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BYD Pledges to Cover Damages from Self-Parking Car Crashes (fastcompany.com) 45

Posted by BeauHD from the full-of-confidence dept.
BYD has unveiled fully autonomous Level 4 self-parking across its vehicle lineup, powered by its advanced multi-sensor "God's Eye" system that's used by more than 1 million cars across China. "The company is so confident in the technology that it announced that it will cover any damages to your car or any other vehicle if things go wrong," adds Fast Company. "This means if anything happens, the owner won't have to file a claim and have their premiums go up." From the report: BYD's confidence stems from a sophisticated sensor architecture. The God's Eye system deploys multiple sensing technologies working in concert, unlike Tesla's problematic camera-only approach. Even the entry-level God's Eye C variant -- one of three autonomous driving levels included in most affordable models -- includes 12 cameras, 5 millimeter-wave radars, and 12 ultrasonic sensors with 1-centimeter accuracy. The mid-tier God's Eye B adds a lidar sensor, while the premium God's Eye A variant features three lidar sensors for maximum precision.

The system's parking accuracy allows the car to get within 0.8 inches of other objects, enabled by multiple redundant sensors that create a three-dimensional map. This allows the vehicle a deep understanding of its environment. This multi-sensor approach allows the system to detect obstacles. It can even recognize hanging objects over the roof line of the car.

The company reports that more than 1 million vehicles now carry the God's Eye system, an impressive deployment scale that starts with the most inexpensive models, like the $9,550 BYD Seagull, and go all the way to the $236,000 BYD Yangwang U9, a hypercar that can detect potholes on the road and jump over them. Yes. If the God's Eye detects an obstacle on the road, it will literally jump over it.

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  • Tesla (Score:2, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Why won't they do this? If their software caused a crash why should I or my insurance (ultimately me) be on the hook? Please explain.
    • You're supposed to have both hands clenched tightly on the wheel (at 9 and 3) and be able to take over in under half a second. Read you owners manual, the terms and conditions and that big legal pamphlet they left in your glove compartment.

      • Re: (Score:3, Informative)

        by Anonymous Coward
        TL;DR - China is kicking their ass.

        • Re:Tesla (Score:5, Interesting)

          by ShanghaiBill ( 739463 ) on Friday July 11, 2025 @07:10PM (#65514142)

          53% of new cars sold in China are EVs.

          8% of new cars sold in America are EVs.

          • I guess isolating these two markets with tariffs was a pretty disastrous move for US electric car-makers then. Tesla's market share in China is about 1/3 of what it was in 2021.

            • Tesla's market share in China is about 1/3 of what it was in 2021.

              A base Tesla Model 3 sells for about $32k in China.

              A BYD sells for $9k.

              Tesla is way behind.

              BYDs are banned in America, but are very popular in many Asian countries.

          • 53% of new cars sold in China are EVs.

            8% of new cars sold in America are EVs.

            What am I to take away from that?

            The USA has considerable oil reserves, oil production, and ability to refine oil. The USA also has neighbors with plenty of oil, with little to no real threat to movement of oil from these neighboring nations to the USA. China is somewhat lacking in oil production, oil reserves, and the ability to secure imports from neighboring nations when compared to the USA or most any other nation on Earth.

            China has a near monopoly on many of the raw materials for making EVs, such as

      • You're supposed to have both hands clenched tightly on the wheel (at 9 and 3)

        It's not self driving until I can have a half bottle of wine and get into the car knowing a) I will get home b) I and others around me will be safe and c) know the Police will be fine with that.

        • Openâ'container laws generally prohibit open alcohol in the passenger area of vehicles on public roads. I suppose this is because the driver can so easily hand it back and forth with a passenger. For self-driving cars this makes no sense. So at some point they would have to change the laws to allow that half-bottle in the self-driving car, no matter how fully self-driving it is.

          • That would only make sense if the car was *exclusively* self-driving.

          • Well, my meaning was that I had the half bottle before the journey, probably at a friend's place. But yes, I think the key is that you should be able to take responsibility away from yourself completely. The car should become like a taxi, that accepts destinations only and then gets you there.

