GM's Cruise Restarts Self-Driving Tests In Phoenix With Safety Drivers On Board
GM's Cruise Restarts Self-Driving Tests In Phoenix With Safety Drivers On Board
General Motors Co's (NYSE:GM) autonomous driving unit Cruise said on Monday that it would start supervised autonomous driving in Phoenix this week, in an attempt to validate its safety which is under question since one of its robotaxis got involved in a pedestrian accident last year.
通用汽車公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：GM）的自動駕駛部門Cruise週一表示，它將於本週在鳳凰城開始有監督的自動駕駛，以驗證其安全性，自去年其一輛機器人出租車發生行人事故以來，安全性一直受到質疑。
What Happened: The vehicles will drive autonomously but will have a safety driver present to take over the wheel if needed. While it will start in the city of Phoenix, the testing will gradually expand to Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert, and Chandler, the company said.
發生了什麼：車輛將自動行駛，但如果需要，將有一名安全駕駛員在場接管方向盤。該公司表示，雖然測試將在菲尼克斯市開始，但將逐步擴大到斯科茨代爾、天堂谷、坦佩、梅薩、吉爾伯特和錢德勒。
Cruise restarted manual driving in the city of Phoenix to gather road information in April after a months-long hiatus. These vehicles, Cruise then said, will be driven by humans without autonomous systems engaged.
經過長達數月的中斷，Cruise於4月在菲尼克斯市重新啓動了手動駕駛，以收集道路信息。克魯斯隨後表示，這些車輛將由沒有自動駕駛系統的人類駕駛。
The company has strengthened the safety of its self-driving system and intends to demonstrate that the model works in one city before expanding to the next, GM CEO Mary Barra said about the decision.
通用汽車首席執行官瑪麗·巴拉在談到該決定時表示，該公司已經加強了其自動駕駛系統的安全性，並打算在擴展到下一個城市之前證明該模型在一個城市行之有效。
Why It Matters: Cruise accrued expenses of $400 million in the first quarter as compared to the $800 million in the quarter before. The company expects the unit's full-year expenses to be around $1.7 billion. The company is also exploring a few options to fund Cruise, including outside investment, Barra said last month.
爲何重要：Cruise在第一季度的應計支出爲4億美元，而前一季度的應計支出爲8億美元。該公司預計，該部門的全年支出約爲17億美元。巴拉上個月表示，該公司還在探索爲Cruise提供資金的幾種選擇，包括外部投資。
Cruise paused all operations in the U.S. by the end of last year following the involvement of one of its robotaxis in an accident in San Francisco in October. The company is now trying to rebuild customer and regulator trust gradually with its step-up-step relaunch.
去年10月，Cruise的一輛自動出租車在舊金山發生事故後，Cruise暫停了在美國的所有運營。該公司現在正試圖通過逐步重啓來逐步重建客戶和監管機構的信任。
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