a comment from a BYD spokesperson Li Yunfei from April 2023 that fully autonomous driving is "basically impossible." Yunfei then said that businesses that invest a lot of money into self-driving technology will prove it leads nowhere after many years.
首席执行官回应了比亚迪发言人李云飞在2023年4月发表的评论，即完全自动驾驶 “基本上是不可能的”。云飞随后表示，在自动驾驶技术上投入大量资金的企业将证明其在多年后一无所获。
BYD needs to change course fast or they're in trouble
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 31, 2024
比亚迪需要快速改变路线，否则他们会遇到麻烦
— 埃隆·马斯克 (@elonmusk) 2024 年 7 月 31 日
The spokesperson's comment came into focus yet again after Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) announced a partnership with BYD to bring 100,000 new BYD vehicles onto the Uber platform across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The two companies, Uber said, will also collaborate on future BYD autonomous-capable vehicles to be deployed on the Uber platform.
在优步科技（纽约证券交易所代码：UBER）宣布与比亚迪合作，将在欧洲、拉丁美洲、中东、加拿大、澳大利亚和新西兰向优步平台推出10万辆比亚迪新车之后，发言人的评论再次成为人们关注的焦点。优步表示，两家公司还将合作开发未来的比亚迪自动驾驶汽车，将部署在优步平台上。
Why It Matters: Tesla is currently laser-focused on vehicle autonomy and is attempting to improve its full self-driving (FSD) driver assistance software to enable vehicles to operate without human intervention. However, it presently requires active driver supervision.
为何重要：特斯拉目前专注于车辆自动驾驶，并正在尝试改进其全自动驾驶（FSD）驾驶辅助软件，使车辆能够在没有人为干预的情况下运行。但是，它目前需要积极的驾驶员监督。
Tesla is also looking to launch a dedicated robotaxi product on Oct. 10.
特斯拉还计划在10月10日推出一款专用的机器人出租车产品。
Musk remains optimistic that Tesla will eventually achieve true autonomy, comparing self-driving cars to elevators that transport passengers to their destinations.
马斯克仍然乐观地认为，特斯拉最终将实现真正的自主权，将自动驾驶汽车与运送乘客前往目的地的电梯进行了比较。
"Even if I got kidnapped by aliens tomorrow, Tesla will solve autonomy, maybe a little slower, but it would solve autonomy for vehicles at least," Musk said during Tesla's first-quarter earnings call. "If somebody doesn't believe Tesla is going to solve autonomy, I think they should not be an investor in the company."
马斯克在特斯拉第一季度财报电话会议上说：“即使我明天被外星人绑架，特斯拉也会解决自动驾驶问题，可能要慢一点，但至少可以解决车辆的自动驾驶问题。”“如果有人不相信特斯拉会解决自主权问题，我认为他们不应该成为该公司的投资者。”
Musk reiterated the same sentiment during the company's second-quarter earnings call last month.
马斯克在上个月的公司第二季度财报电话会议上重申了同样的观点。
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