BYD will pay every last cent for any damage caused by its autopilot

BYD, the China-based maker of electric vehicles, has done something no automaker has dared to do: It’s promising to pay every bill—repairs, property damage, medical costs—when its God’s Eye autonomous driving system causes an accident. No price ceiling. No fine print. No blame-shifting to the driver. No insurance claim that haunts you for years.

Just a review of the car’s system logs, and you get your back covered till every expense derived from the accident has been satisfied. While this guarantee is currently limited to one year, and is available only in China, it’s still a wow moment that the autonomous driving industry has been waiting for—and dreading, depending on which side of the Pacific you’re parked on.

Take Tesla, which has spent eight years promising full autonomy. The company sold “Full Self-Driving” as a feature buyers could purchase for up to........

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