          • And why would they have to change the laws? There is no reason why you should consume alcohol in a car, getting pissed before you enter is even doubtful.

    • Re:Tesla (Score:4, Interesting)

      by MachineShedFred ( 621896 ) on Friday July 11, 2025 @06:52PM (#65514104) Journal

      Because they know their software can and will fuck up, and don't want to be responsible for the results regardless of what their Nazi-saluting ketamine-addict CEO has to say about it.

      Not hard to understand.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by dfghjk ( 711126 )

      Because it's owner negligence, not Tesla's fault. Elmo said so, and he has super-secret logs to prove it.

    • As the operator of the vehicle, you responsible for, you know.....operating it.

  • 's eye?

    Have we finally reached peak hyperbole ?
    • After God
      's eye comes Intelligent Design
      's eye.

      But they are both actually just Evolution
      's eye.
    • It's a funny name, I wonder if that's just a direct translation from Chinese, which might have a different idiomatic usage of the term, and not what it will be called in other markets.
  • You want to put a sensor in a car to WARN you that you are about to bump into someone/thing while driving/parking, that's ok, but all of this automatic nonsense is NOT ready for prime time! YOU are the driver and should be responsible for the operation of the vehicle! Not some "robot".

  • The don't believe in gods so there's little trust in the system I guess.

  • 12 cameras, 5 millimeter-wave radars, and 12 ultrasonic sensors with 1-centimeter accuracy. The mid-tier God's Eye B adds a lidar sensor, while the premium God's Eye A variant features three lidar sensors for maximum precision.

    Holy Jesus! It is no mystery why repair costs on new vehicles have gotten so ridiculous.

    • Not every manufacturer thinks like that. For example, Tesla likes to have a 5 year old design its trucks to save costs. That directly translates into savings for you the consumer. Just don't shoot the car with real bullets (soft rubber bullets are fine, if using a slingshot).

  • Progress (Score:3)

    by coopertempleclause ( 7262286 ) on Friday July 11, 2025 @07:39PM (#65514206)
    Just think how far ahead the US could be in the EV industry globally now if it weren't for the Oil lobby, EV-hostile policies, lack of investment, climate-change denial and all the other anti-progress nonsense.

    • But we're winning!

    • Not all movement is progress.

    • All I wanted was a car that happens to be electric. Instead, I've been served smart phones on wheels.

      Once that initiative failed, they then brought all that expensive techno garbage to "regular" ICE cars, so now I don't want to buy any brand of new car at all.

      IMO, the car companies did a good job of killing electric cars without any help from lobbyists or political factions. In fact, they're doing a great job of killing themselves in general.

      • But you aren't most people, as most people want as much smartphone type of tech in their cars.

      • All I wanted was a car that happens to be electric. Instead, I've been served smart phones on wheels.

        Once that initiative failed, they then brought all that expensive techno garbage to "regular" ICE cars, so now I don't want to buy any brand of new car at all.

        IMO, the car companies did a good job of killing electric cars without any help from lobbyists or political factions. In fact, they're doing a great job of killing themselves in general.

        I've got to understand your definition of "expensive techno garbage" to be the safety features that are the main thing new to "'regular' ICE cars" in the recent past. Let's look at what they are.

        Adaptive cruise control: turns out for the US market, introduced nearly 25 years ago in luxury cars and has been trickling into cheaper vehicles ever since.
        Blind-spot monitoring: turns out for the US market, introduced 16 years ago in the Ford Fusion and has been expanding ever since.
        Lane-keeping assistance: tu

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

      Not just EVs, but self driving tech. BYD taking responsibility for it, while Tesla has gone to lengths to ensure it disengages milliseconds before you die, so they can blame the driver.

      BYD is installing 1000kW chargers in the UK this year. For comparison the fastest Tesla chargers are less than 1/3rd of that power, and aren't even the fastest in Europe. 1000kW is to support their 5 minute recharge times.

  • will they cover criminal defense attorney + bail in an really bad crash?

  • p r o b l e m a t i c

    becky

  • more than 1 million vehicles now carry the God's Eye system and if they hit something, yes they are going to pay !

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