Watch BYD’s ‘God’s Eye’ Rip This Supercar Around A Track Without Anyone Inside

The advanced driving assistance system was put through its paces on a Yangwange U9 electric supercar.

BYD Yangwang U9 driving on a race track without a human behind the steering wheel

Photo by: BYD

Iulian Dnistran

By: Iulian Dnistran

Feb 12, 2025 at 9:20am ET

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BYD has a new ADAS suite in its portfolio.
The so-called God's Eye system will be offered as standard in over 20 car models.
The top-tier version of the system was showcased on a Yangwang U9 that drove itself around a race track.

China’s BYD has proven that it can wrestle with the big boys, despite it being established fewer than three decades ago. Last year, it out-produced Tesla and became the world’s largest all-electric car maker, thanks to a myriad of models and a very aggressive pricing strategy.

Now, BYD has turned its attention to advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS). A few days ago, the Chinese automaker announced that it will offer three systems across its portfolio—and all of them are free. That’s a stark contrast to Tesla’s approach of charging $8,000 for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature. There’s also the option to pay a monthly subscription for FSD.

BYD’s overall ADAS is called God’s Eye (possibly the coolest name for a driver-assist system) and utilizes the company's DiPilot tech in three versions. The automaker kicked off an aggressive marketing campaign to push the message across the land, starting with a video showing its flagship electric supercar, the Yangwang U9, navigating the Hunan Zhuzhou International Circuit during the day and night, all without anyone behind the wheel.

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The Yangwang U9 comes with the most powerful version of the ADAS, called God’s Eye A (DiPilot 600). It has a peak computing power of 600 TOPS and can use up to three LiDdars. The second system, God’s Eye B (DiPilot 300), supports one LiDar and has a peak computing power of 300 TOPS. God’s Eye C (DiPilot 100) is the entry-level version of the system that mainly relies on cameras, millimeter-wave radars and ultrasonic radars. It has a maximum computing power of 100 TOPS and will come as standard on the $9,500 BYD Seagull electric hatchback.

This sort of marketing stunt isn’t exactly new. Back in 2014, BMW built a 2 Series that autonomously drifted on a closed course. However, the BMW was a prototype. God’s Eye is coming to over 20 BYD series production models this year.

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