[(Title)]Mate X raises $10 million for its foldable electric bike

A phenomenon that’s been sweeping the globe lately is the rise of the electric bike.

最近席卷全球的一个现象是电动自行车的兴起。

From docked and dockless rentals to owned vehicles, some of the most substantial recentsuccess stories, acquisitions, and investments have been in this fast-growing marketplace.

从停靠和无停靠的租赁到自有车辆，最近最重要的一些成功故事、收购和投资都是在这个快速增长的市场上进行的。

The company behind Scandinavia’s largest-grossing crowdfunding campaign,Mate.Bike, has today hit a milestone with the most successful European ebike campaign ever for theMate X, a foldable electric cycle.

斯堪的纳维亚最赚钱的众筹活动背后的公司Mate.Bike今天在欧洲电动自行车最成功的众筹活动中取得了里程碑效果，该活动是针对可折叠电动循环的Mac X。

Already backed by over $10 million, which is more than 20,000 percent of the company‘s original goal, the Mate X offers a sizeable improvement over the original Mate bike, which raised over $6.8 million in October 2016.

Mate X已经得到了超过1000万美元的支持，这是该公司最初目标的20，000 %以上，比2016年10月筹集了超过680万美元的Mate X提供了相当大的改进。

The need here is obvious.Car trips of less than a mile add up to about 10 billion miles per year, according to the 2009 U.S. National Household Transportation Survey (NHTS).

这里的需要是显而易见的。根据2009年美国国家家庭交通调查( NHTS )，不到一英里的汽车旅行每年总计约100亿英里。

According to the EPA, if the driving population of the U.S. chose to power half of these short trips with our feet instead of petroleum, we would collectively save about $575 million in fuel costs and approximately 2 million metric tons of CO2 emissions per year.

根据EPA的说法，如果美国开车的人选择用我们的脚代替石油来驱动这些短途旅行的一半，我们每年将总共节省大约5.75亿美元的燃料成本和大约200万公吨的二氧化碳排放量。根据美国环保署的说法，如果美国的这些短途旅行中一半动力靠人脚提供，而不是石油的话，我们将共同节省约5.75亿美元的燃料成本，并减少每年约200万公吨的二氧化碳排放量。

And while using electric bikes for these journeys does come at a cost — we still need to produce electricity to power them — the savings from both a monetary and ecological perspective are massive.

虽然在这些旅程中使用电动自行车确实是要付出代价的——我们仍然需要生产电力来为它们提供动力——但是从货币和生态角度来看，节省的费用是巨大的。

So what does the Mate X offer budding commuters, and how has it improved on the original model?

那么，Mate X为初露头角的上班族提供了什么，它在最初的车型上有哪些改进？

In addition to an electric bike that folds so you can carry it anywhere or take it with you on a train, plane, or in a car, the new modelcomes with a large LCD screen that informs riders of the remaining charge, as well as their speed.

除了一辆折叠的电动自行车，这样你就可以把它带到任何地方，或者带上火车、飞机或汽车，这款新车型还配有一个大屏幕液晶显示屏，告知乘客剩余的费用以及他们的速度。

Backers of the Indiegogo project can upgrade to a color display if required.

如果需要，Indiegogo项目的支持者可以升级到彩色显示器。

As with the original Mate, a USB charger keeps your devices alive, and backers can customize their bike further by choosing puncture-resistant, fat tires from the Big Daddy option that allows for offroad adventures or something from the Sandstorm package for day-to-day city use.

和原来的配置一样，USB充电器可以让你的设备保持活力，支持通过从“Big Daddy”选项中选择耐刺穿的粗轮胎来进一步定制他们的自行车，这种选项允许越野探险或者沙尘暴包中的一些东西用于日常城市使用。

Mate X comes with a 48V lithium-ion battery that offers assisted travel of up to 40-60 miles on a single charge.

mate X配有一个48V锂离子电池，一次充电就能提供长达40 - 60英里的辅助旅行。

The bike comes in Subdued Matte Black, White Ice, Burnt Orange, and Matte Desert Storm, plus the company has decided to launch a special Unicorn edition coating — perfect for Silicon Valley employees with dreams of huge exits.

这辆自行车有柔和的哑光黑色、白色冰、焦橙色和哑光沙漠风暴，此外，该公司还决定推出一款特殊的独角兽版涂层——非常适合那些梦想有巨大出口的硅谷员工。

“If I could describe Mate X in one word, it would be ‘Xtreme!’,” cofounder and chief visionary officer Christian Adel Michael said.

“如果我能用一个词来描述X配偶，那将是‘极致’！“共同创始人兼首席幻想官克里斯蒂安·阿德尔·迈克尔说。

“After founding Mate.Bike, we saw the potential to take ebikes and cycling to the next level.

It’s not just about bikes after all; this is about allowing people the freedom to live as extreme and as freely as possible.”

毕竟，这不仅仅是关于自行车；这是为了让人们有尽可能极致和自由地生活的自由。"

The team behind Mate are proud of their heritage and of the part bicycles have played in keeping their country mobile.

Mate背后的团队为他们的传统和自行车在保持国家移动性方面发挥的作用感到自豪。

“In today’s fast-paced world, perhaps the rest of the world can learn from us Danes and enjoy the world from two wheels — after all, we are the happiest people on earth,” Adel Michael said.

“在当今快节奏的世界中，也许世界其他地方可以向我们丹麦人学习，并从两个轮子上享受这个世界——毕竟，我们是地球上最幸福的人，”Adel Michael说。

“Coming from Copenhagen, we know biking makes a difference in our everyday life,” said cofounder and chief purpose officer Julie Kronstrm.

“从哥本哈根来，我们知道骑自行车会改变我们的日常生活，”联合创始人兼首席目的官朱莉·克朗斯特姆说。“我们的梦想是让更多的人骑自行车。

“Our dream is to get more people biking.

We pride ourselves on delivering a practical and cool means of transportation that is healthy, affordable, and part of the solution to pollution problems and traffic congestion.

我们为提供一种实用、酷的交通工具而自豪，这种交通工具健康、经济，是解决污染问题和交通拥堵的一部分。

There is no greater feeling than knowing not only are you helping the environment live healthily, but riders experience a healthier, freer way of life.”

没有什么比知道你不仅帮助环境健康地生活，而且骑车人体验更健康、更自由的生活方式更有感觉了。"

More cost-effective than many other folding electric bike options, such as the GoCycle GS or the Enzo bike, the Mate X starts from $699 for early bird Indiegogo backers.

比其他许多折叠式电动自行车选择更具成本效益，例如GoCycle GS或Enzo自行车，Mate X起价699美元，适用于早起的Indiegogo支持者。