Chinese auto giant BYD recently announced that it is offering full damage coverage for its “God’s Eye” Urban Navigate on Autopilot (NOA) feature in China. This makes BYD the first automaker in the world to offer dual coverage for both intelligent parking and advanced city driving assistance systems.
The coverage includes a one-year policy that is applicable to both new buyers and existing owners who upgrade to the God’s Eye 5.0 feature, and will cover all economic losses from legally liable accidents that occur during the operation of BYD Urban NOA. BYD says the decision is backed by real-world data from more than 3.15 million intelligent vehicles driving more than 124 million miles per day, in addition to an automotive R&D team of 5,000 engineers.
The company says its entire vehicle lineup can now be optionally equipped with the God’s Eye LiDAR version, which is set to have four major upgrades, including the new XUANJI Architecture 2.0 with satellite sensor functionality, an advanced physical AI volumetric model, and a self-developed data flywheel. BYD also introduced the Delink AI Intelligent Cockpit, which has a built-in digital assistant capable of active task execution and deep reasoning.
Perhaps more interestingly, BYD also took the wraps off the XUANJI A3, its own custom 4nm automotive-grade driving chip. The A3 natively supports L3 and L4 autonomous driving, and the company says the three-chip configuration can provide more than 2,100 TOPS of computing power per vehicle, while consuming 20% ​​less power per TOPS than competing hardware.
