Cited on HN 4 times, 2025–2026, never outright recommendedscore 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN cites it as a real-world look at Huawei's lidar-based driver assistance when comparing against Tesla FSD.
Out of Spec Reviews takes a one-hour drive in an Avatr 11 running Huawei's Qiankun ADS 3.2 driver assistance system in China, billed as the best FSD-like system there.
“Here's the Out of Spec guys riding around on it in China for an hour” (HN, 2025)
Huawei has a self-driving system that uses three lidars, which cost $250 each (plus vision, radar, and ultrasound). It appears to work about as well as FSD. Here's the Out of Spec guys riding around on it in China for an hour: [this video]
One-hour ride in Huawei's lidar-based system in China.
> where is BYD at with FSD? I'm not sure about BYD, but other car makers have FSD that works like Tesla's FSD, and in some cases it even outperforms it. Here is a test from a few months ago: [this video] > - The Chevy Corvette Stingray? Say what you want, but the high end ICE sports cars have an appeal of their own… The world is moving to EVs, ICE will mostly be collectors cars in 20 years in developed countries. As to Chinese sports cars Xiaomi SU7 Ultra: "June 2025, an unmodified SU7 Ultra (with a maximum 1,139 kW (1,527 hp; 1,549 PS) power) lapped the Nürburgring in a hair under 7 minutes, 5 seconds. It is not only faster than the fastest Tesla Model S Plaid and Porsche Taycan versions, but also faster than a Rimac Nevera, one of the most high-end and expensive electric sportscars." U9 [link] is a supercar produced by BYD, fastest in the world. "It achieved a maximum speed of 496.22 km/h (308.33 mph) at Germany’s ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg, making it the fastest car in the world and breaking the record previously held by the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ at 490.484 km/h (304.773 mph)"
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