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BYD’s Tesla FSD-like feature said to be available in Q3

BYD's advanced driver-assistance system, called DNP, will be available on the new Han sedan in the third quarter, according to local media.

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BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) is a rare exception in China's electric vehicle (EV) space, not marketing its assisted driving capabilities much.

While this seems to have had no impact on its sales, it has left some with the impression that it lags behind in smart driving technology.

Now, a new report said BYD actually has technology built up in this area and will launch a feature similar to 's FSD (Full Self-Driving) later this year.

BYD's advanced driver-assistance system will be available on the new Han sedan in the third quarter, giving the model the ability of pilot-assisted driving on the highway, local auto media HiEV said in a report today.

BYD's system is called DNP, and after the Han, it will also be available for some models of the Tang and Song of the Dynasty series, according to the report.

In addition to these models, BYD's higher-positioned brands including Denza, F brand and Yangwang will also be equipped with advanced smart driving features, the report said.

The first BYD advanced assisted driving solution available for Han models will be based on the Journey 5 chip from local chipmaker Horizon Robotics, according to the report.

Horizon Robotics is a leading provider of intelligent driving system solutions in China, and is using its chips in some of its models, and use Nvidia chips in others.

Some models of BYD's Dynasty and Ocean series will also use the Nvidia DRIVE Orin computing platform to create assisted driving systems, the HiEV report noted.

On March 23, BYD announced a partnership with Nvidia on smart driving technology to equip some of its NEVs with the Nvidia DRIVE Hyperion platform for smart driving and smart parking of vehicles starting in the first half of 2023, as previously reported by CnEVPost.

Notably, on December 27 last year, BYD announced that it had established a joint venture with autonomous driving unicorn Momenta, officially kicking off a long-term partnership between the two companies to develop high-level intelligent driving technology.

Momenta, an industry-leading autonomous driving company, will further boost BYD's rapid breakthrough and mass production in the field of intelligent driving, BYD's announcement at the time said.

The high trim version of Denza N7 is equipped with city pilot assisted driving function, with 2 RoboSense LiDARs and an Nvidia Orin X chip, with some of the system's algorithms provided by Momenta, according to HiEV's report today.

The Denza N7 will have basic L2 assisted driving features when it goes on sale in June, with other more advanced features to be released later, the report said, citing a Denza insider.

For the Yangwang brand, which is positioned above Denza, its first model, the U8, is equipped with three LiDARs, while the autonomous driving computing platform uses an Nvidia Orin chip, according to the report.

The Yangwang U8 is priced similarly to the Lotus Eletre with its smart driving solution, and both will have highway as well as city road pilot-assisted driving capabilities, the report said.

Earlier today, another local media outlet, 36kr, reported that BYD's smart driving R&D system is rapidly adjusting and the company is planning to conduct its own smart driving chip design.

While BYD's existing models are currently largely dependent on solutions from external suppliers, including Baidu, Huawei and Momenta, the NEV maker is already accelerating its focus on smart driving, the 36kr report said.

BYD ramps up smart driving R&D efforts, forms chip design team, report says

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China EV battery installations in Apr: BYD regains top spot over CATL in LFP market

BYD returned to the top spot in the LFP battery market with a 42.68 percent share in April, overtaking CATL's 33.65 percent.

China EV battery installations in Apr: BYD regains top spot over CATL in LFP market-CnEVPost

CATL overtook BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) in China's lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery market in March for the first time this year. Now, the latter has regained its top spot.

China's power battery installed base in April was 25.1 GWh, up 89.4 percent year-on-year but down 9.5 percent from March, according to data released today by the China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance (CABIA).

China EV battery installations in Apr: BYD regains top spot over CATL in LFP market-CnEVPost

CATL's power battery installed base in April was 10.26 GWh, ranking first with a 40.83 percent share, down from 44.95 percent in March.

BYD installed 7.32 GWh of power batteries in April, ranking second with a 29.11 percent share, up 2.46 percentage points from March's 26.65 percent.

CALB installed 2.20 GWh of power batteries in April, ranking third with a share of 8.74 percent, down 1.54 percentage points from 10.28 percent in March.

