新款Roadster的发布堪称特斯拉的经典风格：一场盛大的表演，似乎把科幻变成了现实，但关键细节却寥寥无几。
The debut of the new Roadster was classic Tesla: a grand spectacle that seemed to turn science fiction into reality, and light on a few key details.
周四，在德克萨斯州的SpaceX测试场地进行的演示，兑现了特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克长期以来的承诺——下一代Roadster将具备飞行能力。然而，实际生产版的Roadster是否真的能够悬停和垂直加速，甚至在何处可以合法这样做，仍不明确。价格也尚未公布。
Thursday’s demonstration at a SpaceX test site in Texas made good on a longtime promise from Chief Executive Elon Musk that the next Roadster would be capable of flight. Whether the actual production Roadster will be capable of hovering and vertical acceleration—or where it could even legally do so—is unclear. The price tag also wasn’t announced.
Roadster或许无法让车主实现《回到未来》般在交通上空飞驰的幻想。但汽车专家和分析师表示，即使特斯拉不太可能长期投入更多飞行汽车，这款车仍可能为公司带来价值。
The Roadster might not make drivers’ Back to the Future fantasies of soaring over traffic come true. But auto experts and analysts say it could still drive value for Tesla, even if the company isn’t likely to lean in to more flying cars long term.
特斯拉官网将顶级Roadster型号“火箭”（Rocket）描述为配备“完整飞行系统”，且仅限邀请购买。公司表示，这是一款单座车辆，目前尚未获批用于公共道路。谁将受邀拥有它尚不清楚。（特斯拉未回应置评请求。）另一款性能较低的“性能版”（Performance）可容纳两人，且无推进器，被描述为“可上路”；而“推进版”（Thrust）则被描述为“赛道就绪”。
The top Roadster model called the “Rocket” is described on Tesla’s website as being equipped with “a full flight system” and is invite-only. The company says that it is a one-seat vehicle not currently approved for public-road use. It isn’t clear who will be invited to own one. (Tesla didn’t respond to a request for comment.) A less advanced “Performance” version, with seating for two and without the thrusters, is described as “road-ready,” while a “Thrust” version is described as “race-ready.”If the final production car is capable of flight, it could be limited to use at a specific, controlled site, like certain non-street-legal supercars from Ferrari or Pagani.
如果最终量产车真能飞行，其使用可能仅限于特定受控场地，类似某些非街道合法的超级跑车，如法拉利或帕加尼的车型——这些车仅限于赛道使用。
Those vehicles are restricted to use on race tracks.
至少有一位政客在关注Roadster。“我们会确保它合法，”佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯周四晚上在X上写道。“至少可以用来超越‘村庄’里的高尔夫球车。”
At least one politician is looking out for the Roadster. “We will make sure that it’s legal,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wrote on X on Thursday night. “At a minimum could be used to leapfrog golf carts in the Villages.”
Roadster的推进版和火箭版含有冷气推进器，即释放气体以推动车辆的小型火箭。据说这项技术源自SpaceX；SpaceX与特斯拉的合并长期以来一直被理论化。这两款车型要么是仅限邀请，要么是“限量发布”。所有Roadster都配备有风吸系统，可在高速时使汽车紧贴路面。该系统从底部吸入空气，产生下压力以将车辆固定在道路上。另一款英国的McMurtry Spéirling电动超级跑车也采用了类似的设置。“这辆车真的很‘吸’，”马斯克在周四的演示中说。
The Roadster’s Thrust and Rocket variants contain cold-gas thrusters, small rockets that release gas to propel the vehicle. This is said to be derived from SpaceX technology; a merger between SpaceX and Tesla has long been theorized. The two models are either invite-only or “limited release.”All Roadsters have a fan-suction system that can make the car hug the pavement at high speeds. The system pulls air from underneath, creating downforce to anchor the vehicle to the road. Another electric supercar, Britain’s McMurtry Spéirling, uses a similar setup. “This car really sucks,” Musk said at Thursday’s demonstration.
高管们吹嘘其最高时速超过230英里。Roadster的推进版据说能在不到一秒的时间内从0加速到60英里每小时。目前尚不清楚它在何处使用是合法的。
Executives boast a top speed above 230 miles an hour. The Roadster’s Thrust variant is said to hit 0 to 60 miles an hour in less than a second. It isn’t clear where this would be legal for use.
这些数据很可能使Roadster成为当前生产中最快的汽车。特斯拉表示，基础版Roadster可在1.6秒内达到60英里每小时，比目前道路上的高性能汽车稍快一些，包括特斯拉的Model S Plaid。
Those numbers would likely make the Roadster the quickest car in current production. Tesla said the baseline Roadster can achieve 60 mph in 1.6 seconds, a bit faster than high-performance cars on the road today, including Tesla’s Model S Plaid.
马斯克周四向买家承诺，Roadster将于2028年开始生产——“实际上，真的会这样。”但该公司最初曾表示将在2020年开始生产该车型，这一计划从未实现，后来又错过了其他目标。一些特斯拉忠实粉丝在支付高达25万美元的定金后，已经等待了近十年才等到他们的Roadster。一些旁观者表示，只有看到实车才会相信2028年这一时间点。
Musk promised buyers on Thursday that the Roadster would begin production in 2028—“actually, for real.”But the company had initially said it would start producing the vehicle in 2020, which never happened, and later missed other targets. Some Tesla loyalists have been waiting nearly a decade for their Roadsters after putting down deposits of up to $250,000. Some onlookers say they will believe 2028 when they see it.
“鉴于特斯拉过去20年的历史，我几乎不抱希望它会真的在2028年投产，”汽车咨询公司Telemetry的研究副总裁萨姆·阿布埃萨米德说。
“Given Tesla’s history over the last 20 years, I have almost no expectation that it will actually go into production in 2028,” said Sam Abuelsamid, a vice president of research at automotive advisory firm Telemetry.
特斯拉迄今已制造了四到五辆Roadster原型车，工程总监拉尔斯·莫拉维在与经典汽车保险公司Hagerty的视频中表示。
Tesla has so far built four or five Roadster prototypes, engineering chief Lars Moravy said in a video with classic-car insurer Hagerty.
Roadster不太可能大规模生产，因此它可能不会成为特斯拉业务中在产量方面的重要组成部分。
The Roadster isn’t expected to be produced at a massive scale, so it might not wind up being a significant part of Tesla’s business in terms of volume.
分析师兼特斯拉看涨派丹·艾夫斯在一份报告中表示，该车辆可能不会成为公司的主要收入来源。“它的作用是恢复品牌在高端市场的光环，”他写道。
Analyst and Tesla bull Dan Ives said in a note that the vehicle would likely not be a major source of revenue for the company. “What it does is restore the brand halo at the top of the market,” he wrote.
该车辆也可能在特斯拉未来的产品线中发挥重要作用，成为其唯一由人类驾驶的汽车，因为公司正在进一步深入自动驾驶、人工智能和机器人领域。也就是说，如果它能够实现。
The vehicle may also play an important role in Tesla’s lineup someday as its only car driven by humans, as the company leans further into autonomous driving, AI and robotics. That is, if it materializes.
参加周四活动的加州企业家菲尔·特鲁贝对他的Roadster无法更早进入生产感到失望。他为这辆车预付了25万美元。“这一点令人遗憾；又要等两年，然后，谁知道呢？”他说。
Phil Trubey, a California entrepreneur who attended Thursday’s event, was disappointed that his Roadster isn’t entering production sooner. He prepaid $250,000 for his car. “That part was unfortunate; another two-year wait, and then, who knows?” he said.
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