Musk hints at 'compact cars' rolling out of Tesla's new Berlin 'gigafactory'馬斯克暗示「緊湊車型」建造特斯拉柏林「千兆工廠」
Elon Musk says the electric car gigafactory Tesla is currently building outside Berlin could become the largest battery cell plant in the world and he was "excited about doing some original design" at the new factory.
"It will be capable of over 100 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year of production and then possibly over time going to 200 or 250 GWh a year," Musk said. "I am very confident that at that point it would be the largest battery cell plant in the world."
馬斯克說，目前正在柏林外建設中的特斯拉電動車giga工廠，是世界最大蓄電池廠，他很高興做了新工廠的原創設計。
工廠將達到年產能100千兆瓦，然後可能會超過200或250千兆瓦每年。那樣的話，我很有信心這將是世界上最大的蓄電池生產廠。
Musk went on to hint at the sort of cars Tesla willaim to produce first, revealing that a small compact car like a hatchback"would be a wise place to start."
"I was driving a model X around Berlin and we hadquite a bit of trouble finding a parking spot where we could fit," hesaid. Adding: "It would make sense to do a compact car, perhaps ahatchback or something like that."
馬斯克接著暗示說特斯拉的這種車目標是第一個生產像「開啟聰明空間」的掀背車一樣的小型車。
我當時正開著一輛model X 在柏林轉，我們不太好找合適的車位，馬斯克補充說，做小型車是有意義的，可能是掀背車或類似的車。
Tesla's Berlin factory will be its first production facility in Europe and could start churning out vehicles as soon as next summer. Eventually, it could assemble as many as 500,000 cars a year.
Investors clearly see the potential in electric power. Tesla's skyrocketing share price pushed Musk past Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to become the world's second-richest person, only behind Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. The 49-year-old's net worth now sits at an eye-watering $128 billion.
Musk, who is also the co-founder of the space exploration firm SpaceX, was speaking at the European Battery Conference on Tuesday, a three-day event exploring the future of battery production in Europe.
馬斯克柏林工廠將是他第一家歐洲生產廠，能在明年夏天開始量產，最終每年可組裝50萬臺車。
投資者很清楚的看到電池動力的潛力，據貝隆伯格億萬富豪榜單，特斯拉瘋漲的股價讓馬斯克超過微軟聯合創始人比爾蓋茨成為世界第二富豪，僅次於亞馬遜創始人傑夫.貝索斯。難以想像，這個49歲的人淨資產坐擁128億美元。
馬斯克，也是太空探測公司SpaceX的聯合創始人，在周二歐洲電池會議上發言，這個為期三天的會議，探索歐洲未來的電池生產。
Green industrial revolution 'more important than fighting terrorism'
The EU sees its green transition as a golden ticket to the future – one filled with sustainable, competitive economies and an abundant source of new jobs. Batteries will be key to hitting the bloc's ambitious target of climate neutrality by 2050.
They can cleanly power cars and store energy from wind turbines or solar farms, essential to wean Europe off fossil fuels without much sacrifice to living standards. Transport alone accounts for more than a quarter of Europe's greenhouse gas emissions.
綠色工業革命比抗擊恐怖主義更重要
歐洲把綠色能源轉換看作未來的一張金票——充滿可持續、具競爭力的經濟和新工作的豐富來源。電池將是敲開2050年前氣候中和遠大目標障礙的關鍵。
他們能清潔能源汽車並從風力渦輪機或太陽能發電廠儲存能量，讓歐洲基本不犧牲生活標準而脫離化石燃料。僅交通就佔到歐洲溫室氣體排放的1/4還多。
"It is an industrial revolution," Germany's Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier told the conference. "It's more important than the fight against terrorism, and perhaps one day we'll say it's even more important than COVID-19."
European governments and firms have already invested billions of dollars in research and development, but the battery market is a crowded space. It's an industry dominated by China, which accounts for more than 80 percent of lithium-ion cell production.
But Europe's efforts to make a mark are starting to pay off. Some 15 new battery cell plants are being built across Europe, including Chinese battery maker CATL's German facility and South Korea's SK Innovation's second factory in Hungary. By 2025, Brussels said European plants would provide enough cells to power at least 6 million electric vehicles.
"I am confident that by 2025, the EU will be able to produce enough battery cells to meet the needs of the European automotive industry and even to build our capacity," European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic told the crowd.
這是一場工業革命，德國經濟事務和能源部長在會議上說，這比抗擊恐怖主義更重要，或許有一天我們會說，這比抗擊新冠疫情更重要。
歐洲政府和公司在研發上已投入數億美元，但電池市場是個擁擠的市場。這個產業被中國主導，佔據鋰離子電池生產超過80%的份額。
但歐洲所做的努力開始有了結果，歐洲範圍內15個新的電池工廠正在建，包括中國電池製造商「寧德」德國工廠和韓國「SK創新」在匈牙利的第二家工廠。2025年前，歐洲工廠將提供至少600萬輛汽車的充足電池能源。
歐盟副主席告訴媒體記者們，我有信心到2025年，歐洲將能生產足夠達到歐洲汽車動力產業的需求並建立我們自己的產能。
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