BYD
BYD, the world's largest EV maker, has committed to NVIDIA DRIVE Thor for its mainstream fleet and DRIVE Hyperion for Level 4 autonomy. With tens of millions of annual BYD vehicles, this partnership represents one of Nvidia's largest automotive volume customers.
Deploying NVIDIA DRIVE Thor in next-generation consumer and commercial EV fleets; expanding to NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion for Level 4 AV development; using Nvidia cloud AI infrastructure and Isaac/Omniverse platforms
Notes
auto subtype. March 2024 official Nvidia Newsroom announcement for DRIVE Thor adoption. March 2026 DRIVE Hyperion Level 4 expansion confirmed on Nvidia Newsroom.
Milestones
- BYD partners with Nvidia for AI-powered smart vehicles on NVIDIA DRIVE platform
BYD begins collaboration with Nvidia on DRIVE Orin-based smart vehicles, laying the groundwork for full-fleet deployment of Nvidia's autonomous computing architecture across consumer and commercial EVs.
→ nvidianews.nvidia.com - BYD formally adopts NVIDIA DRIVE Thor for next-generation consumer and commercial EV fleet
At GTC 2024, BYD is officially named as adopting NVIDIA DRIVE Thor — confirming Nvidia as the AI compute platform for BYD's next-generation mainstream and commercial vehicles including Nvidia Isaac and Omniverse integrations.
→ nvidianews.nvidia.com - BYD adopts NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion for Level 4 autonomous vehicle programs
BYD joins Geely, Isuzu, and Nissan in adopting NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion at GTC 2026, expanding the partnership from mainstream ADAS to full Level 4 autonomy development on a production-ready reference architecture.
→ nvidianews.nvidia.com