Strictly speaking, God’s Eye is the camera, ultrasonic radar, and lidar array alone, split into A, B, and C variants, with A being best. The system’s operating software is known as DiPilot, introduced in 2020 on the BYD Han, and now with the good, better, and best tiers of DiPilot 100, 300, and 600.
God’s Eye A ships with DiPilot 600 and bristles with high-end cameras and radar, and front- and side-facing lidar sensors. This best system will be fitted to BYD’s luxury Yangwang EVs, including the U9 supercar. “The video of the U9 [on the track] was theater,” believes Rainford, who hasn’t heard of any autonomous driving system that can “make a car’s tires squeal around corners.”
Rainford adds that BYD is playing catch-up: “2024 was a breakout year for urban-level autonomous driving systems in China, with the front-runners of Li Auto, XPeng, Nio, and Huawei joined by…
