奧迪A8的LV3自駕能力跳票 - BMW

連結：https://www.motor1.com/news/418944/audi-a8-no-semi-autonomous-system/

原文和翻譯：

Before Audi revealed the fourth-generation Audi A8 that’s on sale today, the
company announced it’d offer it with Level 3 semi-autonomous driving capabili
ties. It went on sale two years ago, and Audi has yet to deploy the technology
, and it appears it won’t do so anytime soon. A new report from Automotive Ne
ws says the company “has abandoned plan to introduce” the tech, which Audi c
alls Traffic Jam Pilot, to its A8 luxury sedan.

原本奧迪宣布第四代A8將會有LV3自駕能力，在上市兩年後的今天，奧迪依然沒有開放這
個能力，而最新消息指出此計畫已被放棄。

Audi introduced the technology before regulators allowed it, promising to acti
vate the system in the appropriate markets where such tech was legal. However,
regulators remain stymied, and there’s still no consensus on how to regulate
even the most basic Level 3 semi-autonomous driving system, according to the
publication. Level 3 systems are designed to allow the driver to engage the sy
stem and take his eyes off the road to read or watch a movie, though the drive
r may be required to take over in an emergency.

奧迪在相關立法還沒有完成之前就宣示了此項科技，原本希望能帶動願意開放的市場。但
各國立法機構不為所動，而且事實上根本對於如何規範LV3沒有頭緒。LV3的定義是駕駛可
以完全把車子交給電腦，但電腦發出緊急警告時還是要隨時接手。

There’ve been hurdles within Audi, too. Sources told the publication that cor
porate lawyers are leery of the tech, which shifts the liability from the driv
er to the automaker when the system is engaged. Audi Technical Development bos
s Hans-Joachim Rothenpieler said that the excitement around Level 3 systems “
has subsided substantially.” If the system were piloting the car when it got
in an accident, Audi would be responsible.

除了外在因素，奧迪內部也有許多反對。內部律師警告LV3會把出事責任從駕駛轉到車廠
上。奧迪的技術開發主管 Rothenpieler 也說LV3系統已經不再是令人期待的目標。

Some automakers are skipping Level 3 altogether, like Volvo, whose CEO called
the tech “unsafe.” Fully self-driving cars are still several years away, and
without Audi’s Level 3 tech arriving anytime soon, the next step in autonomo
us cars may come from the likes of Mercedes and BMW with their S-Class and iNe
xt, respectively. The tech will advance incrementally until one day when cars
lack pedals and a steering wheel.

其他車廠早已決定完全跳過LV3，例如 Volvo的CEO就曾經說LV3並不安全。看來全自駕系
統還要好幾年才會問世，下一個能期待的進步可能是賓士的S-class或BMW的iNext。自駕
科技在沒有方向盤跟踏板的車問世前只能慢慢來。

心得：

所以不要再說奧迪有什麼LV3了，根本做不出來。我也同意其實LV3當初這樣定義反而更難
做。直接跳到LV4不管法規上還是技術上都更合理。

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