特斯拉放棄正要推出的廉價電動車

Tesla is scrapping plans for a bargain Model Y SUV because of its short range on a single charge, CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet over the weekend.

特斯拉首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克週末在推特上說，特斯拉要取消推出廉價Model Y SUV車型的計劃，因爲單次充電的續航短。

Earlier this year, the electric car maker began producing its pricier, dual-motor all-wheel drive version of the Model Y, which starts at $49,000.

今年早些時候，這家電動車製造商開始生產價格更高的雙電機四輪驅動的Model Y車型，49,000美元起售。

Tesla had planned to roll out a cheaper version of the Model Y — expected to be priced under $40,000 — with a single engine, rear-wheel drive and smaller battery. But Musk tweeted that the range on that vehicle would have been "unacceptably low" at less than 250 miles on a single charge.

特斯拉原計劃要推出一款Model Y的廉價車型，預計售價低於40,000美元，該車型爲單引擎後輪驅動，電池容量小。但馬斯克在推特上說該車型的續航“過短”，單次充電行駛距離不超過250英里。

Tesla says it is still planning a more affordable, single-engine version of the Model Y, but it will have a bigger battery and longer range than the shortest range version of the Model 3. And because of that, it'll probably have a higher price tag.

特斯拉稱仍計劃推出一款價格低廉、單引擎的Model Y，但電池容量會更大，續航里程會超過里程最短的Model 3。因此，定價也會更高。

The company typically offers for each vehicle a "long range" version and a more expensive "performance" version that might get fewer miles per charge but can, for example, accelerate faster.

該公司每款車通常都有一個“長續航”和“性能”更昂貴的車型，比如單次充電的續航短，但加速更快。

Musk said in a follow-up tweet that the single-motor Model Y would come out "in a few months."

馬斯克在隨後發的推文中說，這款單引擎的Model Y“幾個月內”會上市。