On May 17, according to media reports, China's new energy automobile industry giant BYD has launched a tough battle in the field of autonomous driving, including the establishment of a special R & D department and the employment of a large number of R & D talents.。

Although BYD has been in the new energy market, but the self-driving technology has been its short board。It is reported that in the first quarter of this year, BYD's cumulative sales of new energy vehicles reached 55.20,000 vehicles, up 92.9%, market share rose to 34.8%, firmly occupying the first place in China's new energy market。However, most of the cars it sells are equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) developed by Bosch (Bosch), not self-developed products。

On the other hand, its competitors, including Tesla, Xiaopeng, Weilai, ideal, a number of new energy manufacturers, have developed their own more advanced autonomous driving system。It is reported that the systems of some manufacturers have been able to completely separate the driver from his hands on the highway and allow the vehicle to drive by itself。

In the face of fierce competition, BYD has also accelerated the pace of research and development。

A few days ago, BYD Executive Vice President Li Ke said at the internal investor communication forum that although BYD is currently slightly behind in the field, many fresh ideas will be springing up in two to three years.。In addition, she also personally admitted that BYD has recently expanded its enrollment to a team of 4,000 to 5,000 people, ready to make every effort to tackle automotive intelligence and autonomous driving technology.。

In addition, according to a number of insiders, BYD has set up a smart driving research division in Shanghai last year.。Previously, the project's research was scattered across the company's various departments, and communication and sharing of results were less efficient, but the establishment of the division will allow employees to turn more attention to BYD's research on high-end autonomous driving technology.。

BYD also actively seeks external cooperation。In March this year, Nvidia, a well-known artificial intelligence computing company, announced at GTC 2023 that it had reached a partnership with BYD to use the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin high-performance computing platform in a number of models in the next generation of Dynasty series and Ocean series.。It is reported that DRIVE Orin is a system-on-chip released by Nvidia, which can provide 254 TOPS (trillion operations) per second and is the central computer of smart vehicles.。

In addition, BYD and another intelligent driving computing solutions provider Horizon Robotics (Horizon Robotics) also has a partnership, some of its models will be equipped with Horizon Robotics's high-performance chips - Journey 5。It is reported that the chip will be carried into BYD's "Han" series of models as early as the second half of this year, so that it can directly benchmark Tesla at the navigation level of autonomous driving.。

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