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.
通用汽车公司（纽约证券交易所代码：GM）的自动驾驶部门Cruise周一表示，它将于本周在凤凰城开始有监督的自动驾驶，以验证其安全性，自去年其一辆机器人出租车发生行人事故以来，安全性一直受到质疑。
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.
发生了什么：车辆将自动行驶，但如果需要，将有一名安全驾驶员在场接管方向盘。该公司表示，虽然测试将在菲尼克斯市开始，但将逐步扩大到斯科茨代尔、天堂谷、坦佩、梅萨、吉尔伯特和钱德勒。
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.
经过长达数月的中断，Cruise于4月在菲尼克斯市重新启动了手动驾驶，以收集道路信息。克鲁斯随后表示，这些车辆将由没有自动驾驶系统的人类驾驶。
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.
通用汽车首席执行官玛丽·巴拉在谈到该决定时表示，该公司已经加强了其自动驾驶系统的安全性，并打算在扩展到下一个城市之前证明该模型在一个城市行之有效。
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.
为何重要：Cruise在第一季度的应计支出为4亿美元，而前一季度的应计支出为8亿美元。该公司预计，该部门的全年支出约为17亿美元。巴拉上个月表示，该公司还在探索为Cruise提供资金的几种选择，包括外部投资。
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的一辆自动出租车在旧金山发生事故后，Cruise暂停了在美国的所有运营。该公司现在正试图通过逐步重启来逐步重建客户和监管机构的信任。
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