Well, this is cool. The Chinese electric vehicle company BYD—which is actually the world’s number one EV maker- has partnered with DJI to introduce a new AI on-vehicle drone system called the ...

EV maker BYD unveiled “Lingyuan,” a vehicle-mounted drone launching system developed in collaboration with DJI that is ...

Translating as ‘Spirit Kite’, the science-fiction-sounding system involves a 30cm-squared slim box fitted to the car’s roof, which can deploy a drone to be your car's shadow. This isn’t ...

And here’s where it gets really cool: You can deploy and control the drone while the car is in motion—up to 25 km/h (16 mph). Then, the drone can follow the vehicle at speeds of up to 54 km/h ...

BYD has recently announced a new partnership with China’s top drone-maker DJI, stating that it has created an innovative launch pad that can be built into a number of its electric vehicles, allowing ...

The drones can take off and land autonomously from a special housing on the roof while the car is moving at speeds up to 33 mph.

Just take a picture of yourself in a BYD electric car. This works with the "Lingyuan" car drone platform. The drone takes off directly from the roof of the car. The Chinese drone manufacturer DJI ...