Chinese Tesla Rival BYD Says Self-Driving Cars "Basically Impossible"2 May 2023 10:03
BYD, the Chinese automaker that brought you the jumping active suspension sports car a couple of weeks ago, is not all show; it's also one of the leading EV manufacturers in China just behind Tesla. A year ago, the company announced a partnership with Nvidia's Hyperion self-driving technology, which is the same tech used by Jaguar, Polestar, Volvo, Mercedes, Lucid, and a bunch of Chinese manufacturers. But now, company reps are saying self-driving technology is still a long way off—if it ever goes mainstream at all.
Speaking to a group of reporters at last week's Shanghai auto show, a BYD representative suggested that self-driving tech may never get good enough, but the world may never be ready for it. "We think self-driving tech that's fully separated from humans is very, very far away, and basically impossible," Li Yunfei, a spokesperson for BYD, said in Mandarin, translated by CNBC.
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