沃爾沃計劃將在中國測試近100輛無人駕駛汽車

Swedish carmaker Volvo has said it plans to launch a self-driving experiment in China involving up to 100 cars. Local drivers will test cars on public roads in "everyday conditions", according to a company press release.

瑞典汽車製造商沃爾沃近日表示，計劃在中國推出一項100輛無人駕駛汽車的實驗。根據該公司發佈的一篇新聞稿表示，當地司機將在“日常情況”的公路上測試這些汽車。

The move was announced at an event in Beijing on 7 April, though details of a start date were not provided.

這一舉動是於4月7日在北京的一個活動上宣佈的，但該公司並沒有提供開始實施的日期等細節。

According to a report from the Reuters news agency, Volvo is now determining in which city to conduct the trials.

據路透社新聞機構的一份報告顯示，沃爾沃目前正在確定在哪座城市進行試驗。

"Autonomous driving can make a significant contribution to road safety," said Hakan Samuelsson, president and chief executive of Volvo. "The sooner autonomous cars are on the roads, the sooner lives will start being saved."

沃爾沃總裁兼首席執行官漢肯·塞繆爾森說：“自動駕駛能對道路安全作出重大貢獻，自動駕駛汽車越早上路，生命就越早能得到拯救。”

"I think people probably don't realise quite how much China's putting into advanced technology in cars," Prof David Bailey of Aston Business School told the BBC. "Google has had a far smaller number of cars in tests as far as I can work out, so it is significant."

阿斯頓商學院的大衛·貝利教授接受BBC採訪時表示：“我認爲人們可能還沒有意識到中國正把多少先進技術投入到汽車上，據我所知，谷歌只測試了數量非常少的汽車，所以這意義是非常重大的。”

Prof Bailey added that China was both the biggest producer of, and market for, cars in the world.

貝利教授補充說道，中國是世界上最大的汽車生產商和汽車市場。

The country is certainly no stranger to self-driving car tests - in December a driverless car completed a test on public roads in Beijing. It had been developed by Chinese tech giant Baidu.

這個國家對自動駕駛汽車測試並不陌生--一輛無人駕駛的汽車於去年12月份在北京的公路上完成了測試。那臺汽車是由中國科技巨頭百度公司開發的。