China EV battery installations in Apr: BYD regains top spot over CATL in LFP market-CnEVPost

Eve Energy overtook Gotion High-tech to rank No. 4 with 1.38 GWh of installed base and 5.48 percent share.

Gotion High-tech ranked 5th with 1.18 GWh installed in April and a 4.68 percent share. It ranked 4th with a 4.51 percent share in March.

China EV battery installations in Apr: BYD regains top spot over CATL in LFP market-CnEVPost

China's ternary Li-ion battery installed base in April was 8.0 GWh, accounting for 31.8 percent of total installed base, up 83.5 percent year-on-year but down 8.3 percent from March.

The installed base of LFP batteries was 17.1 GWh, accounting for 68.1 percent of the total, up 92.7 percent year-on-year but down 10.0 percent from March.

China EV battery installations in Apr: BYD regains top spot over CATL in LFP market-CnEVPost

In the ternary battery market, CATL ranked first with 56.22 percent of the installed base of 4.50 GWh in April.

CALB and Sunwoda ranked second and third in the ternary battery market with 17.29 percent and 6.07 percent shares, respectively.

In the LFP battery market, BYD regained the top spot with a 42.68 percent share by overtaking CATL with 7.31 GWh installed in April.

CATL installed 5.76 GWh in the LFP battery market in April, ranking second with a 33.65 percent share.

In March, CATL's share of the LFP market was 39.47, higher than BYD's 38.88 percent, the first time it has overtaken BYD in this market during the year.

Eve Energy and Gotion High-tech ranked third and fourth in the LFP battery market with 7.01 percent and 6.17 percent share, respectively.

China NEV sales down 2.6% MoM to 636,000 in Apr, CAAM data show

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BYD ramps up smart driving R&D efforts, forms chip design team, report says

The unification of the chip and algorithm businesses is a positive sign that BYD is accelerating the pace of its own smart driving research and development, local media said.  |  BYDDY.US | BYD HK

BYD ramps up smart driving R&D efforts, forms chip design team, report says-CnEVPost

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BYD's (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) smart driving R&D system is rapidly adjusting, and the company is planning to do its own smart driving chip design, according to a new report.

Wang Huan, head of smart driving R&D at BYD's planning institute, has left, and the smart driving development division he oversaw was spun off, with most of its more than 500 employees being consolidated into the electronics integration department, according to a report today by 36kr.

This adjustment started at the end of last year, and BYD aims to sort out the smart driving R&D resources scattered in different systems, according to the report.

After this realignment is completed, Han Bing, director of the electronics integration department, has become the head of smart driving R&D at BYD's planning institute, where he is preparing a smart driving chip design team, the report said.

The electronics integration department is mainly responsible for developing operating systems, domain controllers, and middleware. The unification of the chip and algorithm businesses is a positive signal for BYD to accelerate the pace of smart driving in-house research, the report noted.

Together with the algorithm business and the smart driving chip business, Han's team of more than 1,000 people has become one of the three core segments of BYD's planning institute, the report said.

BYD chip packaging and integration may be given to BYD's sixth business unit instead of Han's chip design team, the report said, citing sources.

While BYD's existing models are currently largely dependent on solutions from external suppliers, including Baidu, Huawei and Momenta, the NEV maker is already accelerating its focus on smart driving.

At present, BYD's cooperation with some smart driving solution suppliers has stopped, and it may continue to use some suppliers' lower-level solutions, but will favor its own research and development in higher-level solutions, the report said, citing a BYD insider.

On March 17, 36kr reported that BYD's biggest organizational change so far this year has been to make its car brands operate independently.

The adjustment starts with BYD's core R&D department, and its engineering research institute is planning to set up several independent departments to cover its product lineup including Dynasty, Ocean and Denza, according to the report.

All of BYD's sub-brands will have a separate research institute, the report said, citing a source.

BYD aims to sell at least 3 million vehicles this year and strive to reach 3.6 million, the company's chairman and president Wang Chuanfu said at an investor conference in late March.

BYD aims to become China's No. 1 automaker by the end of this year, Wang said at the time.

