Uber partner Avride is under investigation for self-driving crashes
Uber partner Avride is under investigation for self-driving crashes
Uber 合作伙伴 Avride 因自动驾驶车辆事故正接受调查
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into Avride, a robotaxi company that has partnered with Uber, after identifying more than a dozen crashes and one minor injury. 美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）已对与 Uber 达成合作的自动驾驶出租车公司 Avride 展开调查，此前该机构确认了十多起涉及该公司的碰撞事故，并造成一人轻伤。
The safety regulator’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) said all 16 crashes that it has identified have to do with “the competence of” Avride’s self-driving system, which has apparently struggled with changing lanes, responding to other vehicles in the same lane, and responding to stationary objects. 该安全监管机构的缺陷调查办公室（ODI）表示，其确认的所有 16 起事故都与 Avride 自动驾驶系统的“能力”有关。该系统在变道、应对同车道其他车辆以及避让静止物体方面显然存在困难。
All of the crashes have come while the Avride vehicles were under the supervision of a safety monitor in the driver’s seat. Reached for comment, Avride declined to explain why the safety monitors did not intervene in these crashes. 所有事故发生时，Avride 车辆均处于驾驶座安全员的监控之下。在被问及为何安全员未在这些事故中进行干预时，Avride 拒绝置评。
The company pointed out that it reported these crashes to the NHTSA as required by the agency’s 2021 Standing General Order on automated driving. “We have implemented targeted technical and operational mitigations to address our findings from each reported incident between December 2025 and March 2026, and have further enhanced overall system capabilities,” the company said in a statement. “Our total operations have continued to grow, while the frequency of incidents relative to our mileage has steadily declined.” 该公司指出，其已按照该机构 2021 年发布的关于自动驾驶的常设总令要求，向 NHTSA 报告了这些事故。公司在一份声明中表示：“针对 2025 年 12 月至 2026 年 3 月期间每起报告事故的调查结果，我们已实施了有针对性的技术和运营缓解措施，并进一步增强了整体系统能力。我们的业务总量持续增长，而事故发生频率相对于我们的行驶里程而言已稳步下降。”
Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Avride, best known for its sidewalk delivery robots, is a subsidiary of Nebius, formerly Yandex NV, the Netherlands-based company that sold off its Russian business in 2024. Uber 未立即回应置评请求。Avride 以其人行道配送机器人而闻名，是 Nebius（前身为 Yandex NV）的子公司。Nebius 是一家总部位于荷兰的公司，于 2024 年出售了其俄罗斯业务。
The company has also spent years developing and testing self-driving cars, and struck a partnership with Uber in 2024. The following year, Uber and its parent company Nebius agreed to make “strategic investments and other commitments” to Avride worth up to $375 million. 该公司还花费多年时间开发和测试自动驾驶汽车，并于 2024 年与 Uber 达成合作。次年，Uber 及其母公司 Nebius 同意向 Avride 进行价值高达 3.75 亿美元的“战略投资及其他承诺”。
The investigation comes just a few months after Uber started offering rides in Avride robotaxis in Dallas, Texas, which is where “many of the reported crashes have occurred,” according to the ODI. Some of the crashes also occurred in Austin, Texas. At least one of the reported crashes involved a robotaxi carrying a passenger. 此次调查距离 Uber 开始在德克萨斯州达拉斯市提供 Avride 自动驾驶出租车服务仅过去几个月。据 ODI 称，达拉斯正是“许多报告事故发生的地方”。部分事故也发生在德克萨斯州的奥斯汀。在已报告的事故中，至少有一起涉及载有乘客的自动驾驶出租车。
The probe arrives amid expanded testing, deployment, and scaling of autonomous vehicle technologies by numerous companies across the United States, drawing increased scrutiny. Waymo is currently being investigated by both NHTSA and the National Transportation Safety Board for illegal behavior around school buses, and for a January crash in which one of the Alphabet-owned company’s robotaxis struck a child. 此次调查正值美国多家公司扩大自动驾驶技术的测试、部署和规模之际，这引发了越来越多的审查。Waymo 目前正受到 NHTSA 和美国国家运输安全委员会的调查，原因涉及其车辆在校车周围的违规行为，以及 1 月份发生的一起事故——该公司（Alphabet 旗下）的一辆自动驾驶出租车撞倒了一名儿童。
The ODI said on Friday that it completed a preliminary review of videos of each Avride crash. These videos, according to the office, show “instances of the AVs changing lanes into the path of or directly into other vehicles traveling in an adjacent lane and in close proximity to an AV; failing to slow or stop for slow-moving or stopped vehicles in the lane and path ahead; failing to slow for or avoid vehicles entering the lane and path ahead; and striking stationary objects partially obstructing the lane and path ahead.” ODI 周五表示，已完成对每起 Avride 事故视频的初步审查。据该办公室称，这些视频显示了“自动驾驶车辆在变道时进入相邻车道行驶且距离较近的车辆的路径，或直接撞向这些车辆；未能对前方车道和路径上的慢速行驶或静止车辆减速或停车；未能对进入前方车道和路径的车辆减速或避让；以及撞击部分阻碍前方车道和路径的静止物体。”
The crash that caused a minor injury happened in December 2025 in Dallas, according to data filed with the NHTSA. It involved an Avride-equipped Hyundai Ioniq 5 that clipped the open driver’s side door of a parked pickup truck. One of the truck’s occupants sustained a minor injury that did not require hospitalization. 根据提交给 NHTSA 的数据，造成轻伤的事故发生在 2025 年 12 月的达拉斯。事故涉及一辆配备 Avride 系统的现代 Ioniq 5，该车剐蹭了一辆停放的皮卡车敞开的驾驶员侧车门。皮卡车内的一名乘客受轻伤，无需住院治疗。
Another December crash in Dallas involved an Avride robotaxi that tried to change lanes to avoid a parked pickup truck, according to data filed with the NHTSA. The Avride vehicle turned into a van that was beside it, resulting in damage to both vehicles. Multiple crashes involved other vehicles turning into the Avride robotaxis, though it’s unclear from the descriptions if there was a chance for the robotaxis to avoid those collisions. At least one crash involved an Avride vehicle crashing into a dumpster. Only one of the reported crashes describes the safety monitor attempting to intervene. 根据提交给 NHTSA 的数据，12 月在达拉斯发生的另一起事故涉及一辆 Avride 自动驾驶出租车，该车试图变道以避开一辆停放的皮卡车。Avride 车辆转向时撞上了旁边的一辆货车，导致两车受损。多起事故涉及其他车辆转向撞向 Avride 自动驾驶出租车，尽管从描述中尚不清楚这些自动驾驶出租车是否有机会避免碰撞。至少有一起事故涉及 Avride 车辆撞向垃圾箱。在所有报告的事故中，只有一起描述了安全员试图进行干预。