Is this the push that self-driving needs?

[DodgyGeezer]

it seems like BYD is making a bold initiative WRT self-driving mode

In addition, BYD announced that it would take full responsibility for any accidents that occur while City Navigation is in operation, much as it did for self-parking last year. It covers all losses without an upper limit, including vehicle repair, third party property damage and personal injury. An accident will not affect the insurance of the driver. Currently, this applies to the first year from delivery for new buyers of cars with the “God’s Eye” A and B systems. In addition, the benefit also extends for one year for existing drivers who OTA update to the latest software.


https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/29/byd-technolog...

[raspy]

BYD gods eye is level 2. It’s not self driving like Waymo cars.

[Gone fishing]

raspy said:

BYD gods eye is level 2. It s not self driving like Waymo cars.

By definition, any supervised system is Level 2, same goes for Tesla on publicly owned cars

It's good to see companies putting their money where their mouth is, but I worry it will further stop people supervising these systems with a false sense of confidence. I wouldn't be surprised if in the small print the driver still needs to be acting responsbly with an interior camera recording what they're doing.