BYD sold 210,295 NEVs in April, up 98.31 percent from 106,042 units a year earlier and up 1.55 percent from 207,080 units in March, according to data released May 2.

To achieve its full-year goal of selling 3 million NEVs, BYD will need to sell an average of about 280,000 vehicles per month for the next eight months.

BYD launches revamped Seal with lower prices

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BYD launches revamped Seal with lower prices

The new BYD Seal starts at RMB 189,800, down RMB 23,000 from its predecessor's RMB 212,800.  |  BYDDY.US | BYD HK

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When price cuts are tricky, making the price lower by releasing a facelift becomes a better option to stimulate sales.

BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) today officially made an improved version of its all-electric Seal sedan available for a starting price of 23,000 yuan ($3,320) less than the previous model on sale.

The new energy vehicle (NEV) giant calls the new Seal the "Champion Edition," in line with what it did earlier this year when it launched improved versions of several other models.

The new BYD Seal comes in five variants with starting prices of RMB 189,800, 202,800, 222,800, 239,800 and 279,800 respectively, marking the first time the model has been priced below RMB 200,000.

By comparison, the BYD Seal was previously available in four versions, with starting prices of RMB 212,800, 225,800, 262,800 and 289,800 respectively.

Previously the model was offered in three rear-wheel drive versions and one four-wheel drive version, with the former offering two with a CLTC range of 550 km and one with a range of 700 km, and the latter with a range of 650 km.

The latest BYD Seal has an additional, less expensive, rear-wheel-drive version with a range of 700 km. Its performance is lower, however, with a peak motor power of 170 kW and peak torque of 330 Nm.

The previously available rear-wheel drive version with a range of 700 km has been renamed the 700 km Performance Edition and is priced at RMB 239,800, down from RMB 262,800. It has a peak motor power of 230 kW and peak torque of 360 Nm.

The core specifications of the other versions remain unchanged from the previous version, but new features have been added, including support for the iPhone NFC digital car key.

The BYD Seal measures 4,800 mm in length, 1,875 mm in width and 1,460 mm in height, and has a wheelbase of 2,920.

It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.5 seconds for the entry version and 3.8 seconds for the 4WD version.

Both versions of the 550 km model are equipped with a battery pack with a capacity of 61.4 kWh, while all other versions have a capacity of 82.5 kWh.

The BYD Seal was originally launched in China on July 29, 2022 and is seen as one of the strongest rivals to the Model 3 in China.

Deliveries of the model began in August last year, with more than 15,000 units delivered in both November and December, data monitored by CnEVPost show.

But this year, with the overall weak performance of China's NEV market following the withdrawal of some stimulus policies and a price war, sales of the Seal have slumped, selling only about 6,000 units in each of the past two months.

BYD Apr sales breakdown: Qin 42,202, Yuan 39,160-CnEVPost

To boost sales, BYD began offering discounts for the Seal as well as the Song in early March and extended them through the end of April after that offer expired at the end of March.

BYD did not lower the official prices of the model, as such a move could easily lead to a bigger price war and protests from owners.

In fact, BYD isn't the only one to get prices down by releasing a facelift.

Hozon Auto's electric vehicle brand Auto yesterday launched two new variants of its flagship sedan Neta S, lowering the model's starting price by RMB 13,000 to under RMB 200,000.

The two new variants -- the all-electric Neta S 520 Lite and Neta S 520 -- start at RMB 189,800 and RMB 199,800 respectively.

The previously lowest-priced battery electric vehicle (BEV) version of the Neta S was the version with a CLTC range of 715 km, starting at RMB 248,800.

The Neta S is also available in an extended-range version with a starting price of RMB 202,800.

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Regulatory filing: Here comes BYD Chaser 07

The Chaser 07 is about the same size as the BYD Han PHEV and will target the RMB 200,000 to 250,000 hybrid market.

Regulatory filing: Here comes BYD Chaser 07-CnEVPost

BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) unveiled the Chaser 07 hybrid sedan at the Shanghai auto show, and now a regulatory filing reveals more information about the model.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the latest batch of models that will be allowed to be sold in a catalog for public comment on May 9, and the BYD Chaser 07 was included.

