波音和保時捷要聯手開發飛行電動汽車

Boeing and Porsche, meet George Jetson.

波音和保時捷要做飛行汽車了。

The US aircraft giant and German sports car maker announced Thursday they are teaming up to "explore the premium urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace," through "a fully electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle."

這家美國飛機巨頭和德國跑車製造商週四宣佈要利用“全電動垂直起降工具”共同“開拓高端城市空中交通市場，將城市交通延伸至空域”。

Translation: They want to develop an electric vehicle that can fly.

簡單點說就是，他們想要研發會飛的電動汽車。

The announcement did not include any details about the amount of money or other resources the two companies plan to invest in the effort, or a target date or price range.

宣告中未詳細說明兩家公司計劃在此項目上投入多少錢和其他資源、預定日期或價格區間。

Porsche's parent company, Volkswagen AG, (VLKAF) is the world's largest automaker. It has announced a major push into the development of electric vehicles, setting a target of building 22 million electric cars across its brands over the next 10 years.

保時捷的母公司大衆汽車集團是世界最大汽車製造商，宣佈要大力推動電動汽車的研發，目標是未來十年所有旗下品牌共生產2200萬輛電動車。

"We are combining the strengths of two leading global companies to address a potential key market segment of the future," says Detlev von Platen, a member of the Porsche board in charge of sales and marketing. "In the longer term, this could mean moving into the third dimension of travel."

保時捷負責銷售和市場營銷的董事會成員Detlev von Platen說：“我們要將兩家全球領先公司聯合起來，佔據潛在的未來市場的關鍵部分。從長期來看，這可能意味着要進入出行的第三維度。”

Boeing's revenue topped $100 billion for the first time in 2018, although its sales will be sharply lower this year due to the grounding of its best selling commercial jet, the 737 Max, following two fatal accidents that killed 346 people. It has already shown a prototype of a self-driving electric powered flying car earlier this year.

2018年波音營收首次突破1000億美元，但由於兩次重大事故導致346人喪生，其暢銷的商用飛機737 Max停飛，所以今年銷售額驟減。今年早些時候該公司展示了自動駕駛電動飛行汽車的原型。

"Porsche and Boeing (BA) together bring precision engineering, style and innovation to accelerate urban air mobility worldwide," said Steve Nordlund, general manager of Boeing NeXt, a unit of the company working on next generation vehicles and aircraft.

波音公司研究新一代汽車和飛機的Boeing NeXt部門的總經理Steve Nordlund說：“保時捷和波音一起帶來精密工程、時尚和創新，從而加速全球城市空中交通。”