Yves Behar's supercharged motorcycle design

譯者: Feiman Luk 審譯者: Tom Lin

Forrest North: The beginning of any collaboration

Forrest North: 任何合作

starts with a conversation.

都是從對話中衍生出來的。

And I would like to share with you

現在我想跟你們分享一下

some of the bits of the conversation that we started with.

在這些對話當中的小插曲。

I grew up in a log cabin in Washington state

我是在華盛頓州的一間小木屋裡長大的

with too much time on my hands.

平日總會有很多空閒時間。

Yves Behar: And in scenic Switzerland for me.

Yves Behar: 而我則在景色秀麗的瑞士長大。

FN: I always had a passion for alternative vehicles.

Forrest North: 我一直都特別愛好以可再生能源來驅動的車輛。

This is a land yacht racing across the desert in Nevada.

這輛陸上的風帆穿越了位於內華達洲的一個沙漠

YB: Combination of windsurfing and skiing into this invention there.

YB: 這發明結合了風帆和滑雪的技術。

FN: And I also had an interest in dangerous inventions.

FN: 而我的興趣也在有危險性的發明上。

This is a 100,000-volt Tesla coil

我在自己的房間裡

that I built in my bedroom,

建造了一個有十萬伏特的特斯拉線圈。

much to the dismay of my mother.

這令我媽媽十分驚慌。

YB: To the dismay of my mother,

YB: 令我媽媽驚慌的是

this is dangerous teenage fashion right there.

這就是年輕人的危險時尚。

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

FN: And I brought this all together,

FN: 現在我把我的熱誠和這些可再生能源結合在一起。

this passion with alternative energy and raced a solar car across Australia --

我開著一輛由太陽能驅動的汽車

also the U.S. and Japan.

穿越了澳洲、美國和日本。

YB: So, wind power, solar power -- we had a lot to talk about.

YB: 有風能, 有太陽能, 我們要說的還有很多。

We had a lot that got us excited.

而這些事總會令我們感到十分興奮。

So we decided to do a special project together.

所以, 我們決定實行一個特別的計畫

To combine engineering and design and ...

就是把工程和設計結合在一起..

FN: Really make a fully integrated product, something beautiful.

FN: 真正製造一件能整合這兩種技術的產品，一件美麗的東西。

YB: And we made a baby.

YB: 於是我們便造了一個寶貝。

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

FN: Can you bring out our baby?

FN: 你可以請我們的寶貝出來嗎?

(Applause)

(掌聲)

This baby is fully electric.

這寶貝是全電動的。

It goes 150 miles an hour.

它每小時能達到150英里。

It's twice the range of any electric motorcycle.

這速度是普通電動摩托車的兩倍。

Really the exciting thing about a motorcycle

這輛摩托車真是令人興奮的東西

is just the beautiful integration of engineering and design.

就是工程和設計美麗的整合。

It's got an amazing user experience.

這帶給駕駛者一個奇妙的體驗。

It was wonderful working with Yves Behar.

跟Yves Behar一起工作是一件很捧的事。

He came up with our name and logo. We're Mission Motors.

Mission Motors——我們這個組合的名字和標誌都是由他起的。

And we've only got three minutes,

雖然我們只有三分鐘的時間

but we could talk about it for hours.

但要真正說起來, 我可以說上好幾個小時。

YB: Thank you.

YB: 謝謝。

FN: Thank you TED. And thank you Chris, for having us.

FN: 謝謝TED, 也要謝謝克里斯邀請我們來這裡。

(Applause)

(掌聲)