The public can submit feedback between May 10 and May 16. Entry into the catalog is the last major regulatory process for a model to be allowed to be sold in China.

There are four versions of the Chaser 07 in the catalog, all of which are plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

Regulatory filing: Here comes BYD Chaser 07-CnEVPost

Two of them have a 1498 ml displacement engine with a peak power of 81 kW, and they are equipped with an electric motor with a peak power of 145 kW.

The other two versions have a 1497 ml displacement engine with a peak power of 102 kW. They both have an electric motor with a peak power of 160 kW.

The length, width and height of the BYD Chaser 07 are 4,980 mm, 1,890 mm and 1,495 mm, respectively, with a wheelbase of 2,900 mm, according to the filing.

For comparison, the hybrid version of BYD Han has a length, width and height of 4,975 mm, 1,910 mm and 1,495 mm, respectively, and a wheelbase of 2,920 mm.

On the first day of the Shanghai auto show on April 18, BYD officially unveiled the Chaser 07, a new model of its Ocean series, with a starting price of RMB 200,000 ($29,090) to RMB 250,000.

The Chaser 07's NEDC pure electric range will have two options of 121 km and 200 km, according to the information BYD announced at the time.

The model will be officially launched in the third quarter.

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BYD unveils Song L concept SUV, Chaser 07 hybrid sedan at Shanghai auto show

Regulatory filing: Here comes BYD Chaser 07-CnEVPost

Regulatory filing: Here comes BYD Chaser 07-CnEVPost

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Regulatory filing: Key specs of BYD Yangwang U8 off-road SUV revealed

The Yangwang U8 has a total weight of 3,985 kg and is equipped with four electric motors, each having a maximum power of 220 kW.

Regulatory filing: Key specs of BYD Yangwang U8 off-road SUV revealed-CnEVPost

Yangwang, the premium brand of BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY), started pre-sales of its first model, the U8, at the Shanghai auto show last month, but did not reveal much about the off-road SUV's specifications. Now, a regulatory filing has revealed more information.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the latest batch of models that will soon be allowed to be sold in a catalog for public comment on May 9, and the Yangwang U8 was included.

The public can submit feedback between May 10 and May 16. Entry into the catalog is the last major regulatory process for a model to be allowed to be sold in China.

The Yangwang U8 has only one model, the "QCJ2040ST6HEV", in the catalog, which includes information on its exterior, dimensions and powertrain.

The model has a length, width and height of 5,319 mm, 2,050 mm and 1,930 mm, respectively, and a wheelbase of 3,050 mm, according to its filing page.

It has a total weight of 3,985 kg and a top speed of 200 km/h.

Regulatory filing: Key specs of BYD Yangwang U8 off-road SUV revealed-CnEVPost

The Yangwang U8 uses a plug-in hybrid system with a 2.0 T displacement engine and a maximum power of 200 kW.

It is powered by four electric motors, each with a peak power of 220 kW.

The model has 5-seat and 7-seat versions and supports the option of tow hook, according to the filing.

Yangwang U8 will be equipped with lithium iron phosphate batteries provided by BYD's power battery division FinDreams, although the capacity information is currently unknown.

BYD officially launched the Yangwang brand on January 5 and unveiled the first two models -- Yangwang U8 and Yangwang U9 supercar.

The U8, the first production model of the Yangwang brand, was available for pre-sale on April 18, the day of the Shanghai auto show, with a pre-sale price of RMB 1,098,000 ($158,700).

The model takes 3.6 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h and has a CLTC pure electric range of 180 km, according to information previously announced by Yangwang.

The Yangwang U8 is available in two versions for pre-order -- the Premium Edition, which will begin deliveries in September, and the Off-road Master Edition, which will start deliveries later.

($1 = RMB 6.9204)

BYD Yangwang begins pre-sale of U8 off-road SUV at $160,000

Regulatory filing: Key specs of BYD Yangwang U8 off-road SUV revealed-CnEVPost

Regulatory filing: Key specs of BYD Yangwang U8 off-road SUV revealed-CnEVPost

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