Volvo’s cars will warn one another about hazards in the road
Volvo’s cars will warn one another about hazards in the road
沃尔沃汽车将实现路况危险预警互联
Volvo is updating three of its electric vehicles with new hazard alerts to warn drivers when there are animals or vulnerable road users ahead. The new connected safety features are based on Volvo’s cars talking to one another, as opposed to crowdsourced alert systems used by popular navigation tools like Google Maps and Waze.
沃尔沃正在为其三款电动汽车更新全新的危险预警功能，旨在提醒驾驶员前方是否有动物或弱势道路使用者。这些全新的互联安全功能基于沃尔沃汽车之间的相互通信，这与谷歌地图（Google Maps）和位智（Waze）等流行导航工具所使用的众包预警系统有所不同。
The alerts work by using connected vehicle data from Volvo’s fleet of passenger vehicles in Europe, the US, and Canada. The car’s sensors and cameras are tuned to identify certain risks on the road. When one Volvo spots a hazard, it automatically logs the location and sends it to Volvo’s servers. Alerts are then sent to all other Volvo vehicles traveling along that same road. The alerts still depend on the car being connected to the cloud and the road existing in the map database, but Volvo’s newer EVs have plenty of computing power to handle the real-time processing requests.
该预警系统通过使用沃尔沃在欧洲、美国和加拿大乘用车车队的互联车辆数据来运作。车辆的传感器和摄像头经过调校，能够识别道路上的特定风险。当一辆沃尔沃汽车发现危险时，它会自动记录位置并将其发送至沃尔沃的服务器。随后，预警信息会被发送给所有行驶在同一路段的其他沃尔沃车辆。这些预警功能仍依赖于车辆的云端连接以及地图数据库中已有的道路信息，但沃尔沃较新的电动汽车拥有充足的计算能力来处理这些实时处理请求。
Volvo said it’s updating its EVs with alerts for four types of hazards: large animals; vulnerable road users, like pedestrians or cyclists; roadwork; and accidents. The new alerts are coming to the Volvo EX90, ES90, and EX60. Volvo says it has 1 million vehicles on the road today with connected safety alert capabilities. And it shares its alert data with traffic management centers, as well as other vehicle brands, so it’s not just Volvo branded vehicles that are benefiting.
沃尔沃表示，此次更新将为电动汽车增加四类危险预警：大型动物、行人或骑行者等弱势道路使用者、道路施工以及交通事故。这些新预警功能将应用于沃尔沃 EX90、ES90 和 EX60 车型。沃尔沃称，目前路上已有 100 万辆具备互联安全预警功能的汽车。此外，沃尔沃还会与交通管理中心及其他汽车品牌共享预警数据，因此受益的不仅仅是沃尔沃品牌的车辆。
Volvo has used connected vehicle technology to power some of its hazard warnings since 2016. The Swedish company’s cloud-based system, developed in partnership with Ericsson, warns drivers of slippery roads ahead based on feedback from steering, braking, and acceleration sensors. It also notifies nearby vehicles when another car has activated its hazard lights indicating that another driver may be in a dangerous or unexpected position on the road.
自 2016 年以来，沃尔沃一直利用互联车辆技术来支持其部分危险预警功能。这家瑞典公司与爱立信（Ericsson）合作开发的云端系统，能够根据转向、制动和加速传感器的反馈，提醒驾驶员前方路面湿滑。当另一辆车开启危险报警闪光灯时，该系统还会通知附近的车辆，提示其他驾驶员可能处于危险或意想不到的道路位置。
In addition, Volvo said that the EX90 would be getting Spatial Audio support for Apple CarPlay users. This will allow drivers to “enjoy a multi-dimensional and immersive sound experience that places music and vocals around the cabin,” the company says.
此外，沃尔沃还表示，EX90 将为 Apple CarPlay 用户提供空间音频（Spatial Audio）支持。该公司称，这将使驾驶员能够“享受多维度、沉浸式的音效体验，让音乐和人声环绕在车厢内”。