BYD's Seagull EV Self-Driving Tech at $9,500

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BYD now offers advanced self-driving features in its $9,600 Seagull car- about one-third the price of current self-driving vehicles.

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BYD's new "God's Eye" system acts as an extra set of eyes on the road as it can park your car and safely pass slower vehicles on the highway.

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BYD's founder Wang Chuanfu says that good technology should be available to everyone and is doing so by pricing their cars above $13,688, and even in three cheaper models.

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More expensive BYD cars use special sensors called LiDAR that can detect objects more precisely than cameras in rain and darkness.

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BYD’s competitors are struggling with this move as the biggest revelation from BYD is that they want to equalize the right to technology.

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The cars use smart software called DeepSeek AI to help make driving decisions and Wang believes these self-driving features will become as essential as seatbelts and airbags.

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John Zeng from GlobalData says this technology will help BYD sell even more cars, though other companies might struggle to offer the same features at such low prices.

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As more people use these self-driving features, the technology gets better because each car learns from real driving situations, collecting and processing more data to improve the system

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