- Hey it's Andy with "The Verge."

- 嘿，這是安迪與 "前沿"。

I'm about to go for a ride

我要去兜風了

in one of Waymo's fully driverless cars,

在Waymo的一款完全無人駕駛汽車中。

here in Phoenix, Arizona.

在亞利桑那州的鳳凰城

As you can see, there is no driver in the front.

如你所見，前面沒有司機。

I'm not nervous.

我不緊張

Are you nervous?

你緊張嗎？

I'm not nervous.

我不緊張

Here we are, riding in a minivan

我們在這裡，坐著一輛小貨車

with nobody in the front seat, with pedestrians,

在前座無人的情況下，與行人。

and cyclists and other vehicles out on a public road.

和騎車人及其他車輛在公共道路上行駛。

It's a surreal experience.

這是一種超現實的體驗。

Google has been working on self-driving cars

谷歌一直在研究自動駕駛汽車

for over 10 years now.

10多年了。

In 2016, Google spun out its project

2016年，谷歌將其項目剝離出來

as a separate company called Waymo.

作為一家名為Waymo的獨立公司。

And since then, it's been testing hundreds of vehicles

而從那時起，它已經測試了數百輛汽車。

here in Arizona,

這裡在亞利桑那州。

mostly for an Uber-like ride hailing service

主要用於類似Uber的叫車服務。

called Waymo One.

稱為Waymo One。

Few years ago, I had the chance

幾年前，我有機會

to ride in one of Waymo's driverless vehicles,

以乘坐Waymo的無人駕駛汽車之一。

but it was on a private enclosed course.

但這是在一個私人封閉的球場上。

And since then, most of the trips that Waymo does

而從那時起，Waymo所做的大部分旅行

in its autonomous vehicles,

在其自主車輛中。

including the one that we took last year,

包括我們去年拍的那張。

have trained safety drivers in the front seat, until now.

有受過培訓的安全駕駛員在前座，直到現在。

It says, "Good morning, Waymo rider.

它說："早上好，Waymo的騎手。

"Our destination is Baby Kay's Cajun Kitchen."

"我們的目的地是Baby Kay's Cajun Kitchen。"

It's asking me to start the ride, so let's do that.

它讓我開始騎車，所以我們就這樣做。

- [Waymo Car Voice] Heading to Baby Kay's Cajun Kitchen.

- [Waymo汽車之聲]前往Baby Kay的Cajun廚房。

Please make sure your seat belt is fastened.

請確認您的安全帶已經繫好。

- All right, so we're pulling out of this

- 好吧，所以我們要退出這個... ...

parking lot right now and onto a public road.

現在的停車場和公共道路上。

Oh, there goes another Waymo car.

哦，又來了一輛Waymo汽車。

As you can see, we're in the Waymo central here.

如你所見，我們這裡是Waymo中心。

They just waved to us.

他們只是向我們揮手。

I don't think they knew that maybe wasn't anybody

我想他們不知道，也許不是任何人

in the front seat there.

在前排座位那裡。

And then we just made a right-hand turn,

然後我們就向右轉了。

and changed lanes into the center lane.

並變道進入中心車道。

It's very natural.

這是非常自然的。

So here comes some construction right here,

所以這裡就來了一些建築就在這裡。

which is very challenging for self-driving cars.

這對於自動駕駛汽車來說是非常具有挑戰性的。

And it kind of handled it with really no problem at all.

而它那種處理起來真的一點問題都沒有。

It slowed down a bit, now it's changing lanes.

它的速度慢了一點，現在它正在改變車道。

And it just kinda breezed past that construction site

它就這樣輕而易舉地經過了那個建築工地

there as if it was being driven by a human, quite honestly.

在那裡彷彿是被人開的，很老實。

This is our destination.

這就是我們的目的地。

Nothing really eventful to speak of.

沒有什麼真正的事件可言。

Now, it's coming back right now,

現在，它回來了，現在。

and we're gonna take it for a ride

我們要帶它去兜風了。

back to where we came from, which is the Watershed.

回到我們來的地方，也就是分水嶺。

Waymo was nice enough to let us choose the pick up spot

Waymo對我們很好，讓我們選擇取車地點。

and the destination for where we're going.

以及我們要去的目的地。

We had to vet it with them first,

我們得先跟他們審核一下。

but still, it's nice to know

但還是很高興知道

that there's a little bit of dynamic decision making

有一點點的動態決策。

going on here with this car.

