BEIJING, January 18 (TMTPost)-- China's leading electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD Co. Ltd is ramping up development and adoption of advanced auto technologies including intelligent driving.
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BYD unveiled its Integrated Vehicle Intelligence strategy and launched its Xuanji Architecture at 2024 BYD Dream Day, an event hosted in the company’s global headquarters in Shenzhen. BYD said the Integrated Vehicle Intelligence strategy reshapes the concept of vehicle intelligence by considering the car in its entirety, effectively remolding intelligent vehicles with the self-developed Xuanji Architecture. The strategy is realized by a wide array of intelligent features and technologies.
During the Dream Day 2024, BYD highlighted an extensive intelligence experience, showcasing its cutting-edge intelligent features. The exhibit provided a comprehensive look at various intelligence innovations, such as the opportunity to test drive the Denza N7 equipped with NOA (Navigate on Autopilot), handling the Yangwang U8 with Vehicle-mounted UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System), test-riding the e4 concept car, e4 parking, and intelligent entry systems, among others. This array of functionalities vividly demonstrated BYD's depth and breadth in intelligent technology. Partnered with Chinese drone maker DJI, BYD created the world's first vehicle-integrated UAS, pioneering an integrated automotive-grade drone bay. This innovation features intelligent storage, automatic battery swapping, and charging management, enabling takeoff and landing with one click. It also supports high-definition, high frame rate, and low-latency image transmission, ensuring that stunning aerial views can enhance your travel experience.
BYD revealed at the event it plans to invest RMB5 billion to construct the world's first all-terrain professional test drive sites in several cities across China, promoting the Chinese automotive culture in the era of new energy vehicles.
Developed in-house by over 4,000 BYD engineers,the Xuanji Architecture is a vehicular intelligent architecture that serves as both the brain and neural network of the vehicle, enabling an efficient blend of electrification and intelligence. This system seamlessly perceives changes in the internal and external environment of the car in milliseconds. It consolidates information at millisecond level and feeds it back to the central "brain" for rapid decision-making. This system swiftly adjusts the state of the vehicle, significantly enhancing driving safety and comfort.
BYD introduced the Xuanji artificial intelligence (AI) large model, a multimodal vehicular AI, marking the first application of AI technology across all vehicular domains. The model, integrated in the Xuanji Architecture, can possess the largest data foundation in the industry, leading sample sizes, and high computational power, covering over 300 vehicular scenarios, endowing the Integrated Vehicle Intelligence system with the capacity for continuous adaptation.
BYD Chairman and CEO Wang Chuanfu said his company had more than 90,000 employees in the research and development (R&D) department and will invest RMB100 billion (US$14 billion) in developing smart-car features. Wang didn’t specify the timetable for the investment or any other details. He clarified what his previous remark about autonomous driving was to claim such technology is so immature that does not meet the conditions for implementation. BYD attaches great importance to intelligent driving and wants to provide users with safe and reliable products as the era of intelligent driving has come, according to Wang.
BYD plans to introduce its Navigation on Autopilot, a feature similar to Tesla’s Autopilot. The system, which is available on BYD Denza N7 model, will allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel and feet off pedals in certain scenarios. It will be installed in all the BYD cars priced at more than RMB300,000 (US$41,000), and will be available as an upgrade option for vehicles that cost no less than RMB200,000.
