Tesla's Franz Von Holzhausen, Cybertruck's Lead Designer, Celebrates 16 Years: 'Amazing What The Team Has Accomplished'
Tesla's Franz Von Holzhausen, Cybertruck's Lead Designer, Celebrates 16 Years: 'Amazing What The Team Has Accomplished'
Tesla Inc.'s Senior Design Executive Franz von Holzhausen, most known for his work on the design of the company's unconventional Cybertruck, celebrated his 16th work anniversary with the EV giant on Thursday.
特斯拉公司。”高級設計主管弗朗茲·馮·霍爾茨豪森週四慶祝了與這家電動汽車巨頭合作16週年，他最出名的是他在公司非常規的Cybertruck設計方面的工作。
What Happened: "16 years ago today I joined Tesla, amazing what the team has accomplished! So many more exciting things to come!" Holzhausen wrote on X. Holzhausen is among the longest-serving executives at Tesla.
發生了什麼：“16年前的今天，我加入了特斯拉，團隊取得的成就令人驚訝！還有更多令人興奮的事情即將到來！”霍爾茨豪森在談到X時寫道，霍爾扎森是特斯拉任職時間最長的高管之一。
According to the vehicle designer's LinkedIn profile, he has been at the company since August 2008, soon after the company started the production of its first EV – the first-generation Roadster. Before joining Tesla, Holzhausen also worked with Mazda, General Motors, and Volkswagen.
根據這位汽車設計師在LinkedIn上的個人資料，自2008年8月公司開始生產第一輛電動汽車——第一代敞篷跑車後不久，他一直在公司工作。在加入特斯拉之前，霍爾茨豪森還曾在馬自達、通用汽車和大衆汽車公司工作。
Since joining Tesla, Holzhausen has led the design of almost all of Tesla's EV models including its latest Cybertruck.
自加入特斯拉以來，霍爾茨豪森領導了特斯拉幾乎所有電動汽車車型的設計，包括其最新的Cybertruck。
Cybertruck Design: According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk's biography written by Walter Isaacson, Musk and Holzhausen had a product review session almost every Friday afternoon at the company's design studio since 2008. The two began contemplating ideas for a Tesla pickup truck in early 2017.
Cybertruck Design：根據沃爾特·艾薩克森撰寫的特斯拉首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克的傳記，自2008年以來，馬斯克和霍爾茨豪森幾乎每週五下午都在公司的設計工作室舉行產品評審會議。兩人於2017年初開始考慮特斯拉皮卡車的想法。
The two brainstormed ideas, aiming for a truck different in form and manufacturing than others in the market.
這兩個集思廣益，目標是打造一款在形式和製造上與市場上其他卡車不同的卡車。
The designer considered aluminum and even titanium before zeroing in on stainless steel for the vehicle's structure and built a full-size mock-up of the Cybertruck by July 2019, which won the approval of the CEO.
設計師在考慮使用不鏽鋼作爲車輛結構之前考慮了鋁甚至鈦，並於2019年7月建造了Cybertruck的全尺寸模型，該模型獲得了首席執行官的批准。
"A majority of people in this studio hated it," the designer told the biographer. "They were like, 'You can't be serious.' They didn't want to have anything to do with it. It was just too weird."
設計師告訴傳記作者：“這個工作室的大多數人都討厭它。”“他們說，'你不可能認真。'他們不想與之有任何關係。太奇怪了。”
The company subsequently unveiled the Cybertruck to the public in November 2019 and started delivering it to customers in November 2023.
該公司隨後於2019年11月向公衆推出了Cybertruck，並於2023年11月開始向客戶交付。
The vehicle has become a celebrity favorite since, likely due to the vehicle's unconventional design, high price point, and the few units available on the road.
從那以後，這輛車已成爲名人的最愛，這可能是由於該車輛的非常規設計，高昂的價格以及道路上可用的車輛很少。
Tesla is currently scaling the production of the Cybertruck and aims to make 250,000 annually by 2025. Musk has previously said that production, and not demand, is the biggest hurdle in ramping up Cybertruck deliveries.
特斯拉目前正在擴大Cybertruck的產量，目標是到2025年每年生產25萬輛。馬斯克此前曾表示，增加Cybertruck交付量的最大障礙是產量，而不是需求。
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Photo courtesy: Franz von Holzhausen
照片由 Franz von Holzhausen 提供