這輛車是怎麼回事？

I'll get in first, if you don't mind.

如果你不介意的話，我就先進去了。

All our stuff is still here.

我們所有的東西都還在這裡。

That's great.

那太好了

We can trust these robots.

我們可以信任這些機器人。

This time I'm gonna press the button up here

這次我要按這裡的按鈕了

on the headliner, which is another way

在頭條新聞上，這是另一種方式。

that we can get the car to get going.

我們可以把車開走。

That was a pretty nice acceleration there,

那是一個相當不錯的加速。

not as cautious as you maybe expect.

沒有你想象的那麼謹慎。

It felt very organic.

感覺很有機。

Yeah, that's really, really weird,

是啊，這真的，真的很奇怪。

seeing the steering wheel move on its own like that.

看到方向盤這樣自行移動。

I like the notice on the steering wheel, too.

我也喜歡方向盤上的告示。

It says, do not touch steering wheel or pedals,

上面寫著，請勿觸摸方向盤和踏板。

the vehicle will pull over.

車輛會靠邊停車。

As sort of a warning to anyone

作為對任何人的一種警告

that might try to mess with the driverless car.

這可能會試圖搞無人駕駛汽車。

Looks like we're gonna be taking

看來我們要把

a right-hand turn here on Henkel,

在漢克爾這裡右轉。

which looks like it's gonna be into some

這看起來像它要進入一些。

bit of residential area.

位的住宅區。

So away from the more heavily traffic commercial zone

所以遠離交通繁忙的商業區。

that we are in and into a more of a residential zone.

我們正處於並進入更多的住宅區。

Interesting.

有趣的是

So it looks like we're making a bit of a routing correction.

所以看起來我們要做一點路由修正。

We're going back the way we came, and the car is making

我們要原路返回，而車在做...

some adjustments into the route that it's choosing.

在它選擇的路線上做一些調整。

Obviously, we'll allow that. (laughs)

很明顯，我們會允許的。（笑）

We have to make some allowances

我們必須做出一些讓步

for a car with nobody in the front seat.

對於一輛前座無人的汽車來說。

It'll be interesting to see how Waymo smooths out

這將是有趣的，看看Waymo如何平滑了。

some of those things, though, going forward,

的一些事情，不過，今後。

as this becomes a service that is available to more people.

隨著這成為更多人的服務。

And it looks like we're gonna be turning

而且看起來我們要去轉向

into the left turning lane as we approach our destination.

當我們接近目的地時，進入左轉車道。

And this is the part where I get a selfie

而這是我自拍的部分

for my own purposes.

為了我自己的目的。

I'm about to take a left turn in a fully driverless car.

我正準備開著一輛完全無人駕駛的汽車左轉。

- [Waymo Car] Arriving shortly at Watershed.

- [Waymo汽車]即將到達分水嶺。

- We did it!

- 我們成功了！

And we're making our way slowly around the parking lot

我們在停車場裡慢慢地走著。

to drop us off at the entrance to The Watershed.

把我們送到分水嶺的入口處。

And then we'll be done and we will say goodbye to our Waymo.

然後我們就會完成，我們將和我們的Waymo說再見。

Oh, it stopped for the pigeons, you love to see it.

哦，它為鴿子停了下來，你愛看。

You absolutely love to see them stopping for the pigeons.

你絕對喜歡看他們為鴿子停下來的樣子。

No other company is testing fully driverless vehicles

沒有其他公司在測試完全無人駕駛汽車

at the scale and speed that Waymo is.

以Waymo的規模和速度。

The company has trained its AI with a vast data set

該公司已經用大量的數據集訓練了其人工智能。

of images and driving scenarios.

的影像和駕駛場景。

It has a highly detailed high-def map of the whole area

它有一個高度詳細的高清晰度的整個地區的地圖。

down to the centimeter.

到釐米。

It took Waymo a decade to get to this point,

Waymo花了十年時間才走到這一步。

where it felt confident enough in the safety

在它對安全有足夠信心的地方

of its technology to pull drivers out of the driver seat.

的技術，將司機從駕駛座上拉出來。

But, you know, only for a tightly controlled

但是，你知道的，只有在嚴格控制的情況下

50 square mile area, mostly suburban

50平方英里的區域，大部分是郊區

and mostly dry conditions, with a pretty basic road layout.

且多為乾燥條件，道路佈局相當基礎。

And these vehicles aren't totally alone in the wilderness.

而這些車輛也並非完全是孤身一人在荒野中。

Waymo has a team of remote employees

Waymo擁有一支由遠程員工組成的團隊

that watch the real time feed

觀看實時畫面的

from each of the vehicle's eight cameras,

從車輛的八個攝像頭的每一個。

and can help with the touch of a button

並可以通過觸摸按鈕提供幫助

if the software runs into a tricky spot

如果軟件遇到難題

and needs a human eye to figure it out.

並需要一個人的眼睛來計算它。

- These folks don't joystick the car or anything like that,

- 這些人不操縱汽車或類似的東西。

but they can help answer specific questions

但他們可以幫助回答具體問題

that a car might have about an ambiguous situation.

一輛汽車可能會有關於模糊的情況。

And that's where human intuition and human understanding

這也是人類的直覺和理解的地方

of the entire context is super important.

的整個背景是超級重要的。

Like that moving van, is it really staying there?

就像那輛搬家的貨車，真的要留在那裡嗎？

Or is it about to start driving?

還是要開始開車了？

Well, if the door's down

好吧，如果門是關閉的

and they're unloading a lamp out of the back,

他們正從後面卸下一盞燈。

it's gonna be there for a while.

它的會是有一段時間。

That's not something we've gotten around to making the car

我們還沒來得及把車做出來呢

smart enough to understand, but a human sees it in a moment

聰明的人看不懂，但人在一瞬間就看懂了。

and can send that signal.

並可以發送該信號。

So it's not really a command to the car,

所以這並不是真正意義上的對汽車的命令。

it's just adding information.

這只是增加資訊。

- [Andy] When you think about self-driving cars,

- 當你想到自動駕駛汽車時

you probably picture something from like "Minority Report"

你可能會想象到類似 "少數派報告 "的東西

or "Total Recall."

或 "全面召回"。

- Drive!

- 開車！

- Fully driverless cars with no one in the front seat,

- 完全無人駕駛的汽車，前排座位上沒有人。

or maybe no front seat at all,

或者說根本就沒有前座。

or a steering wheel for that matter.

或方向盤的問題。

While Waymo's driverless vehicles

雖然Waymo的無人駕駛汽車

are getting us closer to that imagined future,

正在讓我們更接近那個想象中的未來。

there's still a lot going on behind the scenes

風雨欲來風滿樓

that we don't see.

我們看不到的。

I mean, the level of production required

我的意思是，生產水準要求

for each of these driverless vehicles is immense.

對於這些無人駕駛汽車的每一個都是巨大的。

Sensors, cameras, compute, AI,

傳感器、攝像頭、計算、AI。

remote assistance operators, fleet managers.

遠程協助操作員、車隊經理；

Experts estimate that each self-driving test vehicle

專家估計，每輛自動駕駛測試車

could cost $400,000 alone.

光是花費就可能達到40萬元。

And that's just taking into account the sensors and compute.

這還只是考慮到傳感器和計算。

Is all of that really worth it?

這些真的值得嗎？

Waymo seems to think so.

Waymo似乎也這麼認為。

I mean, human beings are terrible drivers.

我的意思是，人類是可怕的驅動程序。

The vast majority of vehicle crashes, like over 90%

絕大多數的車禍，比如90%以上的車禍。

are because of mistakes made by human drivers.

是由於人類司機所犯的錯誤。

Self-driving cars could be safer,

自動駕駛汽車可能更安全。

but we really just don't know yet.

但我們真的只是不知道呢。

There just aren't enough of them on the road

只是路上的人不夠多而已

to really prove that out.

來真正證明這一點。

So we'll have to wait, until they bust out

所以，我們必須等待，直到他們打破了

beyond this tiny section of suburban Arizona

在亞利桑那州郊外的這塊小天地裡

and to a much larger and more dangerous

並向更大、更危險的

and more complex world before we know

和更復雜的世界，我們才知道

whether self-driving cars are really worth all this effort.

自動駕駛汽車是否真的值得付出這些努力。

If you'd rather see a video about electric cars,

如果你想看一段關於電動汽車的視頻。

we just did a drive with Porsche's new all electric Taycan

我們剛剛試駕了保時捷全新的全電動Taycan車型。

outside of L.A., in the mountains.

洛杉磯郊外的山區。

It was a gorgeous video.

這是一個華麗的視頻。

I highly recommend you check it out at youtube.com/theverge.

我強烈建議你去youtube.com/theverge看看。