CNN News: 汽車(chē)行業(yè)的未來(lái)——電動(dòng)汽車(chē)

According to InsideEVs.com, which covers news about electric vehicles and tracks their sales, there was a deep in the average number of electric cars sold in the U.S. between March and April. Still, for the first four months of this year, EV sales have been higher across the board than they were last year. Is that a sign of things to come?
據(jù)InsideEVs.com網(wǎng)站報(bào)道，今年3月至4月份，美國(guó)電動(dòng)汽車(chē)的平均銷(xiāo)量有所下滑。InsideEVs.com網(wǎng)站聚焦有關(guān)電動(dòng)汽車(chē)的新聞并追蹤其銷(xiāo)售情況。盡管如此，今年前4個(gè)月的電動(dòng)汽車(chē)銷(xiāo)量整體來(lái)看仍高于去年。這是否預(yù)示著未來(lái)的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)?
For the past 100 years or more, Americans have mostly bought cars, filled them with gasoline, and driven them places.
過(guò)去100年或者更長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間，大部分美國(guó)人都買(mǎi)了車(chē)，給車(chē)裝滿(mǎn)汽油然后開(kāi)車(chē)去各個(gè)地方。
Get ready for all that to change.
準(zhǔn)備好改變這一切吧。
First, electric cars are coming on strong. Batteries are now better and cheaper to make. The Chevrolet Volt and soon the Tesla model 3 both get more than 200 miles of range for under $40,000. They promised to make practical electric cars accessible to the masses.
首先，電動(dòng)汽車(chē)越來(lái)越強(qiáng)大?，F(xiàn)在的電池也變得更優(yōu)質(zhì)更便宜。雪佛蘭伏特和特斯拉Model 3的售價(jià)不到4萬(wàn)美元，可它們都能行駛200英里。他們承諾將制造出大眾可購(gòu)買(mǎi)的實(shí)用型電動(dòng)汽車(chē)。
At the same time, advances in computers, software and sensors are bringing the dream of self-driving cars to reality. Already, many luxury models can largely drive themselves on highways and in stop and go traffic.
同時(shí)，計(jì)算機(jī)、軟件和傳感器的進(jìn)步使自動(dòng)駕駛汽車(chē)的夢(mèng)想成真。目前許多豪華車(chē)型都可以在高速公路上和較擁堵路段進(jìn)行自動(dòng)駕駛。
That's easy stuff, though. The real challenge is driving on city streets and in suburbs where are there complex intersections and pedestrians.
雖然，這些都是很容易的事情。真正的挑戰(zhàn)是在城市街道和郊區(qū)駕駛，因?yàn)檫@些地方路況復(fù)雜，有許多十字路口和行人。
Companies from both inside and outside the auto industry are working on those problems. Several automakers have promised to put self-driving cars on the road in just a few years. They'll probably show up in fleets at first, think self-driving taxis with a driver at the wheel.
汽車(chē)行業(yè)內(nèi)外的公司都在研究這些問(wèn)題。多家汽車(chē)制造商承諾在幾年內(nèi)生產(chǎn)出能上路的自動(dòng)駕駛車(chē)輛。他們一開(kāi)始可能會(huì)比較謹(jǐn)慎，考慮給無(wú)人駕駛出租車(chē)配個(gè)司機(jī)。
Once cars can drive themselves, car sharing becomes much more attractive. After all, if your car doesn't need you to drive it, why just let it sit in a parking space all day? For that matter, why buy a car at all when you can cheaply ride in one that's just driving around on its own anyway.
一旦汽車(chē)實(shí)現(xiàn)自動(dòng)駕駛，汽車(chē)共享就會(huì)變得更有吸引力。畢竟，如果汽車(chē)不需要你駕駛，那為什么還讓它一整天都停在停車(chē)場(chǎng)呢?就此而言，既然能夠花很少的錢(qián)就乘坐到自動(dòng)駕駛的汽車(chē)，那為什么還要買(mǎi)車(chē)呢?
With all this going on, it's no wonder automakers and auto industry investors are nervous about which companies will come out on top when the future finally arrives, and it's arriving fast.
隨著這一切的發(fā)生，難怪汽車(chē)制造商和汽車(chē)行業(yè)的投資者對(duì)未來(lái)哪家公司會(huì)獨(dú)占鰲頭感到緊張，而這很快就會(huì)到來(lái)。