特斯拉廉價車Model 3預訂量超預期
Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk says pre-orders of the firm's much-anticipated Model 3 electric car currently total 276,000.
特斯拉創始人兼首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克近日表示，公司備受期待的新型電動汽車Model 3的訂單總數已達到276000份之多。The California-based firm unveiled the five-seater car - its lowest-cost vehicle to date - on last Thursday.
總部位於加利福利亞的特斯拉公司於上週四舉行了這一新款五座型轎車的發佈會。該車型也是特斯拉公司目前爲止造價最低的車型。Pre-orders of the Model 3 will not necessarily all translate into actual sales when the car is released, with first deliveries in late 2017. It can be ordered in advance in dozens of countries, including the UK, Republic of Ireland, Brazil, India, China and New Zealand. Potential car owners need to put down 1,000 dollars deposits to reserve their vehicles.
Model3最早將於2017年下半年上市，而提前預訂並不意味着最後就能買到。這款新車可以在全球包括英國，愛爾蘭，巴西，印度，中國和新西蘭在內的10餘個國家提前預訂。潛在的車主需交納1000美元的訂金來預訂自己的車輛。
Such has been the interest that Mr Musk tweeted the company was "definitely going to need to rethink production planning". Mr Musk has said his goal is to produce about 500,000 vehicles a year once production is at full capacity.
有鑑於此，馬斯克在推特上表示，特斯拉公司“必須重新規劃生產能力”。馬斯克表示，一旦公司生產能力達到最佳水平，每年將生產約50萬輛汽車。The basic model will start at 35,000 dollars (24,423 pounds) and have a range of at least 215 miles (346 km) per charge.
這款車型的售價爲35000美元（摺合24,423英鎊），每次充電可至少行駛215英里（摺合346公里）。Tesla delivered 50,580 vehicles last year. Most of those were its Model S saloon, which overtook Nissan's Leaf to become the world's best selling pure-electric vehicle.
特斯拉去年賣出了50580輛汽車，其中大多數爲四座型的Model S，這一成績超過了尼桑的Leaf，成爲世界上最暢銷的純電動汽車。But the firm still posted a net loss of 889m dollars (620m pounds) for 2015, partly because it spent 718m dollars on research and development over the period.
但特斯拉2015年仍淨虧損8億8千9百萬美元（合6億2千萬英鎊），一部分原因是其在研發上投入了7億1千8百萬美元。The company is facing competition from other electric cars with a similar price and range that will become available first, including General Motors' Chevy Bolt and BYD's Qin EV300.
特斯拉現在正面臨着與其他公司電動汽車的競爭。這些汽車與其新車的價格相近，行駛里程也相差無多，其中就包括通用的Chevy Bolt和比亞迪的Qin EV300。
