Tesla Motors, incorporated in 2003, is the Silicon Valley automaker leading the innovation of electric cars.

而在 2003 年公司化的 Tesla Motors (特斯拉)，不僅是矽谷的汽車製造商，也是電動車的創新先驅。

Put them together and what do you get?

如果把這兩間公司的產品結合，你會得到什麼新東西呢？

The Tesla Model S for Kids, a battery-powered ride-on toy for kids between ages three and eight, which brings us to our test driver.

專為孩子設計的 Tesla Model S 是可供三至八歲孩子駕駛的電力驅動玩具車，我們來看看試駕者吧 。

My name's Felix and I’m 5 years old.

我叫 Felix ，今年五歲。

I live in Brooklyn, New York.

我住在紐約布魯克林區。

One recent Saturday, I led the lad over to Brooklyn Bridge Park.

最近某個星期六，我帶著這個孩子去布魯克林大橋公園。

It's a little less than a mile down the road from the local Tesla showroom, and it seems like a great spot to put the car through its paces.

這裡離 Tesla 的在地展示場距離不到一英哩，且這裡看起來是個可以讓車子好好奔馳的場所。

Assembly was quick.

我們的組裝相當迅速。

And the operation so intuitive that I could condense a driver's ed class down to a minute.

操作也很直覺，我甚至可以把駕訓課濃縮到一分鐘。

The toy has two modes: drive and reverse.

這輛玩具車有兩種模式：前進與倒退。

One pedal to accelerate and it sport side view mirrors, a lithium-ion battery, and headlights much like its full-scale counterparts.

還有用來加速的踏板，可動式後照鏡、鋰離子電池，以及與跟原車很像的車前大燈。

It also has an auxiliary port and speakers for cruising with some tunes.

並配有AUX接口與喇叭，可以用來放音樂。

The real Model S goes from 0 to 60 miles per hour in two and half seconds.

真正的 Model S 可以在 2.5 秒內加速到每小時 60 英哩。

And in about same span of time, this one went from 0 to 6, its top speed.

在同樣的時間內，小玩具車可以加速到 6 英哩，這是它最快的速度了。

It can also be set to a lower maximum speed of 3 mph (miles per hour), by accessing a child-resistant switch at the rear.

按下車子後方的兒童安全防護開關，可以把速限調降至每小時 3 英哩。

The kid seems to be enjoying himself, that's what I expected.

跟我想的一樣，這孩子看起來很開心。

He's one of those kids thrilled just to sit in the front seat of a parked rental car and pretend to drive.

他跟很多孩子一樣，只要坐在停放的租用車駕駛座上，假裝自己在開車，就會非常興奮。

The toy also proved to be educational, quickly broke the boy of the habit of oversteering that has led to so many crashes in arcade racing games.

這種玩具車還具有教育意義，很快就讓這個孩子在玩賽車遊戲時，把總是過度轉彎的壞毛病改掉。

So, what about the bottom line?

那麼，這輛車的價位呢？

The vehicle's base price is 500 dollars, which maybe sounds like a lot of money until you consider that, in this neighborhood, that buys you about 20 hours of babysitting.

玩具車的基本價是500美元，聽起來可能有點昂貴。不過你想想看，這個價錢等於這裏 20 個小時的保母費。

At first, all Felix had to say was, it was fun.

一開始， Felix 只說：試駕很好玩。

Then we went out for a cup of hot cocoa and he took out his colored pencils and drew me a picture.

接著我們一起去買了杯熱可可，然後他拿出色鉛筆，畫了一張圖給我。

The young man's self-portrait as a motorist told me that his Tesla ride left a truly lasting impression.

這張「年輕駕駛的自畫像」讓我知道，這趟 Tesla 試駕在 Felix 心中留下難以抹滅的深刻印象。