BYD pushes smart driving era with major updates to 21 models
BYD pushes smart driving era with major updates to 21 models
- BYD has introduced Smart Driving Edition updates to 21 models, including the Seagull, which starts at RMB 69,800.
BYD says that in the next 2 to 3 years, high-level Smart Driving capabilities will become as essential a vehicle feature as seatbelts and airbags.
BYD (HKG: 1211, OTCMKTS: BYDDY) is accelerating the arrival of the smart driving era, launching 21 models with smart driving systems in a sweeping move after a successful transition to electrification.
The company announced at a Vehicle Intelligence Strategy Launch Event today that smart driving features will be offered across its entire model range, including not only high-end models but also those priced below RMB 100,000 ($13,700).
In the next two to three years, high-end intelligent driving functions will become as essential a vehicle feature as seatbelts and airbags, said BYD Chairman and President Wang Chuanfu at today’s event.
The biggest obstacle to the widespread adoption of intelligent driving is the high price, which prevents most consumers from accessing these features, he said.
BYD will accelerate the adoption of smart driving features by making them available to everyone, he added.
The company calls its intelligent driving system “God’s Eye”, and similar to its DiSus body control system, it has different branches.
The top-of-the-range God’s Eye A system is the DiPilot 600, which uses three LiDARs and is mainly used by ultra-luxury sub-brand Yangwang.
The God’s Eye B solution is the DiPilot 300, which uses one LiDAR and is mainly used in the Denza brand and some BYD premium cars.
The intelligent driving solution for the God’s Eye C system is DiPilot 100, which does not use LiDAR and instead uses a camera vision solution for BYD’s affordable models.
In a major move, the company today updated 21 models, having previously added high-level intelligent driving systems to the Yangwang, Denza and some of BYD’s lower-priced models.
All models under the BYD brand have received the Smart Driving Edition update, while prices have remained the same, meaning that the Smart Driving features have been added for free.
BYD’s Ocean range has 11 Smart Driving Edition models and here are their starting price ranges:
Seagull Smart Driving Edition: RMB 69,800 to RMB 85,800.
Dolphin Smart Driving Edition: RMB 99,800 to RMB 125,800.
Seal 05 DM-i Smart Driving Edition: RMB 79,800 to RMB 103,800.
Seal 06 DM-i Smart Driving Edition: RMB 99,800 to RMB 139,800.
Seal 06 GT Smart Driving Edition: RMB 136,800 to RMB 186,800.
Seal 07 DM-i Smart Driving Edition: RMB 139,800 to RMB 195,800.
Seal Smart Driving Edition: RMB 175,800 to RMB 239,800.
Sealion 05 DM-i Smart Driving Edition: RMB 102,800 to RMB 132,800.
Song Plus DM-i Smart Driving Edition: RMB 135,800 to RMB 175,800.
Song Plus EV Smart Driving Edition: RMB 149,800 to RMB 175,800.
Sealion 07 EV Smart Driving Edition: RMB 189,800 to RMB 239,800.
BYD’s Dynasty lineup rolled out 10 Smart Driving Edition models, and here are their starting price ranges:
Second-generation Qin Plus DM-i Smart Driving Edition: RMB 79,800 to RMB 103,800.
Second-generation Qin Plus EV Smart Driving Edition: RMB 109,800 to RMB 129,800.
Qin L DM-i Smart Driving Edition: RMB 99,800 to RMB 139,800.
Song L DM-i Smart Driving Edition: RMB 135,800 to RMB 175,800.
Song L EV Smart Driving Edition: RMB 189,800 to RMB 249,800.
Song Pro DM-i Smart Driving Edition: RMB 102,800 to RMB 132,800.
Yuan Up Smart Driving Edition: RMB 99,800 to RMB 119,800.
Han DM-i Smart Driving Edition: RMB 168,800 to RMB 225,800.
Han EV Smart Driving Edition: RMB 179,800 to RMB 235,800.
Tang DM-i Smart Driving Edition: RMB 179,800 to RMB 219,800.
Yang Dongsheng, senior vice president of BYD Group and director of the Automotive New Technology Research Institute, said smart driving is one of the safety features for which BYD has invested more than 5,000 engineers and gone through seven years of research and development.
To date, more than 4.4 million BYD vehicles are equipped with L2 and more powerful intelligent driving systems, and users have driven more than 3.7 billion kilometres with the help of these features, Yang said.
He also announced that BYD’s hybrid DM vehicle platform and pure electric e platform have been upgraded to Xuanji architecture to support the God’s Eye C intelligent driving system.
BYD launched the Xuanji Architecture on 16 January 2024 as the core of its vehicle intelligence, saying at the time that it would invest RMB100 billion in intelligence in the future.
