BYD Auto has announced that its advanced driver-assistance system, branded as “God’s Eye”, has now been installed in over 2 million vehicles in China. According to the company’s official disclosure, in October, the total sales of cars equipped with assisted-driving capabilities reached 316,759 units, as reported by Y-Auto.
The breakdown of the October figure shows that the core BYD brand accounted for 279,724 assisted-driving-equipped units, the sub-brand Fangchengbao sold 29,974 such models, Denza recorded 6,409 units, and the ultra-premium brand Yangwang delivered 652 units.
BYD further reports that the God’s Eye system is generating more than 130 million kilometres of driving-assistance data each day, harnessing its large fleet of sensor-equipped vehicles.
This data volume figure underscores the scale of BYD’s deployment. By installing advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) across mass-market models rather than limiting them to luxury segments, BYD appears to be building a broad data collection base to support continuous software updates and feature enhancements. Earlier in the year, the company indicated its system had already passed 1.7 million installations; the jump to 2 million in a short span signals accelerating adoption.
The October assisted-driving model sales represent a substantial share of BYD’s overall output for the month. Industry data indicate that BYD’s passenger-vehicle sales in October exceeded 430,000 units; within that context, over 316,000 units with driver-assistance features means the majority of its sales that month included ADAS capability.
While BYD is not alone in pushing driver-assistance technology, its strategy diverges from that of rivals such as Nio, Li Auto, and Xpeng, which often introduce such systems on higher-end models first. BYD’s broad deployment suggests its ADAS features are becoming standard across multiple pricing tiers, rather than premium-only.
Industry analysts in China note that the rapid expansion of BYD’s God’s Eye installation base is also linked to the company’s rollout of updated hardware platforms across its e-Platform 3.0 and DM-i product lines. Many recent models now incorporate higher-resolution cameras, improved millimetre-wave radar modules and expanded computing power, allowing BYD to standardise assisted-driving capability across more segments. Several Chinese reports also indicate that BYD has been increasing real-world testing kilometres through mixed urban, highway and suburban routes, enabling the system to cover a broader range of traffic behaviours and environmental conditions as software updates are pushed to the fleet.
