BYD Aims for L3 Autonomous Driving Launch by 2028, Senior VP Reveals at Global Conference

Published: Oct 21, 2026 17:02 (GMT+8)

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[BYD Responds to L3 Vehicle Launch Timeline]

Today, regarding when BYD's L3-level vehicles will be launched, Yang Dongsheng, Senior Vice President of BYD Group and President of the Automotive New Technology Research Institute, stated at the World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference that L3-level conditional autonomous driving is expected to be launched in 2028, and higher-level autonomous driving, through iteration, is expected to be launched in another 1-2 years.

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