'Once In A While, It's Worth Making Cool Stuff For Its Own Sake:' Tesla CEO Elon Musk On Upcoming Roadster
'Once In A While, It's Worth Making Cool Stuff For Its Own Sake:' Tesla CEO Elon Musk On Upcoming Roadster
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk on Friday said that the company is making its upcoming Roadster vehicle because it is "cool" and hinted that it might not benefit the company shareholders or its financials.
特斯拉公司（納斯達克：TSLA）首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克週五表示，該公司正在製造即將推出的Roadster車型，是因爲它很「酷」，並暗示它可能不會給公司股東或財務帶來好處。
What Happened: "Yeah, once in a while, it's worth making cool stuff for its own sake," Musk wrote on X.
發生了什麼：馬斯克在X上寫道：「是的，偶爾爲了製作酷東西本身是值得的。」
The CEO was responding to an X user and Tesla shareholder who said they do not care if the Roadster is practical or will make enough profit to move the stock.
首席執行官回應了一位X用戶和特斯拉股東的話，他說他們不在乎Roadster是否實用，或者是否能夠爲公司創造足夠的利潤來推動股票的增長。
Yeah, once in a while, it's worth making cool stuff for its own sake
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 9, 2024
是的，偶爾爲了製作酷東西本身是值得的
— 埃隆·馬斯克（@elonmusk）August 9, 2024
Musk has previously warned that the upcoming Roadster will not move Tesla's financials in a big way.
馬斯克此前曾警告，即將推出的Roadster不會對特斯拉的財務狀況產生重大影響。
"Financially, it's sort of a small potato situation. It's not going to move the needle in a major way financially. It's not even the icing on the cake but the cherry on the icing on the cake," Musk said about the Roadster in an interview with Ford CEO Jim Farley in May 2023.
馬斯克在2023年5月接受福特CEO吉姆·法利的採訪中談到Roadster時說：「從財務上來看，這只是小菜一碟，不會在財務上有重大影響。這甚至不是裝飾蛋糕上的櫻桃，而是裝飾糖霜層上的櫻桃。」
Why It Matters: Tesla intends to start production of the new Roadster in 2025. The sports car will be a tribute to Tesla's first EV – the limited-production original Roadster produced by the company between 2008 and 2012.
爲了紀念特斯拉第一款電動車——公司在2008年至2012年期間生產的限量版Roadster，特斯拉打算在2025年開始生產新的Roadster，這是一款跑車。
While most of the engineering is complete, there are some more updates the company intends to make on the vehicle, Musk said during the company's second-quarter earnings call last week.
馬斯克在公司第二季度業績會上表示，雖然大部分工程已經完成，但公司還打算對車輛進行一些更新。
In February, Musk said that the upcoming Tesla Roadster can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than 1 second, lower than the company's initial estimate of 1.9 seconds. The vehicle relies on a collaboration between Musk's two companies- Tesla and rocket manufacturer SpaceX- to provide the incredible performance, he added.
馬斯克在今年2月表示，即將推出的特斯拉Roadster可以在不到1秒的時間內從零加速到60英里，低於該公司最初的估計值1.9秒。他補充說，這款車依靠馬斯克的兩家公司——特斯拉和火箭製造商SpaceX的合作來提供驚人的性能。
The new generation Roadster prototype was showcased at the end of the event dedicated to unveiling the Tesla Semi on November 16, 2017. Tesla then said the vehicle would be available starting in 2020 and priced around $200,000.
新一代Roadster原型車於2017年11月16日專門爲揭幕特斯拉Semi而舉行的活動結束時展示。特斯拉隨後表示，這款車將從2020年開始提供，並定價約爲20萬美元。
However, the production timeline for the vehicle has been pushed several times since.
然而，該車的生產時間表已經推遲了多次。
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