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The Chinese company BYD<\/strong> has begun offering advanced autonomous driving<\/strong> features in most of its models, including those sold for $9,555<\/strong>, much less than its competitors’ offerings, in a move that analysts say is set to trigger a new price war<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the news agency Reuters<\/strong>, the electric vehicle<\/strong> giant has equipped all of its BYD<\/strong> brand models priced above 100,000 yuan<\/strong> ($13,688<\/strong>) with the advanced driver assistance system “God’s Eye”<\/strong>, owned by the company, said BYD<\/strong> founder Wang Chuanfu<\/strong> at a live-streamed event from Shenzhen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additionally, the system was installed in three models priced below 100,000 yuan<\/strong>, the cheapest of which is the Seagull<\/strong>, at 69,800 yuan<\/strong>. These models, 21 in total<\/strong>, went on sale immediately after the event. According to Wang<\/strong>, this is the “first batch”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Until now, BYD<\/strong> only offered these features, which allow cars to drive on highways autonomously<\/strong> under human supervision, in models starting at $30,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although some Chinese electric vehicle<\/strong> brands, such as MONA<\/strong>, from Xpeng<\/strong>, and Leapmotor<\/strong>, a Stellantis<\/strong> partner, have also launched affordable EVs<\/strong> with smart driving<\/strong> features, the cheapest at the time was the Baojun Yunhai<\/strong>, priced at $15,000<\/strong>, from SAIC-General Motors-Wuling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The biggest revelation from BYD<\/strong> is that they want to equalize the right to technology<\/strong>. Technology<\/strong> doesn\u2019t have to be high-end<\/strong>, and here they can engage in a price war<\/strong>,” said Yale Zhang<\/strong>, managing director of Automotive Foresight<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s a bit like DeepSeek<\/strong>,” he added, referring to the Chinese artificial intelligence<\/strong> startup that shook global markets last month by revealing that it had built its AI models<\/strong> at a fraction of the cost of Western tech giants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Zeng<\/strong>, head of market forecasting for China<\/strong> at GlobalData<\/strong>, a consultancy based in London<\/strong>, said that the move towards smart driving<\/strong> was likely an acknowledgment by BYD<\/strong> that its sales, which reached 4 million units<\/strong> last year, had stalled and that it needed a major breakthrough<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Chinese company BYD has begun offering advanced autonomous driving features in most of its models, including those sold for $9,555, much less than its competitors’ offerings, in a move that analysts say is set to trigger a new price war. 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