BYD's "DiLink System": Cars of the future will not only have a body, but also a soul!

At present, the automobile industry is facing unprecedented changes. Electrification is inevitable, and intelligence will be the general trend. At present, the timetables for banning the sale of traditional fuel vehicles have been released one after another in various countries. In 2017, the sales volume of new energy vehicles in the Chinese market increased from 0.03% in 2011 to 2.69%, making it the world's largest new energy vehicle market.

Electrification has laid a solid foundation for the intelligentization of automobiles. Traditional mechanical vehicles can only be used as a means of transportation, just like an abacus cannot produce the Internet. It is difficult for such mechanical vehicles to produce intelligence. Electric vehicles are driven by electricity and have motors and electronic controls, which are the basis for the production of intelligent vehicles. With the popularization of electric vehicles and 5G communications, breakthrough conditions will be created for the development of intelligent automobiles.

DiLink intelligent network system may become the watershed between functional cars and smart cars

In the mobile phone industry, the transition from feature phones to smartphones is actually a watershed. Feature phones are mainly used for making calls and sending and receiving text messages. Ten years ago, it was hard for us to imagine that we could surf the Internet, make video calls, and make payments on our phones. This huge change in life is a huge boost to human civilization from smartphones.

The current automobile industry is also facing a watershed between functional cars and smart cars. Functional cars mainly meet the needs of transportation. The future smart cars will meet the needs of people in various travel scenarios.

BYD is a leader in new energy vehicles and one of the earliest companies to make electric vehicles. It has advantages in electric vehicle technology accumulation, product layout and commercial operation, and has achieved three consecutive championships in global new energy vehicle sales. As early as 2008, BYD had already started car networking applications, such as applying vehicle GPS monitoring and video transmission to the commercial vehicle Hawkeye system; in 2011, it loaded the first self-developed car networking product - BYD Cloud Service on the launched e6 electric car.

This year, BYD launched the DiLink intelligent network system, positioning it as an "intelligent, open hardware and software platform and ecological service". It consists of four major parts: Di platform, Di cloud, Di ecology and Di openness. It launched the world's first intelligent automatic rotating large-screen Di platform, which incorporates a large number of applications in the mobile phone ecosystem. It also comprehensively enriches the automotive ecosystem by taking the lead in opening up 341 sensors and 66 control rights of the car in the world, hoping that "connection creates value, openness achieves the future", promotes the development of automotive intelligence, and reshapes the way humans travel.

The world's first intelligent automatic rotating large screen is 100% compatible with over a million mobile phone applications

Unlike existing car central control screens that generally use horizontal screens, BYD's world-first large-screen car screen can predict in advance according to the application scenarios and interaction methods of the software, and rotate intelligently and automatically to achieve "horizontal or vertical as you want", and can also "automatically horizontal or vertical".

Data shows that more than 70% of the top 100 mobile phone applications do not support horizontal screen. In this case, if the mobile phone ecosystem is simply and crudely "transplanted" to the car, whether the horizontal screen application is viewed vertically or the vertical screen application is viewed horizontally, the user experience will be greatly reduced!

BYD's intelligent automatic rotating large screen realizes "horizontal and vertical" through intelligent automatic rotation - it can carry both vertical and horizontal screen software, ensuring the best experience, and is 100% compatible with more than one million mobile phone applications, far exceeding the industry average. For example, when using a navigation app, the screen will rotate to a vertical screen state with richer route information to help car owners make predictions in advance; when using a video app to watch in full screen, it will automatically rotate to a horizontal screen state with better visual effects.

Not only that, users can download various smart applications through the application market anytime and anywhere according to their needs. This is equivalent to all applications that can be installed on mobile phones can also be downloaded and installed on BYD's smart automatic rotating large screen, truly realizing "install whatever you want to use".

Deep customization based on the latest Android system ensures the ultimate user experience. As the only automobile company in the world that has obtained development authorization from both Android and chip manufacturers, BYD can deeply develop and customize various applications such as smart keys, smart voice, and connected driving recorders based on the underlying technologies of the Android system and chip manufacturers, and realize rapid iteration and upgrading of these applications to ensure the ultimate experience.

For example, BYD's intelligent automatic rotating large screen is equipped with an 8-core, 64-bit CPU with a main frequency of 2.0GHz. It has an extremely fast response speed and a powerful performance of over 80,000 running points (4 times better than the industry average), which ensures a smooth experience. Even the "Chicken Eating Mobile Game" with higher configuration requirements can run at full efficiency.

It is worth mentioning that BYD's intelligent automatic rotating large screen can support OTA remote upgrades like smartphones and iPads, ensuring that users can enjoy the latest versions of applications in a timely manner.

The world's first large-scale opening of sensors and control rights to create a "super car ecosystem". Different from the industry's opening of only the in-vehicle information system, BYD's DiLink intelligent network system has an unprecedented breakthrough in the industry - opening up almost all the car's sensors (a total of 341) and 66 control rights.

The reference mobile phone has only more than 10 sensors, but it has spawned tens of millions of applications.

It is conceivable that the full opening of BYD Auto’s 341 automotive sensors and 66 control rights will lead to a “super automotive ecosystem” with unlimited possibilities.

The super car ecosystem and the mobile phone ecosystem will jointly build the Di ecosystem. The Di ecosystem will be perfectly compatible with a large number of global applications and fully connect people, cars, life and society.

At the same time, this also provides an autonomous driving development platform for developers, thereby helping autonomous driving technology enter daily life at a faster pace.

Industry-leading smart Di cloud to control your car life

BYD Cloud Service is built based on mobile Internet, Internet of Vehicles, big data and AI, and provides users with comprehensive network applications through a powerful cloud platform. Users can install BYD Cloud Service APP on their mobile phones to realize rich remote control, vehicle condition monitoring, location viewing, data application and many other functions.

With the DiLink system installed on the new generation Tang, BYD has fully opened a new era of car manufacturing with "internationalization, electrification, and intelligent networking" as the core. The comprehensive promotion and application of the DiLink system will also drive the evolution of the intelligent vehicle capabilities of BYD's passenger car product matrix, truly connecting the body and soul of the car.

In the future, BYD DiLink intelligent network system will continue to iterate, incorporating more innovative technologies that keep pace with the times, achieving seamless connection between automotive ecological services and green travel, and promoting the intelligent development of the automotive industry.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.