This is Sean O'Kane from the Verge,

我是Verge的Sean O'Kane。

and I'm standing in front of what is probably

而我站在前面的可能是

the surprise announcement of the

驚現

Consumer Electronics Show this year,

今年的消費電子展。

at least in my mind.

至少在我看來是這樣

Which is that Sony announced a car.

也就是索尼宣佈了一款車。

This is the Sony Vision S.

這就是索尼Vision S。

That's right,

是的

at the end of Sony's press conference the other day

在前幾天索尼的新聞發佈會結束時

the company just rolled out an electric concept car,

該公司剛剛推出了一款電動概念車。

talked about it for a few minutes,

聊了幾分鐘。

and then that was it.

然後就這樣了。

None of us were really expecting this in any way.

我們都沒有想到會有這樣的結果。

I think the most surprising thing about it

我覺得最讓人驚訝的是

is that it looks pretty legit.

是，它看起來很合法。

Sony calls it a prototype car,

索尼稱其為原型車。

but it really falls between

但它確實介於

what we traditionally consider

我們傳統上認為

to be a concept car and a prototype.

以成為一款概念車和原型車。

Meaning that it has things like functional brakes,

意思是說，它有功能剎車等東西。

and a dashboard and touchscreens that work,

以及可以使用的儀表盤和觸摸屏。

and a whole bunch of other little touches

還有很多其他的小插曲

that you expect to see on a car

車上常見的

that a company is actually going to try and develop

一家公司實際上是要嘗試和發展

and test out on the road.

並在路上測試。

And on the design side, it actually looks pretty competent.

而在設計方面，其實看起來也很稱職。

It shares a lot of traits with modern electric vehicles

它與現代電動汽車有很多共同的特點。

like your Teslas, or even some stuff from start ups

比如你的特斯拉，甚至是一些創業公司的東西。

like Lucid Motors.

如Lucid Motors。

That means a lot of really smooth lines

這意味著有很多非常流暢的線條

and a big sweeping glass roof,

和一個大面積的玻璃屋頂。

and lighting that sort of pipes all the way around

和照明，那種管道一路走來。

the front and rear of the vehicle,

車輛的前部和後部。

and of course door handles that pop out.

當然還有彈出的門把手。

Probably the most impressive thing inside the car

可能是車內最令人印象深刻的東西

is that the software looks really well polished,

是軟件看起來真的很精緻。

the design of it is really clean,

它的設計是真的很乾淨。

and it all moves really well.

而這一切的動作都非常好。

There's really fluid animations,

真的有流暢的動畫。

the graphics all look really nice,

畫面看起來都很不錯。

there's basically everything you would expect

應有盡有

from a Sony touchscreen product.

從索尼觸屏產品。

Not everybody's going to want a set of touchscreens

不是每個人都會想要一套觸摸屏的

that span the entire dashboard,

橫跨整個儀表盤的。

but as we head towards a future where automakers

但隨著我們走向汽車製造商的未來，我們的目標是

put more touchscreens inside their cars,

在車內放置更多的觸摸屏。

this might be one of the better ways to pull it off

這可能是一個更好的方式來完成它

with these sections that go across the dashboard,

與這些貫穿儀表盤的部分。

that have the ability to display different content

有能力顯示不同內容的

for the driver and the passenger.

為司機和乘客。

So that the driver isn't as distracted

這樣司機就不會分心了。

by whatever it is the passenger's looking at.

不管乘客看的是什麼。

There's also a lot of different interface elements here.

這裡也有很多不同的界面元素。

You can use the touchscreen up on the dashboard,

你可以使用儀表盤上的觸摸屏。

there's this touch pad on the center console,

中控臺上有一個觸摸板。

as well as a volume knob.

以及一個音量旋鈕。

You've got buttons all over the place.

你到處都是按鈕。

It's basically everything you would expect

它基本上是你所期望的一切

from a screen based Sony product,

從基於螢幕的索尼產品。

and it again sort of speaks to this idea that

它再次有點說到這個想法，即

Sony is really trying to get the point across that

索尼真的是想讓大家知道，。

this is not just a concept car,

這不僅僅是一輛概念車。

this is not just something that's

這不只是

throwing a lot of ideas out there,

拋出了很多想法。

but this is something that is basically

但這基本上是

close to a prototype.

接近於原型。

They wanted to make something that felt like a real car.

他們想做的東西，感覺像一輛真正的汽車。

And sitting inside here and spending a little bit of time

坐在這裡，花一點時間。

with some of the user interface elements,

與一些用戶界面元素。

it does really give that feel.

它確實給人這樣的感覺。

Now why did Sony go and make an electric concept car?

現在索尼為什麼要去做電動概念車？

Well, the company basically makes a whole bunch of different

好吧，公司基本上做了一大堆不同的。

technologies that it thinks would play well

它認為能發揮好作用的技術

in the automotive space.

在汽車領域。

That could be it's camera sensors,

那可能是它的攝像頭傳感器。

which are crucial to things like autonomous driving,

這對自動駕駛等事情至關重要。

to things like 360 degree spatial surround sound

到像360度空間環繞聲的東西

that permeates the inside of the cabin.

瀰漫在機艙內部的。

And Sony figured,

而索尼認為。

what better way to advertise

有什麼更好的宣傳方式

that we really want to push into the automotive space,

我們真正想推向汽車領域的。

than to make a pretty legit looking car on our own.

比我們自己做一輛漂亮合法的車。

That said, they developed the car in conjunction

也就是說，他們在開發這款車的同時

with an automotive spire called Magna,

與汽車尖頂的麥格納。

so they had a little help in putting this thing together.

所以他們有一個小的幫助 在把這個東西在一起。

But as far as Sony is saying,

但就索尼的說法。

this is a real car that could roll.

這是一輛真正的車，可以滾動。

You wouldn't be able to drive it on roads right now,

你現在就不能在路上開了。

but they really put the work in to make something

但他們真的把工作在做的東西

that would prove to potential customers

這將證明給潛在客戶

in the industry that they're really thinking

業內人士認為，他們真正考慮的是

about what it would take to put their technology

將他們的技術

in an actual car.

在一輛實際的汽車。

Now that unfortunately means

現在，不幸的是，這意味著

you're probably not going to be able to buy

你可能不會買到

a Son car any time soon.

一輛兒子的車，任何時候都會。

Sony says it has no plans to mass produce this,

索尼表示，它沒有大規模生產的計劃。

or even do a limited run version of this car.

甚至做一個限量版的這款車。

And knowing how hard it is,

也知道這有多難。

and how much money it takes to put a car into production,

以及投入生產一輛汽車需要多少錢。

it's probably for the best

塞翁失馬焉知非福

that Sony isn't going down that road

索尼不走這條路

as exciting an idea as the Sony car might be.

作為令人興奮的想法，因為索尼汽車可能是。

Hey everybody, thanks for watching !

大家好，感謝大家的觀看

And if you liked the Sony car,

而如果你喜歡索尼的車。

maybe you'll like the video that we just made

也許你會喜歡我們剛剛製作的視頻。

about Mercedes Benz's very weird Avatar concept car.

關於奔馳非常奇怪的阿凡達概念車。