- Hi everybody, this is Sean from The Verge

- 大家好，我是The Verge的Sean。

and I am standing here in front of what's probably going

而我站在這裡，在前面的什麼可能會

to be the most ridiculous thing we see here all week

是我們這周在這裡看到的最可笑的事情。

at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show,

在2020年消費電子展上。

which is a Mercedes-Benz concept car

奔馳概念車

inspired by the 2009 film, and soon to be franchise, Avatar.

靈感來自於2009年的電影，也是不久後的特許經營權，《阿凡達》。

Honestly, there's a lot,

老實說，有很多。

I don't really know where to start with this car.

我真的不知道該從哪裡開始買這輛車。

It is a concept car first

這是一款概念車

and foremost which means that this thing

最重要的是，這東西

is not gonna be on the road anytime soon

是不會在路上很快

and it's really meant to be a showcase for

而它真正的意思是一個展示為

a lot of different technologies

很多不同的技術

that Mercedes-Benz has spent some

奔馳已經花費了一些

of the last couple of years working on.

過去幾年的工作中，在。

Whether that's autonomous vehicle technology,

無論是自主汽車技術。

electric vehicle technology

電動車技術

or human-machine interface interaction,

或人機界面交互。

user experience inside the cockpit kind of technology.

用戶體驗駕駛艙內的那種技術。

But first I think we should just talk about

但首先我想我們應該談談

the look of the thing.

樣子的東西。

There are 33

有33個

bionic flaps or scales going all the way up the rear end

鱗片式尾翼

of the car that move up and down

的車

and Mercedes-Benz say they could potentially be used as

和梅賽德斯-奔馳表示，它們有可能被用作

a way of communicating with maybe other vehicles

與其他車輛溝通的方式

on the road, pedestrians who are crossing around the car.

路上，繞車而過的行人。

One of the other really wild things about this car is

這輛車還有一個非常狂野的地方，那就是

that it has these sort of spherical wheels

它有這些球狀的輪子

that can move in multiple different directions.

可以在多個不同的方向移動。

They enable the car to move not only sideways, but diagonal.

它們使汽車不僅可以橫向移動，而且可以斜向移動。

We had a little bit of a taste of

我們有一點點的味道

that when the car rolled out here on stage tonight.

當汽車推出這裡 今晚在舞臺上，

The wheels on the car where supposedly inspired

車上的輪子應該是受了啟發

by the seeds from the big tree in the movie, Avatar,

由電影《阿凡達》中大樹的種子。

and that's not the only thing.

而且這不是唯一的事情。

There are a lot of other touches on this car

這輛車還有很多其他的點綴。

that are supposedly drawing inspiration from the film and,

的，據說是從電影中汲取靈感和。

in fact, it wasn't just inspiration, Mercedes-Benz went

其實，這不僅僅是靈感，奔馳還去

and worked with some of the people behind Avatar.

並與《阿凡達》背後的一些人合作。

Like pretty much every other automaker

就像幾乎所有其他汽車製造商一樣

on the planet right now, Mercedes-Benz

在這個星球上，梅賽德斯-奔馳

and its parent company, Daimler, have laid out pretty big,

及其母公司戴姆勒，已經佈局相當大。

ambitious goals for reducing their carbon footprint

減少碳足跡的宏偉目標

over the next 20 or so years

未來二十多年

and so that's really where

所以這才是真正的

I think the inspiration actually came from for this car.

我想靈感其實來自於這款車。

The company wanted to present a concept that was going

該公司希望提出一個概念，將

to reflect how they are thinking about these green,

以反映他們是如何思考這些綠色。

sustainable technologies

可持續技術

and so they decided to make this car,

於是他們決定做這款車。

which is an electric concept car, it has, you know,

這是一個電動概念車， 它有，你知道的。

sort of, vegan leather on the inside,

某種程度上，素食皮革在裡面。

it has recycled plastics used on the interior materials

它的內部材料使用了再生塑膠。

and I think as they started to work up some of those ideas

我想，當他們開始提出一些想法的時候

and cohere them into a concept car

並將其整合成一款概念車

there must've been some partnership struct

合夥制

with the people behind Avatar and their themes

與《阿凡達》背後的人和他們的主題

that run through that movie and the upcoming movies about,

貫穿該片和即將上映的電影關於。

sort of, protecting the natural resources around you.

