Amazon's Zoox Joins Waymo With Self-Driving Tests On Tesla's Home Turf: 3-Way Robo-Rumble In Texas?
Amazon's Zoox Joins Waymo With Self-Driving Tests On Tesla's Home Turf: 3-Way Robo-Rumble In Texas?
Amazon.com Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMZN) self-driving car unit Zoox on Wednesday said it will soon begin testing in Austin, Texas, and Miami.
亞馬遜公司（納斯達克股票代碼：AMZN）的自動駕駛汽車子公司Zoox於週三宣佈，將很快在德克薩斯州的奧斯丁和邁阿密進行測試。
What Happened: The two cities will mark the fourth and fifth public testing locations for Zoox. The company started in San Francisco in 2018 and has since expanded to Las Vegas and Seattle.
這兩個城市將成爲Zoox的第四、第五個公共測試地點。該公司於2018年在舊金山開始創業，此後已擴展到拉斯維加斯和西雅圖。
The company will initially deploy its Toyota Highlander test fleet retrofitted with its Automated Driving System (ADS) in small areas near business and entertainment districts of the two cities. These vehicles will also have safety drivers.
該公司首先將部署其豐田高地測試車隊，在這兩個城市商業和娛樂區域附近的小區域內使用其自動駕駛系統（ADS）進行測試，並配備安全駕駛員。
Zoox won't be deploying its purpose-built robotaxis or offering public rides to the two cities yet. The company continues to target Las Vegas and San Francisco as its first commercial markets.
Zoox尚未向這兩個城市部署專門的無人駕駛出租車，也不打算提供公共出行服務。該公司繼續把拉斯維加斯和舊金山作爲其首個商業市場的目標。
"We're laying the foundations for our autonomous ride-hailing service in new cities across the US. Austin and Miami offer key learning opportunities that will support the continued growth and refinement of our testing and service," Senior Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs Ron Thaniel said in a statement.
政策與執法事務高級總監Ron Thaniel在一份聲明中表示：“我們正在爲我們在美國各地的無人駕駛叫車服務奠定基礎。奧斯汀和邁阿密提供的關鍵學習機會將支持我們的測試和服務的持續增長和改進。”
Competitors: Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) autonomous driving unit, Waymo, currently offers fully autonomous rides to its employees in Austin, the headquarters of EV giant Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), which is currently laser-focused on enabling vehicle autonomy and plans to have a "robotaxi unveil" in August.
競爭對手：Alphabet Inc（納斯達克股票代碼：GOOGL，GOOG）的自動駕駛部門Waymo目前在位於奧斯汀的公司總部爲其員工提供全自動駕駛服務。電動汽車巨頭特斯拉公司（納斯達克股票代碼：TSLA）專注於實現車輛自主駕駛，計劃在8月推出“機器人出租車發佈會”。
GM's autonomous driving unit Cruise had suspended operations in the U.S. late last year following the involvement of one of its robotaxis in an accident in San Francisco. The company resumed manual driving in the city of Phoenix to gather road information in April and in Dallas, Texas earlier this week.
通用汽車公司的自動駕駛部門Cruise在去年底曾暫停在美國的運營，因其一輛無人駕駛汽車在舊金山發生事故。公司於今年4月恢復了在鳳凰城的手動駕駛，本週在德克薩斯州的達拉斯市重新開始測試。
Why It Matters: Amazon acquired Zoox for $1.3 billion in 2020. Last month, U.S. auto safety regulator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) commenced an investigation into 500 Zoox vehicles owing to concerns about its sudden braking leading to collisions.
爲什麼重要：亞馬遜於2020年以13億美元收購了Zoox。上個月，美國汽車安全監管機構國家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）因擔心Zoox的突然制動導致碰撞而開始調查其約500輛汽車。
The regulator then said that it was aware of two incidents involving Zoox vehicles in which they braked abruptly and without warning, leading to rear-end collisions.
調查人員表示，他們已經了解到兩起涉及Zoox車輛的事故，其中它們突然剎車並沒有發出警告，導致後方發生追尾碰撞。
The preliminary evaluation of about 500 Zoox vehicles will scrutinize the performance of the Zoox ADS, especially concerning the reported collisions. It will also assess the system's behavior in crosswalks around vulnerable road users and in other similar rear-end collision scenarios, the regulator said.
對Zoox約500輛車的初步評估將審查Zoox ADS的性能，特別是針對報道中的碰撞事故情況。監管機構還將評估系統在人行橫道和其他類似追尾碰撞場景中對容易受傷的行人等脆弱道路用戶的行爲。
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