From CNBC, April 18:
- Fully autonomous driving is “basically impossible” and the technology would be better applied to manufacturing, according to Chinese battery and electric car company BYD.
- “There may be many industries and businesses that invest a lot of money on this [tech], and after investing for many years it will prove it leads nowhere,” Li Yunfei, a spokesperson for BYD, said in Mandarin, translated by CNBC.
Fully autonomous driving is “basically impossible” and the technology would be better applied to manufacturing, according to Chinese battery and electric car company BYD
Many electric car and tech companies are working on self-driving technology. Using a form of the tech for assisting drivers with parking and other tasks is increasingly a feature that Tesla and electric car brands in China are using to attract buyers — with an eye on full autonomous driving.
But BYD, by far the largest domestic seller of electric cars in China, has taken a different view.
“We think self-driving tech that’s fully separated from humans is very, very far away, and basically impossible,” Li Yunfei, a spokesperson for BYD, said in Mandarin, translated by CNBC....
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I wonder why they included that "said in Mandarin, translated by CNBC...."? Could they not believe what they thought they heard?
Bringing to mind:
