Today, Uber launched the world largest fleet of self-driving taxies.

今天，Uber 發行了世界上最大的自動駕駛車隊

And these vehicles are now carrying passengers around Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania, just like any other Uber would.

現在，這些車輛在匹茲堡和賓夕法尼亞週邊載客，就跟其他的 Uber 一樣。

The San Francisco-based company has outputted more than a dozen Ford Fusion cars with lasers, cameras and GPS sensors

這間舊金山為基地的公司已經出產十幾輛福特 Fusion 汽車，配有雷射、相機跟GPS感應器

so that they can sense the environment around them and drive safely to all kind of conditions,

如此一來，他們可以感應到周遭的環境，並且在各種情況下都可以安全駕駛

including snow, and bridges, and crowded streets.

包括雪地、橋樑，還有擁擠的街道

In the back of the car is a screen that passengers can swipe to begin the trip.

在後座有個螢幕，乘客可以用手指滑過螢幕來開始一段旅程

and it also displays exactly what the car is seeing in real time through its ray of sensors

螢幕上顯示的，就是透過車子雷射感應器看到的實際情況

Well, these cars represent today's state-of-the-art technology.

這些車子代表著時下最先進的科技

They are not free of human just yet.

不過，他們還沒辦法完全不受人工干預

Each self-driving car has two Uber employees in front.

每輛自動駕駛車前座都有兩位 Uber 工作人員

A back-up driver in the driver seat and an engineer who takes notes on each ride.

一位坐在駕駛座上的預備駕駛，駕駛右側有一位負責記錄的工程師

So now, I am actually going to be able to test out one of these cars for myself

現在，我要自己去試乘這些車子

and sit behind the wheel in one of Uber's self-driving cars.

坐在自動駕駛車的駕駛座上

Let's see how it goes.

我們來看看

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Uber's goal is for its cars to be fully autonomous and self-driving.

Uber 的目標是要讓這些車子全自動，而且可以自行駕駛

But now human intervention is still needed sometimes.

但是現在，有時候還是需要人力介入

As I was driving, I had to keep my hands on the wheel and watch the road.

我在開車的時候，我得把手放在方向盤上，注意路況

In our ten-minute ride, I never needed to take over the car,

十分鐘的試乘中，我都沒有控制車子

but I was to told to keep my foot over the brake, just in case.

但是，他們告訴我，以防萬一我得把腳放在煞車上，

So here I am behind the driver's wheel and...

所以，我現在在駕駛座上...

look at my hands.

看看我的手

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So the ride was pretty smooth.

整趟試乘非常順利

The car could use blinkers and turn, brake, accelerate all that with no help from me.

車子會自己打方向燈、轉彎、煞車、加速，完全不需要我幫忙

And when you are in the driver seat, you're supposed to keep your hands on the wheel just in case you need to take back control.

坐在駕駛座上的時候，你應該要把手放在方向盤上，以免你需要重新控制車子

The only thing car can't do yet is change lanes, but that's coming soon.

車子唯一還不能做的，就是變換車道，不過不久的之後應該就可以了

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Uber is still building its fleet and plans to have dozens of self-driving cars available to passengers in Pittsburgh by the end of this year.

Uber還在打造自己的車隊，計劃年底引進非常多台自動駕駛車到匹茲堡，為當地民眾服務

In addition to the Ford Fusion like the one I rode in, they will also be introducing self-driving Volvos,

除了我搭的這台 Ford Fusion，Volvo 也想加入自動駕駛車的行列

which the company calls their second generation of self-driving cars.

Volvo 公司表示，這已經是第二代自動駕駛車了