百度拿到加州许可 自动驾驶汽车可上路测试

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

中国互联网公司百度的美国分公司已经获得了许可，将在加州测试百度研发的无人驾驶汽车。

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.

在九月的第一周，加州机动汽车部门向百度发布了这一测试许可，允许百度美国分公司在加州测试自己的自动驾驶技术。

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.

总部设在北京的百度公司宣布了美国自自动驾驶研发小组正式成立，该小组是百度在北京、上海、深圳等城市运营的自动驾驶团队的一部分。

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，包括德国汽车制造商奔驰和宝马，以及美国汽车制造商福特在内的14家公司都已获准在加州公共道路上测试无人驾驶汽车，紧随其后的百度公司表示，他们将在“近期”对自己研发的汽车进行测试。

"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，一家网站援引百度高级副总裁、百度自动驾驶团队总经理王劲的话称：“百度已经在硅谷建立了一支强大的团队来研发自动驾驶技术，而能够进行路面测试将会大大加速我们的研发进展。”