Chinese EV giant BYD says self-driving tech is more valuable for factories than cars
Published Tue, Apr 18 202310:07 PM EDT Evelyn Cheng "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." "As long as the company can buy [factory] automated tech for the same price [as the cost of labor], its value is far greater than being used in a car, Li said. He pointed out how a machine doesn't need to eat or sleep. "It's not yet clear, however, how much investment and tech research is still needed to create robots that can perform the intricate welding and other final assembly tasks." Full story: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/19/chinese-ev-giant-byd-self-driving-tech- better-for-factories-than-cars.html or https://v.gd/9W8TzB David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The future is here, and everything needs to be destroyed. -- Allegheny Shredders = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
