Smart Driving

After a successful electrification transition, BYD is looking to vehicle intelligence as a new catalyst to drive sales growth.

Xpeng CEO said L3 autonomous driving will drive AI cars into the "iPhone 4 era".

Honda is exploring cooperation with Huawei on the smart driving sector and is expected to use the Chinese tech giant's solution on its Ye brand, according to local media.

This is the second time Nio has made adjustments to its smart driving team to accelerate the use of end-to-end technology to remake smart driving features.

Xpeng is considering shelving plans to adopt the Thor chip in next year's new models, while Nio has no plans to use the Thor chip in next year's models, according to local media.

Nio will launch its Banyan 3.1.0 system in January, for the first time to bring smart driving capabilities that incorporate end-to-end AI models, according to local media.

Li Auto has designated a head for end-to-end technology and is betting further on next-generation end-to-end solutions, according to local media.

Great Wall Motor will become the latest to adopt Huawei's smart driving system after BYD, and its first model to feature the system will be the Tank 700 Hi4-T off-road SUV, according to local media.

BYD is developing a smart driving chip with a computing power of 80 TOPS that will be used in the company's models priced between RMB 80,000 ($11,060) and RMB 300,000, according to local media.

BYD plans to use smart driving features as a weapon to drive sales growth next year, as the marginal effect from price advantage begins to wane, according to local media.