BYD Seal 07 avoided collision at 130 km/h in test
BYD tested the God’s Eye system on the Seal 07 sedan in three road scenarios. In one of them, the car autonomously swerved away from an obstacle at 130 km/h.
BYD conducted tests of the Seal 07 with the God’s Eye driving assistant to evaluate the vehicle’s response to sudden obstacles. At a speed of 130 km/h, after the crossover driving ahead changed lanes, the sedan detected a mock car, alerted the driver, and independently performed an emergency steering maneuver. A collision was avoided, after which the hazard lights activated. The video does not clarify whether the car returned to its lane.
In another scenario, the Seal 07 was driving between a Sealion 05 crossover and a truck. After the crossover changed lanes, the sedan also switched lanes at 90 km/h. Hard braking in this situation could have led to a rear-end collision with the truck. In the third test at the same speed, the car detected a child mannequin emerging from behind a parked car and maneuvered around it.
The God’s Eye B system uses a roof-mounted lidar, cameras, ultrasonic sensors, and millimeter-wave radars. Their data is processed by an Nvidia Drive Orin X chip with a peak performance of 254 TOPS. The system supports automatic parking, emergency braking and steering, as well as Navigate On Autopilot; however, the driver must remain attentive to the road.
The Seal 07 is available in a fully electric version and a DM-i plug-in hybrid variant. The price of the EV on the Chinese market ranges from 22,500 to 25,800 dollars, while the hybrid costs between 21,000 and 22,500 dollars. BYD plans to introduce God’s Eye to international markets.
