CNN美国有线新闻 未来无人驾驶汽车是什么样？

Yesterday, I told you about a new pilot program of fully¹ autonomous² robot taxis in Los Angeles.

昨天，我向大家介绍了洛杉矶一项新的全自动机器人出租车试点项目。

And it got us to thinking about the future of this technology.

这让我们开始思考这项技术的未来。

Fully autonomous vehicles do all the driving without any input³ from humans.

全自动驾驶汽车无需任何人类输入即可完成所有驾驶任务。

They rely on detailed⁴ maps, GPS, cameras, radar⁵, and artificial intelligence to navigate⁶ their computer-powered journeys.

它们依靠详细的地图、全球定位系统、摄像头、雷达和人工智能来为由计算机驱动的旅程导航。

Manufacturers worldwide are investing in this technology.

世界各地的制造商都在投资这项技术。

It's said to be eco-friendly, and it could offer an affordable⁷ mode of transportation for non-car owners.

据说，无人驾驶汽车对环境友好，它可以为无车人士提供一种价格合适的交通方式。

And some believe that computers will be safer drivers than humans.

一些人认为，计算机将成为比人类更安全的司机。

But there are a lot of questions.

但也存在很多问题。

There are concerns about safety and the readiness of this technology.

人们担心这项技术的安全性和成熟度。

There have been court fights, injuries, even deaths caused by self-driving technology.

自动驾驶技术引发过法庭纠纷、造成过人员受伤甚至死亡。

And some privacy advocates are concerned that your every movement and destination can be tracked.

一些隐私权倡导者担心，人类的每次行动和目的地都会被跟踪。

Who gets access to this information?

谁有权访问这一信息呢？

It does seem, though, that the world is moving closer and closer to fully autonomous vehicles becoming mainstream⁸.

尽管如此，世界似乎离全自动驾驶汽车越来越近，让其成为主流。

Some wonder if humans will even be driving vehicles at all in the future.

一些人甚至想知道未来人类是否还会驾驶汽车。

So for today's show, we're going to take a look at what a completely driverless world in the future could look like.

在今天的节目中，我们将看看未来无人驾驶的世界会是什么样子。

Americans love their cars.

美国人爱车。

Getting my first car was one of the happiest days of my life, and I've loved driving ever since, especially fast cars.

得到我的第一辆车是我一生中最快乐的日子之一，从那以后，我就爱上了开车，特别是快车。

Yeah, that's not actually my car.

对，那其实不是我的车。

But hey, look.

但是，嘿，听着。

This is my story, and I can dream if I want to.

这是我的故事，如果我想的话，还可以做做梦。

But what if I'm part of the last generation to get excited about driving a car?

但，如果我是最后一代对开车感到兴奋的人怎么办？

I've spent the past traveling the country, talking to entrepreneurs, engineers, and test drivers who are building the cars of tomorrow.

我过去一直在全国各地转，与正在制造未来汽车的企业家、工程师和试车手进行了交谈。

And when they imagine the future, driving a car isn't part of it.

当他们想象未来时，开车并不是未来构想的一部分。

They envision roads full of cars driven by machines, where traffic jams are no more, where the death rate by car accidents drops to zero-- the end of car ownership as we know it, even to the point of human driving one day becoming illegal.

他们设想道路上满是由机器驾驶的汽车，路上不再有交通堵塞，车祸死亡率降至零——我们所知的汽车所有权的终结，甚至有一天人类驾驶会变为非法。

I asked them all the same thing.

我问了他们同样的问题。

What will the future look like, and what will it take to get there?

未来会是什么样子，需要采取什么措施才能实现？

What I found was really exciting but also a bit shocking.

我的发现非常令人兴奋，但也有点令人震惊。

OK, so as soon as I turn out of this parking lot, I'm going to engage in self-driving mode.

好，所以我一出这个停车场，就会进入自动驾驶模式。

'Cause technically⁹, we don't need a driver in the car.

因为严格来说，车里不需要司机。

So you and I are basically, in a way, just passengers now.

所以，在某种程度上，你和我现在基本上只是乘客。

Yes.

是的。

We're test driving a car powered by autonomous vehicle startup Drive AI on the streets of Northern California.

我们正在北加州的街道上测试驾驶一辆由自动驾驶初创公司Drive AI驱动的汽车。

It's one of several companies working to utterly¹⁰ transform how we live.

它是致力于彻底改变我们的生活方式的几家公司之一。

This test car could be the prototype of an automobile¹¹ that not only takes you out of the driver's seat, but creates a future where you might not need to own a car at all, at least that's what the people building them think.

未来的汽车不仅允许车内人员离开驾驶座，还会创造一个根本不需要买车的未来，至少制造汽车的人是这么想的，而这款测试车只是这辆汽车的原型样车。

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

3 input   

n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机

参考例句：

• I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
• All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。

4 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

5 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

6 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。

7 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

8 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

9 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

10 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

11 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。