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📢【新聞標題】
Uber founder Travis Kalanick is trying to buy Pony AI, and Uber might help
Uber 創辦人 Travis Kalanick 試圖收購 Pony AI，而 Uber 可能會提供幫助
📰【摘要】
Uber founder Travis Kalanick is looking for ways to buy the U.S. arm of Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony AI, according to The New York Times. Kalanick is reportedly working with investors to finance an acquisition, and Uber may even help make the transaction happen. Acquiring Pony AI would bring Kalanick back into the world of self-driving vehicles for the first time since he was pushed out of Uber in 2017.
據《紐約時報》報導，Uber 創辦人 Travis Kalanick 正在尋找收購中國自動駕駛汽車公司 Pony AI 的美國業務的方法。據報導，Kalanick 正在與投資者合作為收購提供資金，Uber 甚至可能幫助完成這筆交易。收購 Pony AI 將使 Kalanick 自 2017 年被趕出 Uber 以來首次重返自動駕駛汽車領域。
🗝️【關鍵詞彙表】
📝 autonomous vehicle (n.)
- 自動駕駛汽車
- 例句: Kalanick is looking to buy the U.S. arm of Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony AI.
- 翻譯: Kalanick 正在尋找收購中國自動駕駛汽車公司 Pony AI 的美國業務。
📝 acquisition (n.)
- 收購
- 例句: Kalanick is reportedly working with investors to finance an acquisition.
- 翻譯: 據報導，Kalanick 正在與投資者合作為收購提供資金。
📝 market cap (n.)
- 市值
- 例句: Pony AI had a market cap of around $4.5 billion before The New York Times report was published.
- 翻譯: 在《紐約時報》報導發布之前，Pony AI 的市值約為 45 億美元。
📝 spinoff (n.)
- 分拆
- 例句: Pony started preparing its U.S. arm for a sale or spinoff in 2022.
- 翻譯: Pony 在 2022 年開始準備出售或分拆其美國業務。
📝 pedestrian (n.)
- 行人
- 例句: In 2018, one of its test vehicles killed a pedestrian in Arizona.
- 翻譯: 2018 年，他們的一輛測試車在亞利桑那州撞死了一名行人。
📝 partnership (n.)
- 合作夥伴關係
- 例句: Under Khosrowshahi, Uber has taken a partnership approach.
- 翻譯: 在 Khosrowshahi 的領導下，Uber 採取了合作夥伴關係的方式。
📝 trade secrets (n.)
- 商業機密
- 例句: Uber and Waymo eventually got locked in a legal battle over autonomous vehicle-related trade secrets.
- 翻譯: Uber 和 Waymo 最終陷入了一場關於自動駕駛汽車相關商業機密的法律戰。
✍️【文法與句型】
📝 is looking for ways to
- 說明: Expresses the action of actively searching or exploring possibilities to achieve a goal.
- 翻譯: 正在尋找方法
- 例句: Uber founder Travis Kalanick is looking for ways to buy the U.S. arm of Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony AI.
- 翻譯: Uber 創辦人 Travis Kalanick 正在尋找收購中國自動駕駛汽車公司 Pony AI 的美國業務的方法。
📝 would bring ... back into
- 說明: Indicates a return to a previous state or involvement in a particular area.
- 翻譯: 將使...重返
- 例句: Acquiring Pony AI would bring Kalanick back into the world of self-driving vehicles.
- 翻譯: 收購 Pony AI 將使 Kalanick 重返自動駕駛汽車領域。
📝 wish we had ... right now
- 說明: Expresses a regret or desire for something to be present or available in the current situation.
- 翻譯: 希望我們現在擁有...
- 例句: Kalanick said: “Wish we had an autonomous ride-sharing product right now. That would be great.”
- 翻譯: Kalanick 說：「希望我們現在擁有一個自動駕駛共乘產品。那就太好了。」
📖【全文與翻譯】
Uber founder Travis Kalanick is looking for ways to buy the U.S. arm of Chineseautonomous vehicle company Pony AI, according to The New York Times.
據《紐約時報》報導，Uber 創辦人 Travis Kalanick 正在尋找收購中國自動駕駛汽車公司 Pony AI 的美國業務的方法。
Kalanick is reportedly working with investorsto finance an acquisition, and Uber may even help make the transaction happen,the Times reports.
據《泰晤士報》報導，Kalanick 據稱正在與投資者合作為收購提供資金，Uber 甚至可能幫助完成這筆交易。
Pony AI went public last year and had a market cap of around $4.5 billion before The New York Times report waspublished.
Pony AI 去年上市，在《紐約時報》報導發布之前，市值約為 45 億美元。
The report states that Pony started preparing its U.S. arm for a saleor spinoff in 2022, down to creating a “forked” version of its source code.
該報導指出，Pony 在 2022 年開始準備出售或分拆其美國業務，甚至創建了一個“分支”版本的原始程式碼。
Acquiring Pony AI would bring Kalanick back into the world of self-drivingvehicles for the first time since he was pushed out of Uber in 2017.
收購 Pony AI 將使 Kalanick 自 2017 年被趕出 Uber 以來首次重返自動駕駛汽車領域。
Uber was working on its own autonomous vehicle technology at that time.
當時，Uber 正在開發自己的自動駕駛汽車技術。
In 2018,one of its test vehicles killed a pedestrian in Arizona.
2018 年，他們的一輛測試車在亞利桑那州撞死了一名行人。
Kalanick’s replacement, Dara Khosrowshahi, ultimately sold Uber’s self-drivingdivision to autonomous trucking startup Aurora.
Kalanick 的繼任者 Dara Khosrowshahi 最終將 Uber 的自動駕駛部門出售給自動駕駛卡車新創公司 Aurora。
Under Khosrowshahi, Uber hastaken a partnership approach, bringing self-driving cars onto its platform fromcompanies like Waymo.
在 Khosrowshahi 的領導下，Uber 採取了合作夥伴關係的方式，從 Waymo 等公司將自動駕駛汽車引入其平台。
Kalanick has increasingly embraced robotics in recent years while running hisghost kitchen company CloudKitchens.
近年來，Kalanick 在經營其幽靈廚房公司 CloudKitchens 的同時，越來越多地擁抱機器人技術。
He would reportedly still run CloudKitchensday-to-day if he purchased Pony AI.
據報導，如果他收購了 Pony AI，他仍然會每天經營 CloudKitchens。
In March, Kalanick said at an event that Uber was “really only behind Waymo but probably catching up” at the timethat he was pushed out of Uber.
今年三月，Kalanick 在一次活動中表示，在他被趕出 Uber 的時候，Uber「實際上只落後於 Waymo，但可能正在趕上」。
(Uber and Waymo eventually got locked in a legalbattle over autonomous vehicle-related trade secrets that was ultimately settled.)
(Uber 和 Waymo 最終陷入了一場關於自動駕駛汽車相關商業機密的法律戰，最終達成和解。)
RegardingKhosrowshahi’s decision to sell the division, Kalanick said: “I wasn’t runningthe company when that happened, but you know, you could say, ‘Wish we had anautonomous ride-sharing product right now. That would be great.’”
關於 Khosrowshahi 決定出售該部門，Kalanick 說：「發生那件事時我沒有經營這家公司，但你知道，你可以說，『希望我們現在擁有一個自動駕駛共乘產品。那就太好了。』」
🔗【資料來源】
文章連結：https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/26/travis-kalanick-is-trying-to-buy-pony-ai-and-uber-might-help/