BYD Takes Liability in Self-Driving Crashes Unlike Tesla

BYD agrees to pay full legal damages in self-driving crashes involving its drivers. Wrongful death payouts are capped at 20 times the provincial annual per capita disposable income. Catastrophic injury compensation is graded 10 to 100 percent of that same figure. Medical and funeral costs are based on actual receipts and provincial rates. China lacks punitive damages for pain and suffering or wrongful conduct.