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BYD Starts New EV Price War With Free Smart-Driving System

  • Chinese automaker’s shares surge to a record in Hong Kong
  • BYD also plans to integrate DeepSeek AI software across lineup
BYD Seagull electric vehicle.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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BYD Co. opened a new front in China’s electric vehicle price war — adding advanced driver-assistance features across most of its lineup for no extra cost and sending its shares to a record.

At a highly anticipated event on Monday evening in Shenzhen, BYD said it will make its God’s Eye driver-assistance system standard in vehicles priced from 100,000 yuan ($13,700) and include it in several lower-cost models such as the popular Seagull hatchback.