Advanced smart driving will become a standard safety feature similar to seatbelts and air bags, BYD’s founder and chairman Wang Chuanfu said.
Chinese electric car giant BYD announced late Monday that it was releasing a"DiPilot" assisted driving system for its cars, which includes a 69,800 yuan low-cost vehicle.
The automaker announced that it was releasing a"DiPilot" assisted driving system across its range of cars, which includes a 69,800 yuan low-cost vehicle.That makes BYD likely the first automaker in China to offer such advanced driver-assistance capabilities for a vehicle below 70,000 yuan, Nomura analysts said in a Tuesday note."BYD is changing its competition strategy from price cutting last year to functions' upgrade in 2025," the analysts said.
"The DeepSeek integration is very significant," said Tu Le, founder and managing director of Sino Auto Insights,"because now there's a homegrown standalone AI technology that BYD can work with to offer equivalent intelligent features offered by their competitors." More than two years ago, Chinese automakers had started offering driver-assistance features as a way to stand out in China's fiercely competitive electric car market. But BYD management told investors in March 2023 that when it comes to"smart driving," it was difficult to determineOn Monday, BYD said so-called smart vehicles can improve road safety by monitoring road conditions and avoiding dangers, while big data and AI models will improve the tech over time.
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