BYD Team

Chinese NEVs are about 3-5 years ahead of the rest of the globe, said BYD's Wang Chuanfu, calling for a more open world.

BYD has set up an advanced technology research and development center that now has about 500 people, ramping up its investment in AI and large models.

BYD's total workforce exceeded 900,000, the most of any of the more than 5,300 Chinese A-share listed companies and 400,000 more than the second-place company.

By the end of 2023, BYD's workforce totaled 703,504, including 524,673 production workers and 104,003 technicians.

A former Baidu smart driving tech veteran has joined BYD to head up end-to-end large model algorithm development, according to local media.

To date, BYD has more than 90,000 R&D engineers and has filed more than 48,000 patents worldwide, according to an announcement.

Horizon Robotics' former smart driving R&D director Liao Jie has joined BYD as head of the latter's smart driving team in Shanghai, according to local media.

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.

BYD's biggest organizational change so far this year is to let its car brands operate independently, according to local media.

The job descriptions for these positions suggest that Yangwang will target high-end consumer groups and place extra emphasis on user operations.