On May 28, 2026, BYD held its “Dare to Innovate” Intelligent Strategy Launch Event, marking a major upgrade to intelligent driving for all. Following its commitment to providing a safety net for intelligent parking, BYD has once again taken the lead by pledging a one-year safety guarantee for City Pilot. The company also announced that the “Eye of the Sky B” laser-assisted driving system will be available across its entire lineup as an optional feature priced at 12,000 yuan, ushering in an era of City Pilot for everyone. This move aims to instill confidence in users regarding the “Eye of the Sky” system, promote the widespread adoption of driver assistance technology, and ensure that everyone can enjoy this advanced technology with peace of mind!
Additionally, BYD unveiled China’s first 4nm-process intelligent driving chip—the Xuanji A3—accelerating the progress of the second half of the intelligent driving era and leading the global automotive industry’s intelligent transformation.
Starting from Real Human Needs: BYD Sets Three Major Goals for the Second Half of the Intelligent Era
In recent years, the world has witnessed a new wave of artificial intelligence development, with the pace of advancements in perception hardware and chips exceeding all expectations. These advancements are driving the evolution of automobiles from mere transportation tools into intelligent entities capable of active thinking. Starting from people’s genuine needs, BYD has set three major goals for the second phase of automotive intelligence: achieving “zero traffic accidents,” making driver assistance a “super driver,” and turning AI into a “super secretary.” BYD will continue to invest over 100 billion yuan in R&D to address traffic safety issues and enhance human well-being.
In February 2025, BYD launched its “Intelligent Driving for All” strategy, announcing that the “Eye of the Sky” driver-assistance system would come standard across its entire lineup. At this press conference, BYD upheld its philosophy of “making great technology accessible to everyone” and announced the dawn of the era of “Intelligent City Navigation for All”: all models can now be equipped with the “Eye of the Sky B” driver-assistance system (Laser Edition) as an optional feature priced at 12,000 yuan. Additionally, the “Eye of the Sky C” system is set to receive a major upgrade, with an OTA update expected in December of this year.
Since the launch of the Smart Parking Safety Guarantee last July, the usage rate of the “Eye of the Sky” Smart Parking feature has risen from an initial 21% to 93% today, with the accident rate for Smart Parking remaining virtually zero. Based on our confidence in the “Eye of the Sky” technology and our commitment to consumer responsibility, BYD is once again taking the lead in offering a safety guarantee for City Pilot: effective immediately and for one year, new users of “Eye of the Sky A” and “Eye of the Sky B” will be eligible for a one-year City Pilot safety guarantee starting from the date of vehicle pickup, while existing owners will be eligible after upgrading to “Eye of the Sky 5.0” via OTA. When users operate the City Pilot feature in compliance with regulations, if a traffic accident occurs for which they are at fault, the direct economic losses that the vehicle is liable for (including vehicle repair costs, third-party property damage, and personal injury damages) will be covered directly by BYD.
Compared to common industry-standard intelligent driving insurance, BYD’s City Pilot coverage is entirely free, has no upper limit, and will not affect commercial insurance premiums in the following year. With this, BYD has become the world’s first automaker to offer “dual coverage” for both City Pilot and Intelligent Parking safety, taking concrete action to truly integrate driver assistance into users’ daily commutes and lives, delivering a safe driving experience.
BYD’s confidence in offering this guarantee stems from the three unique strengths of the “Eye of the Sky” system: First is scale—BYD has over 3.15 million vehicles equipped with driver-assistance systems, the highest among Chinese automakers; second is data—the “Eye of the Sky” generates over 200 million kilometers of data daily, the highest among Chinese automakers; and finally, R&D—the driver-assistance R&D team comprises over 5,000 engineers, the largest such team among Chinese automakers.
Developing China’s First 4nm Intelligent Driving Chip: BYD Paves the Way for Advanced Autonomous Driving
The first half of electrification focused on batteries; the second half of intelligent driving focuses on chips. At this press conference, BYD unveiled China’s first 4nm intelligent driving chip—the Xuanji A3—which has already entered mass production. Supporting Level 3 and Level 4 autonomous driving, the chip achieves a total computing power of over 2,100 TOPS through the efficient coordination of three chips, while balancing power consumption control and computing power utilization. As China’s first independently developed 4nm intelligent driving chip, it represents a new benchmark for the country’s intelligent driving chip technology: automotive-grade 4nm not only features the most advanced and industry-leading manufacturing process but also boasts the lowest power consumption per unit of computing power—20% lower than comparable products. When combined with BYD’s proprietary algorithms, the Xuanji A3 enables deep optimization, boosting computing power utilization by 100%. This results in faster reactions for driver assistance systems, enhanced capabilities for handling complex situations, and a higher safety ceiling.
BYD continues to change the world through technology. In the first half of the electrification era, BYD overcame the global challenges of “slow charging” and “difficulty charging in low temperatures” with its second-generation Blade Battery and Flash Charge technology; in the second half of the intelligent era, BYD is committed to achieving the goal of “zero traffic accidents”: it will use “God’s Eye” to continuously push the boundaries of advanced driver-assistance capabilities, provide users with confidence in using these systems through its safety net, lay the groundwork for future smart vehicle experiences with high-performance intelligent driving chips, and safeguard the driving safety of every user with its proven capabilities. Wang Chuanfu, Chairman of BYD, stated: “True ‘courage’ has never meant being fearless; rather, it means holding a deep reverence for life, rules, and technology—knowing the challenges yet pursuing them anyway, always doing what is difficult yet right, daring to be a pioneer, and forging ahead!”
