Elon Musk Wanted To Make A Vehicle For The Future, One That Blade Runner Would Drive
Elon Musk Wanted To Make A Vehicle For The Future, One That Blade Runner Would Drive
Electric vehicle company Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) completed its first deliveries of the highly anticipated Cybertruck electric pickup truck last week.
电动汽车公司特斯拉公司（纳斯达克股票代码：TSLA）上周完成了备受期待的Cybertruck电动皮卡的首次交付。
In a new interview, Tesla CEO Elon Musk went into details about the Cybertruck, why it was delayed and what he wished to accomplish.
在一次新的采访中，特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克详细介绍了Cybertruck、推迟的原因以及他希望实现的目标。
What Happened: Analysts praised the design of the Cybertruck, but remain cautiously optimistic about the pricing for the electric pickup truck.
发生了什么：分析师对Cybertruck的设计表示赞赏，但对电动皮卡的价格仍持谨慎乐观态度。
In an interview with automotive engineer Sandy Munro, Musk shared more details about the hardships of building the Cybertruck and getting it to production.
在接受汽车工程师桑迪·芒罗采访时，马斯克分享了更多关于建造Cybertruck并将其投入生产的困难的细节。
Musk said the regulatory tests were extremely difficult.
马斯克说，监管测试非常困难。
"Prototypes are easy, production is hard," Musk said.
马斯克说：“原型很容易，生产很难。”
Musk and Munro shared a technical discussion on the items added to the Cybertruck with Munro praising what Musk accomplished. In acknowledgment of the praise, Musk questioned if many of the items were breakthroughs for the Cybertuck.
马斯克和芒罗就Cybertruck中添加的物品进行了技术讨论，芒罗对马斯克取得的成就表示赞赏。在对这一赞誉表示认可时，马斯克质疑其中许多项目是否是Cybertuck的突破。
"What we're doing is we're making the obvious move, they seem very obvious to me."
“我们正在做的是采取显而易见的举动，这对我来说似乎很明显。”
Munro praised the steer-by-wire, roomier backseat in the Cybertruck and the windshield wiper, which Musk said is like a katana sword.
芒罗称赞了Cybertruck的线控转向、更宽敞的后座和挡风玻璃雨刷，马斯克说挡风玻璃雨刮器就像武士刀一样。
"I specifically wanted to make something that looks like the future," Musk added. "What car would Blade Runner drive?"
马斯克补充说：“我特别想做一些看起来像未来的东西。”“银翼杀手会开什么车？”
First unveiled in 2019, Tesla originally said the Cybertruck would hit production in 2021, but it faced several setbacks. Musk clarified reasons why the Cybertruck didn't hit the market until 2023.
特斯拉于2019年首次亮相，最初表示Cybertruck将在2021年投入生产，但它遇到了一些挫折。马斯克澄清了Cybertruck直到2023年才上市的原因。
"There was a worldwide pandemic, global chip shortage."
“发生了全球大流行，全球芯片短缺。”
Musk added that a shortage of so many parts wouldn't have made sense to bring the Cybertruck to market.
马斯克补充说，短缺这么多零件对于将Cybertruck推向市场是没有意义的。
"It would have made the company worse."
“这会让公司变得更糟。”
Musk said there was no point in bringing a new model to market when Tesla couldn't make enough of the cars it already was producing.
马斯克说，当特斯拉无法充分利用已经生产的汽车时，将新车型推向市场是没有意义的。
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What's Next: Musk was cautious when asked about future production numbers for the Cybertruck during his interview with Munro.
下一步是什么：在接受芒罗采访时，当被问及Cybertruck的未来产量时，马斯克持谨慎态度。
The Tesla CEO said it's hard to forecast the production ramp of vehicles with thousands of unique parts and processes to scale production.
特斯拉首席执行官表示，很难预测拥有数千种独特零件和工艺的汽车的产量增长以扩大生产。
Musk said the Cybertruck won't be material to Tesla's financials in 2024 and will make up just a small percentage of the vehicles the company makes.
马斯克说，Cybertruck在2024年不会对特斯拉的财务状况产生重大影响，仅占该公司生产的汽车的一小部分。
"It will probably be material in 2025."
“它可能会在2025年成为材料。”
TSLA Price Action: Tesla shares traded at $238.72 at market close Tuesday versus a 52-week trading range of $101.81 to $299.29. Shares of Tesla are up 120% year-to-date in 2023.
TSLA价格走势：周二收盘时，特斯拉股价为238.72美元，而52周的交易区间为101.81美元至299.29美元。2023年迄今为止，特斯拉的股价已上涨120％。
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