日本試行世界上第一輛無人駕駛出租車

A venture firm and a major taxi company last Monday began a trial of passenger-carrying autonomous taxi services with an eye on launching the full service around 2020 when Tokyo hosts the Olympics and the Paralympics.

上周一，一家風(fēng)投公司和一家大型出租車公司開始試運(yùn)行搭載乘客的自動(dòng)駕駛出租車服務(wù)，目標(biāo)是到2020年左右，東京主辦奧運(yùn)會(huì)和殘奧會(huì)時(shí)能全面推出這一服務(wù)。

ZMP Inc, a Tokyo-based developer of autonomous driving technology, and Hinomaru Kotsu Co, said they are the first in the world to offer autonomous taxi services to fare-paying passengers in the test.

總部位于東京的自動(dòng)駕駛技術(shù)開發(fā)商ZMP和日之丸交通稱，他們是全球率先在測(cè)試中為付費(fèi)乘客提供自動(dòng)駕駛出租車服務(wù)的企業(yè)。

In the trial, a minivan equipped with sensors and other autonomous technologies makes four round trips a day between commercial facilities in Tokyo's Otemachi and Roppongi districts.

試運(yùn)行中，一輛裝有傳感器和其他自動(dòng)駕駛技術(shù)的迷你廂式車，每天將在東京大手町和六本木區(qū)的商業(yè)設(shè)施間往返四次。

The autonomous taxi will start, stop and turn the vehicle, but a driver and an assistant will beon board to ensure safety.

這輛自動(dòng)駕駛出租車將會(huì)啟動(dòng)，停駛和轉(zhuǎn)彎，但車上將配有一位司機(jī)和一位助理以確保安全。

Passengers solicited in advance will unlock the door and make payments through a smartphone app, paying 1,500 yen for a one-way ride.

提前叫車的乘客將可打開門鎖，并通過智能手機(jī)應(yīng)用付費(fèi)，單程價(jià)格為1500日元。

A 45-year-old male passenger from Tokyo's Toshima Ward who got on the first autonomous taxi said, "It was such a natural ride that I almost forgot it was a self-driving car. I felt the advancement of technology."

來自東京豐島區(qū)的一位45歲的男性乘客乘坐了第一輛自動(dòng)駕駛出租車，他表示：“此次乘車體驗(yàn)非常自然，以致于我?guī)缀醵纪浰且惠v自動(dòng)駕駛汽車了。我感受到了科技的進(jìn)步。”

Autonomous driving services are viewed as a way to address the shortage of drivers in Tokyo and the increasing demand for taxis by foreign visitors to Japan.

自動(dòng)駕駛服務(wù)可解決東京司機(jī)短缺以及外國(guó)游客對(duì)日本出租車需求增加等問題。

Hopes for self-driving taxis are also high in rural areas, where taxi companies face serious labor shortages, according to experts.

據(jù)專家介紹，在出租車公司面臨嚴(yán)重勞動(dòng)力短缺的農(nóng)村地區(qū)，人們對(duì)自動(dòng)駕駛出租車的期望也很高。