百度拿到加州許可 自動駕駛汽車可上路測試

The U.S. subsidiary of Baidu Inc., a Chinese web services company, has been issued a permit to test self-drive vehicles in California.

中國互聯網公司百度的美國分公司已經獲得了許可，將在加州測試百度研發的無人駕駛汽車。

The testing permit, from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in the first week of month, would allow Baidu USA to test its autonomous driving technologies in the Golden State.

在九月的第一週，加州機動汽車部門向百度發佈了這一測試許可，允許百度美國分公司在加州測試自己的自動駕駛技術。

Headquartered in Beijing, China, Baidu announced the formation of an autonomous driving team in the United States, as part of Baidu Autonomous Driving Unit that operates in Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.

總部設在北京的百度公司宣佈了美國自自動駕駛研發小組正式成立，該小組是百度在北京、上海、深圳等城市運營的自動駕駛團隊的一部分。

Following 14 other companies, including German automakers Mercedes Benz and BMW and U.S. automaker Ford, that have obtained the permit to operate self-drive vehicles on public roads in California, Baidu said it would test its vehicles "very soon."

之前，包括德國汽車製造商奔馳和寶馬，以及美國汽車製造商福特在內的14家公司都已獲准在加州公共道路上測試無人駕駛汽車，緊隨其後的百度公司表示，他們將在“近期”對自己研發的汽車進行測試。

"Baidu has already built a strong team in Silicon Valley to develop autonomous driving technologies, and being able to do road tests will greatly accelerate our progress," Jin Wang, senior vice president of Baidu and general manager of Baidu's Autonomous Driving Unit, was quoted as saying in a web posting earlier in the month.

本月上旬，一家網站援引百度高級副總裁、百度自動駕駛團隊總經理王勁的話稱：“百度已經在硅谷建立了一支強大的團隊來研發自動駕駛技術，而能夠進行路面測試將會大大加速我們的研發進展。”