On the evening of February 10th, BYD announced a landmark decision at its intelligent strategy launch event: it will equip all its vehicle models with the "Heavenly God's Eye" high - level intelligent driving system, aiming to make intelligent driving technology accessible to a wider consumer group. This move marks a significant breakthrough for BYD in the field of automotive intelligence and is expected to make 2025 the starting year of universal intelligent driving.
I. Breaking Misconceptions: The Road of Intelligent Driving with Years of Accumulation
Wang Chuanfu, the chairman of BYD, stated at the launch event, "There are misunderstandings in the outside world that BYD doesn't attach importance to intelligent driving. In fact, we have been doing a lot but talking less." As a matter of fact, as early as 2018, BYD put forward the strategic view that "electrification is the first half, and intelligence is the second half." In January 2024, BYD released the "Vehicle - wide Intelligence" strategy, achieving deep integration of electrification and intelligence through the "Xuanji" architecture.
II. The "Heavenly God's Eye" Technology Matrix: Opening a New Chapter in Intelligent Driving
The "God's Eye" technology matrix released this time consists of three versions: the "God's Eye A" high - level intelligent driving three - laser version, mainly equipped on the Yangwang brand; the "Heavenly God's Eye B" high - level intelligent driving laser version, mainly equipped on the Denza and BYD brands; and the "God's Eye C" high - level intelligent driving three - camera version, mainly equipped on the BYD brand. Among them, the "Heavenly God's Eye C" adopts the "front - view three - camera" 5R12V12U solution, that is, three front - view cameras, 5 perimeter - view cameras, 4 surround - view cameras, 5 millimeter - wave radars, and 12 ultrasonic radars. The high - speed and long - distance navigation function of the "Heavenly God's Eye C" can achieve "0 - takeover" for over 1000 kilometers of intelligent driving. In the future, the AEB capabilities at speeds of 120 km/h and 140 km/h will be gradually released, and the success rate of "valet parking" reaches 99%.
III. Full - line Installation: The On - going Process of Intelligent Driving for All
BYD announced that all models above $10,000 will be equipped with the "Heavenly God's Eye" high - level intelligent driving as standard, and most models below $10,000 will also be equipped with it. On the evening of the launch event, the first batch of 21 intelligent - driving - version models of BYD's Dynasty and Ocean networks were launched. Among them, the Seagull intelligent - driving version, with the lowest price, starts at $10,000. Wang Chuanfu said that in the future, with the increase in the supply of the intelligent - driving industrial chain, more BYD models below $15,000 will be able to be equipped with the "Heavenly God's Eye".
IV. Looking Ahead to 2025: The Beginning of the Year of Universal Intelligent Driving
Wang Chuanfu believes that 2025 will be the starting year of universal intelligent driving. He called on domestic intelligent - driving industrial chain enterprises to seize the opportunity, expand production capacity, and jointly promote universal intelligent driving. He pointed out that BYD has huge data advantages, over 110,000 R & D engineers, and the world's largest new - energy vehicle production and manufacturing base. These advantages will help BYD accelerate the popularization of intelligent - driving technology. Since 2024, many automakers have been continuously promoting the installation of high - level intelligent technologies on affordable models. According to a research report by Guosheng Securities, the prices of models equipped with the representative L3 - level function, City NOA (Navigate on Autopilot), are gradually decreasing. In the first three quarters of 2024, the proportion of passenger cars with a price range of $20,000 - $30,000 and standard - equipped City NOA has reached 1.0%, while in 2023, only models above $30,000 could be equipped with this function.
V. Industry Transformation: Intelligent Driving Equalization Becoming an Important Trend
Industry insiders generally believe that with the promotion of leading enterprises like BYD, the "equalization" of high - level intelligent driving is expected to become an important trend in the industry's development. It is expected that domestic vehicle manufacturers will accelerate the implementation of high - level intelligent driving in 2025, further increasing the penetration rate of high - level intelligent driving, which will drive the growth of relevant hardware demand. The domestic industrial chain, from the chip and connection segments to the fields of perception sensors and intelligent cockpits, will significantly benefit.
This strategic release by BYD not only demonstrates its technical strength and determination in the field of intelligent driving but also injects new impetus into the intelligent development of the entire automotive industry. With the popularization of intelligent - driving technology, intelligent - driving configurations will become an important consideration for consumers when purchasing cars in the future, and vehicles without safe intelligent - driving capabilities may gradually become the minority.