宝马新技术 车与车通讯提升驾驶安全

While BMW ConnectedDrive has been tying technology like mobile phones or GPS navigation* into the driving experience for more than 10 years, BMW is taking a new step toward a future where vehicles can communicate with other vehicles to help the driver.

Called Car-to-X communication, the new technology from BMW is designed to provide a safer driving experience.

For example, a driver that starts signaling for a left turn on a busy road will continue to see vehicle alerts* on the dashboard* until the left side of the road is clear to make the turn. This can be very helpful in situations where there is limited visibility* due to a hairpin curve or a large building blocking the view.

The same concept can be applied when pulling out onto a busy road from a driveway or perhaps from a parking spot.

BMW also plans to design the technology to warn other drivers of dangers in the road, bad weather conditions or heavy traffic.

For example, a car that runs over a danger in the road would automatically* issue a warning to the next vehicle that reaches that area. When a vehicle comes to a stop at a slowdown in traffic while on a morning commute*, the drivers of the incoming vehicles see an alert in the dashboard and are aware of the stoppage. The technology can also be applied to police and other emergency vehicles issuing a warning to drivers about pulling to the side of the road. BMW also hopes to try this technology into traffic light systems.

Car-to-x communication operates through mobile phone connections or WLAN. There are latency* issues with using mobile phone connections, but BMW claims that these will improve over time.

High-speed WLAN networking is at present more suitable for the real-time communication between automobiles.

navigation 导航

alert 警报

dashboard 仪表板

visibility 能见度

automatically 自动地

commute 通勤

latency 延迟