It Turns Out, BYD Is The First To Have A Permit To Test Level 3 Autonomous Vehicles In China

BYD electric cars. (Doc. BYD Global)

JAKARTA - Chinese car manufacturer BYD has received permission in Shenzhen City to test vehicles with Level 3 (L3) autonomous driving systems on highways and toll roads.

Quoted from the Cnevpost page, Wednesday, December 27, the company had previously received its first license on July 21, making it China's first car manufacturer to get the permit, and now various other companies are following BYD's steps, namely BMW and Mercedes-Benz, which recently also received permission.

"The acquisition of an L3 autonomous driving test permit, or conditional autonomous driving, requires testing the autonomous driving function by state-recognized institutions and expert evaluation," the company said.

By obtaining China's first L3 autonomous driving license, highlighting the intelligent expression capabilities of BYD, and is a reflection of the technology being developed.

As is known, BYD is very serious in developing the technology, it is proven that BYD's research and smart technology development team currently consists of more than 10,000 people.

Its research and development achievements include computing platforms in the world's first designed, developed, and manufactured vehicles, as well as operating systems and self-developed algorithms by BYD.

"BYD has also built experimental centers in several locations with testing and verification capabilities including simulations, closed locations, highways, network and data security, software upgrades, and data recording," the company added.

However, the company said that L3 autonomous driving is not completely self-driving, and that intelligent driving function is far from perfection.