樣，保護身邊的自然資源。

Apparently melded well enough for them to design

很明顯，他們的設計已經足夠完美了。

an entire Avatar car.

一整輛阿凡達汽車。

The Ava-car, if you will.

艾娃車，如果你願意的話。

And I will.

我會的

The inside of the car is another really, kind of,

車內是另一種真的，種。

wild looking piece of tech which

貌似瘋狂的技術，它

is this control unit which comes up out

是這個控制單元出來

of the center console.

的中控臺。

Sort of, accordions up to meet your hand

某種程度上，手風琴起來迎接你的手。

and according to Mercedes-Benz,

而據梅賽德斯-奔馳。

it will vibrate a long with your heartbeat and breathing.

它會隨著你的心跳和呼吸而長長震動。

And I got to try the tech earlier today,

而我今天早些時候也嘗試了一下這個技術。

it's still very concept version,

這還是很概念的版本。

it's not actually really working, like,

它實際上並不是真的工作，喜歡，

it wasn't really actually mimicking my breathing

它並不是真的真的模仿我的呼吸。

but the thing did come out of the center console.

但那東西確實是從中控臺出來的。

It was, sort of, vibrating a little bit,

它，算是，震動了一下。

the seats were vibrating too and then that's supposed

座椅也在震動，然後這應該是。

to be something that you could use to,

以成為你可以用來。

kind of, control the car.

樣，控制車。

It's really the only way you can interact with this car

這真的是你唯一能和這輛車互動的方式了

because there are no buttons, there's no steering wheel.

因為沒有按鈕，沒有方向盤。

There's just one giant display

只有一個巨大的顯示屏

that stretches up from the center console

延伸到中控臺上

and into the windshield.

並進入擋風玻璃。

If anything, this is, kind of,

如果說，這是，一種。

like the ultimate Consumer Electronic Show concept car

就像消費電子展的終極概念車

and that's what it hits.

而這就是它的命中率。

Pretty much all of the beats

幾乎所有的節奏

that we typically see automakers pick at.

我們通常看到的汽車製造商在挑。

We have futuristic tech

我們有未來主義的技術

that doesn't really actually work today

今非昔比

that may work someday in the future.

這可能是未來某一天的工作。

We have outrageous design with lights coming out

我們的設計太離譜了，燈都出來了。

of the wheels and scales on the back of the car

車輪和車尾的秤砣。

and we have really ambitious

我們有真正的雄心壯志

goals and ambitious claims about what this car's going

的目標和雄心勃勃的要求，這款車要做的事情

to mean for the company that are really hard

意思是對公司來說，真的很難

to check right now in the present.

要檢查現在的現。

And to top that all off,

最重要的是

we have a partnership with an entertainment company

我們與一家娛樂公司合作

and a massive piece of IP

和大量的知識產權

that people are really familiar with.

人們真正熟悉的。

Puts all of those things together in the one package

將所有這些東西集中在一個包裡。

that is admittedly pretty radical

可謂激進

and I certainly wouldn't mind a drive,

我當然也不介意開車去看看。

but it's definitely the most ridiculous thing

但這絕對是最可笑的事情。

we're gonna see this week.

我們會看到這個星期。

Thanks so much for watching.

非常感謝你的觀看。

If you wanna see more weird tech, amazing tech,

如果你想看更多奇怪的技術，令人驚奇的技術。

bad tech that we've seen here

壞的技術，我們已經看到這裡

at the Consumer Electronics Show,

在消費電子展上。

make sure to go to youtube.com/theverge and click subscribe.

一定要去youtube.com/theverge點擊訂閱。

Thanks for watching.

謝謝你的觀看。