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Nvidia says China’s BYD and Geely will use its robotaxi platform

The Verge / 3/17/2026

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Key Points

  • Nvidia announced at its GTC conference that BYD and Geely will use its Drive Hyperion platform for Level 4 robotaxi development, joining Isuzu and Nissan in the program.
  • The Drive Hyperion stack combines chips, onboard computers, sensors, and software to support Level 4 autonomous driving.
  • BYD will shift from Nvidia chips in manually driven cars to the Hyperion platform for next-generation Level 4 vehicles, while Geely will also adopt Hyperion for its autonomous program.
  • This move positions Nvidia to expand its footprint in the Chinese robotaxi market and compete as a standard platform provider for automakers.
Nvidia DRIVE Hyperion

Nvidia added two leading Chinese automakers, BYD and Geely, to its robotaxi program, as the chipmaker seeks to put its stamp on the growing autonomous vehicle market worldwide.

At its GTC conference today, Nvidia announced that BYD and Geely, as well as Isuzu and Nissan, would use the chipmaker's Drive Hyperion platform, which combines the chips, computers, sensors, and software needed for for the development of Level 4 autonomous vehicles.

BYD currently uses Nvidia's chips in its manually driven cars, and now, under this expanded agreement, it will use the company's Hyperion platform to build next-generation Level 4 vehicles. Geely, meanw …

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