CNN News: 汽車行業(yè)的未來——電動汽車

According to InsideEVs.com, which covers news about electric vehicles and tracks their sales, there was a deep in the average number of electric cars sold in the U.S. between March and April. Still, for the first four months of this year, EV sales have been higher across the board than they were last year. Is that a sign of things to come?
據InsideEVs.com網站報道，今年3月至4月份，美國電動汽車的平均銷量有所下滑。InsideEVs.com網站聚焦有關電動汽車的新聞并追蹤其銷售情況。盡管如此，今年前4個月的電動汽車銷量整體來看仍高于去年。這是否預示著未來的發(fā)展趨勢?
For the past 100 years or more, Americans have mostly bought cars, filled them with gasoline, and driven them places.
過去100年或者更長的時間，大部分美國人都買了車，給車裝滿汽油然后開車去各個地方。
Get ready for all that to change.
準備好改變這一切吧。
First, electric cars are coming on strong. Batteries are now better and cheaper to make. The Chevrolet Volt and soon the Tesla model 3 both get more than 200 miles of range for under $40,000. They promised to make practical electric cars accessible to the masses.
首先，電動汽車越來越強大?，F在的電池也變得更優(yōu)質更便宜。雪佛蘭伏特和特斯拉Model 3的售價不到4萬美元，可它們都能行駛200英里。他們承諾將制造出大眾可購買的實用型電動汽車。
At the same time, advances in computers, software and sensors are bringing the dream of self-driving cars to reality. Already, many luxury models can largely drive themselves on highways and in stop and go traffic.
同時，計算機、軟件和傳感器的進步使自動駕駛汽車的夢想成真。目前許多豪華車型都可以在高速公路上和較擁堵路段進行自動駕駛。
That's easy stuff, though. The real challenge is driving on city streets and in suburbs where are there complex intersections and pedestrians.
雖然，這些都是很容易的事情。真正的挑戰(zhàn)是在城市街道和郊區(qū)駕駛，因為這些地方路況復雜，有許多十字路口和行人。
Companies from both inside and outside the auto industry are working on those problems. Several automakers have promised to put self-driving cars on the road in just a few years. They'll probably show up in fleets at first, think self-driving taxis with a driver at the wheel.
汽車行業(yè)內外的公司都在研究這些問題。多家汽車制造商承諾在幾年內生產出能上路的自動駕駛車輛。他們一開始可能會比較謹慎，考慮給無人駕駛出租車配個司機。
Once cars can drive themselves, car sharing becomes much more attractive. After all, if your car doesn't need you to drive it, why just let it sit in a parking space all day? For that matter, why buy a car at all when you can cheaply ride in one that's just driving around on its own anyway.
一旦汽車實現自動駕駛，汽車共享就會變得更有吸引力。畢竟，如果汽車不需要你駕駛，那為什么還讓它一整天都停在停車場呢?就此而言，既然能夠花很少的錢就乘坐到自動駕駛的汽車，那為什么還要買車呢?
With all this going on, it's no wonder automakers and auto industry investors are nervous about which companies will come out on top when the future finally arrives, and it's arriving fast.
隨著這一切的發(fā)生，難怪汽車制造商和汽車行業(yè)的投資者對未來哪家公司會獨占鰲頭感到緊張，而這很快就會到來。