CNN News：無人駕駛成汽車業(yè)發(fā)展方向

AZUZ: According to InsideEVs.com, which coversnews about electric vehicles and tracks their sales, there was a deep in the average number of electriccars sold in the U.S. between March and April. Still, for the first four months of this year, EV sales havebeen higher across the board than they were lastyear. Is that a sign of things to come?

聚焦電動(dòng)汽車新聞及其銷量的網(wǎng)站InsideEVs.com表示，今年3月至4月間，美國(guó)電動(dòng)汽車的平均銷量有所下滑。不過，全面來看，今年前4個(gè)月的電動(dòng)汽車銷量仍高于去年。這是否是未來發(fā)展趨勢(shì)的信號(hào)?

For the past 100 years or more, Americans have mostly bought cars, filled them with gasoline, and driventhem places.

過去100年或者更久，大部分美國(guó)人買了車，給車裝滿汽油后，開車去各個(gè)地方。

Get ready for all that to change.

準(zhǔn)備好改變這一切吧。

REPORTER: First, electric cars are coming on strong. Batteries are now better and cheaper to make. The Chevrolet Volt and soon the Tesla model 3 both get more than 200 miles of range for under $40,000. They promised to make practical electric cars accessible to the masses.

記者：首先，電動(dòng)汽車的勢(shì)頭越來越猛。現(xiàn)在電池的質(zhì)量更好，價(jià)格更便宜。雪佛蘭伏特和特斯拉Model 3的售價(jià)不到4萬美元，這兩款車型一次充電續(xù)駛里程可達(dá)200英里。他們承諾制造普通大眾可買到的實(shí)用型電動(dòng)汽車。

At the same time, advances in computers, software and sensors are bringing the dream of self-driving cars to reality. Already, many luxury models can largely drive themselves on highways and in stop and go traffic.

同時(shí)，計(jì)算機(jī)、軟件和傳感器的進(jìn)步使自動(dòng)駕駛汽車這個(gè)夢(mèng)想成為現(xiàn)實(shí)。目前許多豪華車型都可以在高速公路和走走停停的交通狀況中實(shí)現(xiàn)自動(dòng)駕駛。

That's easy stuff, though. The real challenge is driving on city streets and in suburbs where are there complex intersections and pedestrians.

這其實(shí)并不難。真正的挑戰(zhàn)是在城市街道和郊區(qū)駕駛，因?yàn)檫@些地方的交叉路口很復(fù)雜，而且還要避讓行人。

Companies from both inside and outside the auto industry are working on those problems. Several automakers have promised to put self-driving cars on the road in just a few years. They'll probably show up in fleets at first, think self-driving taxis with a driver at the wheel.

汽車業(yè)內(nèi)外人士都在致力于解決這個(gè)問題。多家汽車制造商承諾在未來幾年出產(chǎn)自動(dòng)駕駛車輛。他們一開始可能會(huì)比較謹(jǐn)慎，考慮給無人駕駛出租車配個(gè)司機(jī)。

Once cars can drive themselves, car sharing becomes much more attractive. After all, if your car doesn't need you to drive it, why just let it sit in a parking space all day? For that matter, why buy a car at all when you can cheaply ride in one that's just driving around on its own anyway.

汽車可以實(shí)現(xiàn)自動(dòng)駕駛以后，汽車共享就會(huì)變得更有吸引力。畢竟，如果你的汽車不需要你駕駛，為什么讓它一整天都停在停車場(chǎng)呢?就此而言，如果乘坐無人駕駛汽車的費(fèi)用很便宜，那為什么還要買車呢?

With all this going on, it's no wonder automakers and auto industry investors are nervous about which companies will come out on top when the future finally arrives, and it's arriving fast.

考慮到這些情況，難怪汽車制造商和汽車業(yè)投資者對(duì)未來哪家公司會(huì)獨(dú)占鰲頭感到緊張，而這樣的未來很快就會(huì)到來。