寶馬承諾到2021年實現真正的無人駕駛

BMW has teamed with two leading tech companies to deliver fully self-driving vehicles in 2021.

日前，寶馬已經與兩家科技巨頭合作，將於2021年推出全自動無人駕駛汽車。

The partnership, which involves Intel and the Israeli computer vision company Mobileye, will create an open platform for the next generation of vehicles.

這兩家合作伙伴分別是英特爾和以色列的電腦視覺公司Mobileye，他們將攜手爲下一代的汽車創建一個開放平臺。

BMW said the new iNEXT model will be the basis for future fleets of fully autonomous vehicles that will drive on both highways and in urban environments, which are far more challenging.

寶馬方面表示，新的iNEXT車型將會爲一系列全自動駕駛車輛打下基礎。這些車輛將用於高速公路以及城市道路，非常具挑戰性。

A BMW spokesman said it expects a steering wheel and pedals to remain in the fully self-driving vehicle, in case the driver wants to be in control.

寶馬一位發言人表示，全自動無人駕駛汽車只需要一個方向盤和腳踏就可以了，以方便在必要時控制車輛。

"With this technological leap forward, we are offering our customers a whole new level of sheer driving pleasure, whilst pioneering new concepts for premium mobility," said BMW's chairman Harald Kruger.

寶馬集團董事長哈羅爾德·科魯格表示：“隨着科技的飛躍式發展，我們將爲消費者打造全新高度的、純粹的駕駛樂趣，同時也爲高檔出行開創全新的理念。”

The companies say the partnership will lay the foundation for an entirely new business model. Their platform will be made available to multiple car vendors, as well as to other industries that could use autonomous machines.

該集團表示，這種合作關係將爲一個全新的商業模式打下基礎。他們的這一平臺將向衆多汽車供應商和其他使用自動駕駛的公司開放。

"In just five years, the driverless experience will be activated by the touch of a button," said Amnon Shashua, the chief technology officer of Mobileye.

Mobileye公司首席技術官阿姆農·沙書亞表示：“在5年內，我們只需按一個按鈕就可以啓動無人駕駛汽車。”

Experts say that autonomous vehicles could have a dramatic impact on safety, and curtail the 1.25 million deaths every year on the world's roads.

有關專家表示，自動駕駛汽車的安全性能將會顯著提高，並且能將每年125萬人死於全球道路交通這一數字大大降低。