勞斯萊斯要改行做飛機了？而且有望打破世界紀錄大綱
Rolls-Royce has revealed plans for a record breaking elecrtic plane capable of reaching 300mph.
勞斯萊斯正在計劃開發能達到破紀錄的每小時300英里的電動飛機。
Called Accel, the firm hopes it will take to the skies next year to claim a world record.
勞斯萊斯將飛機取名爲Accel，希望能在明年試飛並打破世界記錄。
The current record for an all-electric plane, set by Siemens in 2017, is 210 mph - which the Accel could smash.
目前，最快行駛記錄是由Siemens全電動飛機在2017年達到的210英里每小時。Accel將有希望打破這一紀錄。
Scheduled to take to the skies over Great Britain in 2020, the aircraft will reach a speed of 300 mph – and quite likely more – making it the fastest all-electric plane in history.
Accel計劃於2020年在英國試飛，預估的速度將達到300英里每小時-並且有希望超過這個速度，如果能達到預期，Accel將是歷史上最快的全電動飛機。
The project is part of a Rolls-Royce initiative called ACCEL – short for 'Accelerating the Electrification of Flight,'intended to boost sales of electric planes - powered by Tolls-Royce engines.
電動飛機的開發是ACCEL（加速電動化航空的縮寫）計劃的一部分，該計劃致力於在Tolls-Royce發動機的幫助下增加電動飛機的銷售量。
The firm says it will 'pioneer a third wave of aviation'.
勞斯萊斯說這將領導第三波航空熱。
'This plane will be powered by a state-of-the-art electrical system and the most powerful battery ever built for flight,' said Matheu Parr, the ACCEL Project Manager for Rolls-Royce.
“這架飛機將有最高端的電子系統和最持久的飛機電能供應，” 勞斯萊斯的ACCEL的項目經理馬修帕爾這麼說道。
'In the year ahead, we're going to demonstrate its abilities in demanding test environments before going for gold in 2020 from a landing strip on the Welsh coastline.'
“未來的一年，我們將在2020年的威爾士海岸正式挑戰世界紀錄之前，展示在苛刻的測試環境下仍能保持優秀表現的能力”
The project will be based at Gloucestershire airport outside of Cheltenham.
這個項目的基地設在切爾滕納姆以外的格洛斯特郡機場。
Engineers, designers, and data specialists from Roll-Royce are working with electric motor and controller manufacturer YASA and the aviation start-up Electroflight to create the single-seater prop-plane.
勞斯萊斯的工程師，設計師以及數據分析師將和電動機及控制器生產商YASA和新興的Eletroflight航空公司合作來開發能承載一人的樣本飛機。
