XPeng CEO expects small number of cars to fly in the sky after 2024
XPeng CEO expects small number of cars to fly in the sky after 2024
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The current smart cars are not really smart cars, they are only in their infancy, and a few of them will be flying in the sky after 2024, and by 2030 they will take over the sky on a larger scale, $XPeng(XPEV.US)$ Motors Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng said today.
现在的智能汽车并不是真正的智能汽车，它们还处于初级阶段，2024年之后，它们中的一小部分将在天空中飞行，到2030年，它们将在更大范围内占据天空，$小鹏汽车-W(XPEV.US)$汽车董事长兼首席执行官何晓鹏今天表示。
He made these remarks in a speech at the 2021 China Analyst Conference organized by Chinese news portal Sina.
他是在中国新闻门户网站新浪组织的2021年中国分析师大会上发表讲话时说这番话的。
Today's cars were invented more than 100 years ago, and no new car company has yet been able to change the landscape on a deep level, he said, adding that the industry must work together to explore the changes in the future of transportation.
他说，今天的汽车是100多年前发明的，还没有一家新的汽车公司能够从深层次上改变格局，并补充说，该行业必须共同努力，探索未来交通运输的变化。
XPeng will begin exploring the Robotaxi business in the second half of 2022, and the actual operation of such a business for the industry could take years, but the company is confident in its exploration, he said.
小鹏汽车-W将于2022年下半年开始探索机器人出租车业务，该行业此类业务的实际运营可能需要数年时间，但他表示，该公司对其探索充满信心。
XPeng said in a conference call last week following the release of its third-quarter earnings that its Robotaxi business will first be piloted in Guangzhou and will start with XPilot 3.5 and gradually transition to XPilot 4.0.
小鹏汽车-W在上周发布第三季度财报后的电话会议上表示，其机器人出租车业务将首先在广州试点，并将从XPilot3.5开始，逐步过渡到XPilot4.0。
XPeng's strategic goal is to improve the robustness and safety of its autonomous driving algorithms in the short term through the operation of generalized scenarios, He said at the time in a conference call.
小鹏汽车-W当时在一次电话会议上表示，他的战略目标是通过通用场景的操作，在短期内提高其自动驾驶算法的健壮性和安全性。
Back to flying cars, on July 16, He unveiled the X2, built by its urban air mobility (UAM) company HT Aero, saying "this marks another step closer to a more widely used and safe flying car."
回到飞行汽车方面，7月16日，他揭开了X2的面纱，X2由其城市空中机动性(UAM)公司HT Aero制造，他说：“这标志着朝着更广泛使用和更安全的飞行汽车又迈进了一步。”
XPeng presented the X2 at the Chengdu Auto Show on August 29 and said the flying car was then being tested in extreme environments in high-altitude areas such as Xining and Yushu in Qinghai.
小鹏汽车-W在8月29日的成都车展上展示了X2，并表示这款飞车随后正在青海西宁、玉树等高海拔地区的极端环境中进行测试。
HT Aero plans to conduct test flights of the X2 in Europe in the first half of next year, the company said earlier this month.
HT Aero公司本月早些时候表示，该公司计划明年上半年在欧洲进行X2的试飞。
As the X2's successor, HT Aero's sixth-generation product is expected to have the skills to drive on public roads and also fly in the air.
作为X2的继任者，HT Aero的第六代产品预计将具备在公共道路上驾驶和在空中飞行的技能。
The company said it is currently ramping up the development of the product, which is expected to be officially released in 2024, HT Aero said.
HT Aero表示，该公司表示，目前正在加大该产品的开发力度，预计将于2024年正式发布。