# LIDAR

BYD’s Great Leap Inward: Chasing the Intelligence Crown with Custom Silicon

BYD has launched an aggressive new strategy to bridge its intelligence gap, centering on a self-developed 4nm chip and the democratization of high-level autonomous driving features. By offering to assume liability for accidents and bringing advanced sensors to budget models, the automaker aims to leverage its massive scale to dominate the software-driven second half of the EV race.