Bill Gates Once Pinned Price As Hurdle To Mass EV Adoption: Now, Tesla, Lucid And Rivian Are Gearing Up To Launch Cheaper EV Models
Bill Gates Once Pinned Price As Hurdle To Mass EV Adoption: Now, Tesla, Lucid And Rivian Are Gearing Up To Launch Cheaper EV Models
"This approach will result in achieving less cost reduction than previously expected but enables us to prudently grow our vehicle volumes in a more capex-efficient manner during uncertain times."Many, including Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk and Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, have previously flagged the high price point of electric vehicles, as compared to gas counterparts, as hindering mass adoption of EVs. However, EV makers are now gearing up to make more affordable models.
包括特斯拉公司（納斯達克股票代碼：TSLA）首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克和微軟公司聯合創始人比爾·蓋茨在內的許多人此前都表示，與汽油汽車相比，電動汽車的高價位阻礙了電動汽車的大規模採用。但是，電動汽車製造商現在正準備生產更實惠的車型。
EV Giant Paves The Way: During Tesla's third-quarter earnings in October, the company said that it is preparing to launch new vehicles, including more affordable models, starting in the first half of 2025.
電動汽車巨頭鋪平了道路：在特斯拉10月份的第三季度業績中，該公司表示準備從2025年上半年開始推出新車，包括更實惠的車型。
"These vehicles will utilize aspects of the next-generation platform as well as aspects of our current platforms and will be able to be produced on the same manufacturing lines as our current vehicle line-up," the company then said.
該公司隨後表示：「這些汽車將利用下一代平台的各個方面以及我們當前平台的各個方面，並將能夠在與我們目前的汽車陣容相同的生產線上生產。」
"This approach will result in achieving less cost reduction than previously expected but enables us to prudently grow our vehicle volumes in a more capex-efficient manner during uncertain times."
「這種方法將降低成本的幅度低於先前的預期，但使我們能夠在不確定的時期以更具資本支出效率的方式謹慎地增加汽車產量。」
Startups Follow Track: EV startup Rivian Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ:RIVN), meanwhile, intends to start production of R2 in the first half of 2026.
初創公司緊隨其後：電動汽車初創公司利維安汽車公司（納斯達克股票代碼：RIVN）打算在2026年上半年開始生產R2。
The R2 SUV is expected to be priced at around $45,000, making it a cheaper and more mass-market offering than the company's R1 vehicles which have a starting price of around $70,000.
預計R2 SUV的售價約爲45,000美元，與該公司的起價約爲7萬美元的R1汽車相比，其價格更便宜，更適合大衆市場。
Lucid Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:LCID) is also looking forward to starting production of a high-volume midsized platform priced at around $48,000 in late 2026 as a direct competitor to Tesla's mass-market offerings Model 3 and Model Y.
Lucid Motors Inc.（納斯達克股票代碼：LCID）也期待在2026年底開始生產定價約爲48,000美元的大批量中型平台，作爲特斯拉大衆市場產品Model 3和Model Y的直接競爭對手。
Legacy Players Strive To Keep Up: Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) CEO Jim Farley said in February that it developed a "super-talented skunkworks team" to create a low-cost EV platform two years ago and they have developed a flexible platform that will be deployed to several types of vehicles.
傳統玩家努力跟上步伐：福特汽車公司紐約證券交易所代碼：F）首席執行官吉姆·法利在二月份表示，它在兩年前組建了一個 「超級有才華的臭鼬團隊」，以創建低成本的電動汽車平台，他們開發了一個靈活的平台，將部署到多種類型的車輛上。
However, in August, Ford said that it is killing its plans to build a three-row electric SUV, initially slated for production in 2025. The company also postponed its plans for a new electric version of its F-150 pickup to 2027 and said it will start making a new electric commercial van in 2026.
但是，福特在8月份表示，它將取消其製造三排電動SUV的計劃，該計劃最初定於2025年生產。該公司還將其 F-150 皮卡的新電動版本的計劃推遲到2027年，並表示將在2026年開始生產新的電動商用貨車。
More details on the company's EV strategy are now expected in the first half of 2025.
現在預計將在2025年上半年公佈有關該公司電動汽車戰略的更多細節。
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