Chinese top EV maker BYD has announced that its cars, equipped with God’s Eye ADAS systems, will be able to park themselves completely autonomously without the need for a driver. BYD is so confident that it says it will pay for any damages the car may cause, including hitting other vehicles.
On the Chinese Weibo platform, the Shenzhen-based automaker announced that it will release an over-the-air update (OTA) for the God’s Eye B and C systems, enabling L4 three-speed autonomous parking in China. The latter refers to SAE Level 4 autonomy in vehicle automation, specifically applied to parking scenarios and with different speeds.
Without human control
This means the vehicle parks itself entirely without any human control — no steering, throttle, or braking input needed. It can handle complex parking environments, such as multi-level garages, tight spots, or valet-style drop-off and pick-up areas. ‘Three-speed parking’ means very slow in tight places, normal, or fast when possible.
The system can recognize obstacles, navigate traffic in the parking area, and respond to unexpected situations (e.g., a pedestrian walking behind it). The human driver can exit the car before parking begins, and the vehicle will find a spot, park itself, and even return later when summoned.
The difference with the highest Level 5 is that it may operate only in geofenced or specially equipped areas, such as smart parking garages with vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication.
Advanced Driving Aid Systems (ADAS)
God’s Eye ADAS is available in all BYD models in China, ranging from the luxury Yangwang U9 supercar to modest cars under 100,000 yuan (approximately €13,278), such as the BYD Dolphin or Seagull.
It comes in three flavors, A-B-C, with or without LiDAR, to be sure, but is available for free in cars like the entry-level BYD Seagull, which costs as little as 69,800 yuan or under 10,000 euros. Even for those, the system allows Navigate-on-Autopilot (NOA) on highways, automatically overtaking, making turns, and exits —a feature that would cost at least $99 monthly in a Tesla.
For higher-priced models
However, this level of autonomous parking is currently only available for BYD models equipped with God’s Eye B or C, the higher-priced ones. And BYD is pretty confident they won’t smash things up.
In the ‘unlikely case’, they do, the driver can contact BYD directly without needing his insurance. BYD vows it will cover all repair costs, third-party property damage, and personal injury compensation resulting from malfunctions or algorithm errors in the parking assist system, whenever the vehicle is found to be at fault in a legal proceeding. And it claims it is a world’s first.
