Waymo自動(dòng)駕駛汽車測(cè)試新業(yè)務(wù)

Google's sister-company Waymo has announced atrial in which its self-driving cars will ferry shoppers to and from a nearby Walmart store to pick up their groceries.

日前，谷歌的姐妹公司W(wǎng)aymo對(duì)外公布了一項(xiàng)測(cè)試，即自己旗下的自動(dòng)駕駛汽車將在附近的沃爾瑪商店對(duì)購物顧客進(jìn)行接送。

For now, the pilot is being restricted to 400-plus members of its early rider programme in Phoenix, Arizona.

目前這個(gè)試點(diǎn)項(xiàng)目僅限于在亞利桑那州菲尼克斯市參加過早期駕駛試驗(yàn)的四百多位成員。

However, it indicates how the tech giant thinks the autonomous vehicles could be deployed if and when they exit the experimental stage.

盡管如此，本項(xiàng)測(cè)試一定程度上表明了這家科技公司對(duì)自動(dòng)駕駛該以何種方式投放市場(chǎng)、何時(shí)能夠完成實(shí)驗(yàn)階段的想法。

One expert said cost would be key.

專家稱，成本是問題關(guān)鍵。

 

The only word on pricing so far is a promise to offer participants discounts when they order goods via Walmart's Online Grocery Pickup service as part of the deal.

目前為止，價(jià)格方面的信息僅有一項(xiàng)承諾：通過沃爾瑪在線商店服務(wù)下單的顧客將享受乘車折扣。

"If this is rolled out properly you would expect there to be a reasonably high threshold in terms of the price and spend commitment to justify the service," commented Julie Palmer, a retail expert at the consultancy Begbies Traynor.

咨詢機(jī)構(gòu)貝格比斯·特雷諾的零售專家朱莉·帕爾默評(píng)論道：“如果推出得當(dāng)，為體現(xiàn)這一服務(wù)，你可以想象出在價(jià)格和支出方面可能會(huì)相當(dāng)高。”

"You'd expect it to be limited to shoppers buying higher value items."

“這項(xiàng)服務(wù)也可能僅限于購買高價(jià)商品的消費(fèi)者。”