BYD chooses to develop its own intelligent driving technology and does not cooperate with Huawei
Huawei can provide a complete intelligent driving solution, but BYD can't, and it prefers to spend money to implement it.
As we all know, Huawei's intelligent driving is a costly technology, and Google has spent a lot of money in this field, Huawei's annual investment is as high as tens of billions of yuan, Yu Chengdong has publicly said that Huawei is currently only losing in the automotive field.
, Google, and Huawei are all leaders in the field of intelligent driving, but Huawei can provide a full suite of services, including intelligent driving software and driverless chips.
Huawei has also independently developed basic hardware such as LiDAR, and developed the industry's first 192-line medium- and long-range LiDAR lithography machine.
BAIC, Changan, and Winning the World, these three companies, in addition to BYD, there are many other companies in the automotive field, such as BAIC, Changan, and BYD, but none of them chose Huawei.
Due to the high cost of R&D, some automakers have established partnerships with Huawei.
But BYD is different, it has enough money and strength, and by 2023, BYD's total sales will exceed 3 million units, and it does not need to worry about money.
According to statistics, BYD's R&D expenditure in the first quarter of 2023 was 2493.8 billion yuan, BYD's R&D expenditure will exceed 50 billion yuan by 2024, which means that BYD already has the ability to drive itself.
The second half of new energy vehicles is also related to intelligence.
Intelligent driving is the most important part of new energy vehicles, and BYD has always developed it itself and will never buy other companies' technology.
BYD owns most of the links in the new energy vehicle ** chain, including the research and development of batteries, motors, chips, vehicle production, CTB body integration technology, Yunyi Automobile, E-Square and even refrigerators.
Naturally, BYD wants to take this aspect into its own hands. According to reports, BYD currently has more than 90,000 R&D personnel, including as many as four or five thousand in the field of intelligent driving alone.
BYD is also one of the leaders in China's smart driving space, and the Tenno N7 already has high-speed NOA capabilities that many manufacturers have not yet achieved.
BYD's Lavida U8 and Denza N7 passed three tests in a row in the winter ACC smart test, proving BYD's stability at extremely low temperatures, while Tesla's models were excluded from the class due to low temperatures.
Automatic emergency braking (AEB) and remote parking are the main selling points of new energy vehicles.
The BYD U8 and other models are equipped with an Automatic Emergency Braking System (AEB) that brakes smoothly at speeds of up to 130 km/h.
BYD's remote parking system has also been tested for the first time: when commanded, the vehicle will automatically enter the parking lot, actively avoid pedestrians and passing vehicles, and even stop in the middle of the road to facilitate passengers to enter the parking lot to retrieve their belongings, even when the road is closed.
In addition, BYD will also launch a series of new technology products, such as car steering wheel games, cars with fingerprint unlock function, etc.
In short, BYD is a technology-based car company with independent R&D capabilities and strength. Coupled with the fact that BYD has obtained an L3 test license, this fully illustrates BYD's progress in the field of intelligent driving.