想在未来亲自驾驶特斯拉吗？做好付钱的准备吧。周四，特斯拉CEO埃隆·马斯克在一次重力挑战的演示中揭晓了全新Roadster。这辆汽车吸附在垂直坡道的侧面，倒着行驶，短暂飞起，平稳落地，随后还在一排特斯拉车辆上跳跃并旋转。这些特技是通过自动驾驶编排完成的，马斯克说 — — 但Roadster车主最终将能够手动操控方向盘。
Want to physically drive a Tesla in the future? Get ready to pay up. On Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the new Roadster with a gravity-defying demo. The car suctioned to the side of a vertical ramp, drove upside down, briefly flew, stuck the landing, and later bunny-hopped and twirled over a standing lineup of other Tesla vehicles. The stunts were choreographed with autonomy, Musk said — but Roadster owners will eventually be able to manually take the wheel.
这将使其在特斯拉车型中独一无二。“从长远来看，这实际上将是特斯拉唯一生产的手动驾驶汽车，”马斯克在台上表示，随后特斯拉首席工程师拉尔斯·莫拉维补充道：“你有时候得玩点乐子。”特斯拉尚未公布该车的最终价格，但我们知道它将 firmly 处于豪华超跑级别。公司的预订队列要求想要购买基础Performance版本的客户先支付5万美元定金，且需在10天内付清。
That will make it unique in Tesla's lineup. "This will actually be, long-term, the only manually driven car that Tesla makes," Musk said on stage, before Tesla's lead engineer, Lars Moravy, added, "You gotta have some fun sometimes." Tesla hasn't revealed the car's final price, but we know it'll firmly be in the luxury supercar tier. The company's reservation queue asks customers who want the base Performance trim to fork over a $50,000, due within 10 days.
仅此一项定金，就接近美国平均汽车的价格，而且这还不包括车辆的最终售价。我们目前能掌握的最佳价格估算可追溯至2017年，当时特斯拉首次宣布将重新推出Roadster。当时，该汽车制造商向想要购买创始人系列车型的人收取了25万美元的定金。与此同时，特斯拉一直在加大对更注重价格的车型的自动驾驶推广力度。
That reservation, alone, is nearly the price of an average car in America, and it doesn't capture the car's final price. Our best pricing ballpark dates back to 2017, when Tesla first said it was bringing back the Roadster. At the time, the automaker collected $250,000 payments from people who wanted a Founder Series model. Meanwhile, Tesla has been ramping up its autonomy push for its more price-conscious vehicles.
9月，它开始推出Cybercab — — 一种高度依赖自动驾驶的车辆，甚至没有方向盘、刹车踏板或侧视镜。特斯拉表示，它希望最终以低于3万美元的单价将这些车辆卖给消费者。在最近的财报电话会议上，马斯克还称赞了来自Cybertruck、Model Y和Model 3车主订阅全自动驾驶（监督版）的经常性收入。马斯克多次谈论一个驾驶将变得过时的世界。
In September, it started rolling out the Cybercab — a vehicle that leans so heavily into self-driving that it has no steering wheel, brake pedals, or side mirrors. Tesla says it wants to eventually sell those cars to consumers at less than $30,000 apiece. On recent earnings calls, Musk has also praised the recurring revenue from subscriptions of Full Self-Driving (Supervised) from Cybertruck, Model Y, and Model 3 owners. Musk has talked a lot about a world where driving becomes obsolete.
他曾将驾驶汽车比作操作电梯 — — 这一职业在20世纪中叶随着电梯实现自动化而基本被淘汰。
He has compared driving a car to operating an elevator, a profession that was largely phased out in the mid-20th century as elevators became automated.
“现在，你只需进入，按下按钮，如果定期检查，现代电梯就非常安全，”他在3月份在X上写道。将驾驶视为电梯操作需要一个相当大的飞跃。驾驶仍然是一种爱好、一项运动，而且——对许多人来说——是一种自豪感的来源。莫拉维本人也承认，驾驶很有趣。在马斯克对其汽车制造商未来的愿景中，驾驶员仍有可能控制自己的特斯拉并享受这种乐趣。他们只需要动用自己的支票簿。
"Now, you just get in, press a button and a modern elevator, if inspected regularly, is extremely safe," he wrote on X in March. Treating driving like elevator operation requires a pretty big leap. Driving is still a hobby, a sport, and — for many people — a point of pride. By Moravy's own admission, driving is fun. There's still a chance in Musk's vision of his carmaker's future that drivers can control their own Tesla and lean into that fun. They'll just need to open their checkbooks.