沃尔沃拟在华开展自动驾驶测试

沃尔沃的自动驾驶汽车，很快将在世界上人口最多的国家上路。

沃尔沃（Volvo）将带领其标志性的自动驾驶汽车项目进入中国。沃尔沃于2010年被中国浙江吉利控股集团收购。该汽车制造商最近宣布，计划运送100辆自动驾驶汽车到中国，在日常驾驶条件下参加测试。

公司表示将与中国有意开展测试的城市协商，确定能够提供测试所需要的许可、监管和基础设施的城市。沃尔沃即将在瑞典开展类似的自动驾驶试点项目DriveMe。

公司表示，2017年，Drive Me项目将向哥德堡附近的消费者提供100辆沃尔沃XC90自动驾驶汽车，在日常驾驶条件下使用。测试用的汽车将配备英伟达Drive PX 2超级计算机，在特定气候条件下可沿城市环线自动驾驶。

汽车制造商与谷歌（Google）等科技公司，正在展开一场将司机变成乘客的自动驾驶汽车竞赛。奥迪（Audi）、戴姆勒（Daimler）的梅赛德斯-奔驰（Mercedes-Benz）、福特（Ford）、通用汽车（General Motors）、日产汽车（Nissan）、特斯拉（Tesla）和丰田汽车（Toyota）等均在开发自动驾驶功能。

这些公司研究自动驾驶已有数年时间，但多数公司的研发工作都在悄然进行。一年前谷歌的自动驾驶项目推出了原型汽车之后，这一情况有所改变。多家汽车制造商开始对外公开自动驾驶研发进度和相关计划。

沃尔沃是自动驾驶领域最积极的厂商之一，它认为自动驾驶系统作为一种工具，可以实现在2020年新沃尔沃汽车无任何严重人身伤害或死亡的目标。此外，沃尔沃还相信，自动驾驶技术的出现可以减缓交通拥堵和污染，为驾驶员创造更宝贵的自由时间。

去年，沃尔沃推出了一款设计，使驾驶员可以通过方向盘上特别设计的控制杆，激活和停用自动驾驶模式。这个名为“IntelliSafe Auto Pilot”的人机界面，将在沃尔沃为Drive Me项目提供的100辆汽车中率先使用。开发这一界面的目的是为了了解驾驶员在未来汽车中如何控制自动驾驶模式。(财富中文网)

译者：刘进龙/汪皓

Volvo is expanding its landmark self-driving car project to China. The automaker, which was acquired was acquired by Zhejiang Geely Holding of China in 2010, announced plans on Wednesday to give local drivers in China access to 100 self-driving cars to test them in everyday driving conditions.

The company says it will begin negotiations with interested cities in China to see which one will able to provide the necessary permissions, regulations, and infrastructure required for the experiment. Volvo is on the verge of introducing a similar self-driving pilot called the DriveMe project in Sweden.

In 2017, the Drive Me project will make 100 XC90 self-driving model Volvos available to consumers around Gothenburg for use in everyday driving conditions, according to the company. The cars, which will be equipped with Nvidia’s Drive PX 2 supercomputer, will be driven autonomously in certain weather conditions and on one road that loops around the city.

Automakers as well as tech companies like Google GOOG 1.02% are in a race to develop self-driving tech that will turn drivers into passengers. Audi, Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz, Ford F 0.39% , General Motors @ GM 1.15% Nissan, Tesla TSLA 3.91% , and Toyota are developing autonomous driving features.

While these companies have been working on autonomous driving for years, most of the work has been done quietly in research and development departments. That all changed about a year ago after Google’s self-driving project introduced its own prototype and several automakers started to publicly share their progress and plans for autonomous driving.

Volvo has been among the more aggressive in this space, and sees autonomous driving systems as the tool that will help it meet its goal to have no one seriously injured or killed in a new Volvo by the year 2020. It also believes the introduction of autonomous driving will reduce traffic and pollution as well as create more valuable free time for drivers.

Last year, Volvo unveiled a design that will let drivers activate and deactivate the autonomous mode through specially-designed paddles on the steering wheel. The interface, called IntelliSafe Auto Pilot, will be available for the first time on 100 model cars that Volvo will make available for its Drive Me project. The interface was developed to oversee how drivers will transfer control to a car’s autonomous driving mode in future cars.