BYD will bring the autonomous driving system to even its cheapest models
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The Shenzhen-based automaker is unrivaled in electric vehicle sales in China but lags behind in software, ADAS (advanced driver assistance system) and smart driving features. This may change in 2025, as the company has been investing in the software side of the vehicles for the last two years.
BYD has collaborated with various ADAS providers, such as drone manufacturer DJI or Huawei, but has made the advanced driving assistance system available in a few of its vehicles.
It will invest 13.6 billion dollars for autonomous driving systems
BYD established a team in September 2023 to develop an advanced driving assistance system and this team is currently for 1300 people It is stated that it has reached . The company started developing ADAS in January 2024. $13.6 billion announced that he would invest. BYD’s ADAS team focuses on developing urban autonomous driving and highway autonomous driving.
BYD’s applications to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China indicate that the company 13 thousand dollars Even electric vehicles at the level 7/11 cameras ve three eye view cameras reveals that it has been placed. The 7/11 camera setup means that the driving system has 11 cameras, 7 of which are long-range cameras and 4 are wide-angle parking cameras.
BYD’s driver assistance systems currently fall into three categories:
- InPilot 100: Entry-level ADAS with 100 TOPS processing power and basic auxiliary functions. It is generally powered by Journey 5 from Horizon Robotics with Nvidia’s Drive N Orin chip.
- InPilot 300: Mid-range ADAS with single lidar and single Nvidia Orin X chip and 300 TOPS power. It can perform semi-autonomous highway driving.
- InPilot 600: Multi-lidar, 508 TOPS of power with two Nvidia Orin X chips. Level 3 autonomous driving in the city and on the highway.
BYD plans to launch various levels of autonomous driving features, including cheaper models, starting in 2025. It aims to offer its entire product range by the end of the year.
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