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.
$特斯拉 (TSLA.US)$ 首席執行官 埃隆馬斯克 週六表示，其機器人出租車將看起來 “像未來”，同時使人們的希望黯淡 模型 2 設計。
What Happened: Musk was responding to a user who wrote that Tesla's $25,000 car and dedicated robotaxi offering will be Cybertruck-inspired.
發生了什麼： 馬斯克在回應一位用戶時寫道，特斯拉售價25,000美元的汽車和專門的機器人出租車產品將是 網絡卡車-靈感。
No, but Robotaxi will look like the future," Musk wrote, without elaborating.
不，但是Robotaxi看起來會像未來。” 馬斯克寫道，但沒有詳細說明。
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.
有傳言稱，這輛價值25,000美元的特斯拉汽車（綽號爲Model 2）和特斯拉的機器人出租車將採用受賽博卡車啓發的設計，這源於以下內容的摘錄 沃爾特·艾薩克森即將出版的馬斯克傳記由 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.
根據Axios援引傳記的報告，馬斯克正在推遲購買這輛價值25,000美元的電動汽車的計劃，轉而使用機器人出租車。儘管首席執行官希望機器人出租車專爲自動駕駛而設計，但鑑於特斯拉完善其全部自動駕駛能力的時間表更 “現實”，他的助手們希望採用更傳統的設計，包括方向盤和踏板。
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，馬斯克顯然決心不製造 “兩棲青蛙” 或 “中途車”，他說：“沒有鏡子，沒有踏板，沒有方向盤。這是我爲這個決定負責。”
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，據稱，助手們後來說服了馬斯克相信需要更便宜的電動汽車，而且特斯拉可以使用相同的裝配線在下一代工程平台上製造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.
爲什麼重要： 在7月份的公司第二季度業績電話會議上，馬斯克表示，其專用的機器人出租車將是一款以革命性的方式設計的革命性設計。
"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.
馬斯克說：“這將是迄今爲止所有汽車產量中最高的每小時產量，” 他補充說，他對此感到非常興奮。自2019年以來，馬斯克一直在吹捧特斯拉全自動駕駛汽車充當機器人出租車的想法。
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."
這種產品使特斯拉成爲一家十萬億美元的公司。” 據報道，他向艾薩克森講述了機器人出租車。“人們將在一百年後談論這一刻。”
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.
馬斯克本人也提出了小型電動汽車的想法，價格約爲25,000美元，低於目前最便宜的Model 3。在今年早些時候的特斯拉投資者日期間，馬斯克拒絕透露下一代汽車何時展出，同時補充說，如果他回答了這個問題，他就會過早行動。