{"id":150553,"date":"2026-04-29T12:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150553"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:30:11","slug":"hit-from-memory-costs-spreads-from-phones-to-evs-as-chinas-byd-raises-driving-tech-price-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150553","title":{"rendered":"Hit from memory costs spreads from phones to EVs as China\u2019s BYD raises driving-tech price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe impact of sky-high costs for memory chips is spreading from smartphones to cars, as China\u2019s electric vehicle (EV) king BYD announced a 21 per cent price increase for its high-end driver-assistance system.<br \/>\nStarting on Friday, the price of the optional DiPilot 300 assisted-driving system would rise to 12,000 yuan ($1,757) from 9,900 yuan, BYD said on Tuesday, attributing the decision to \u201cthe sharp rise in global storage hardware costs\u201d.<br \/>\nThe system, which allows cars to navigate themselves on&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3351842\/hit-memory-costs-spreads-phones-evs-chinas-byd-raises-driving-tech-price?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe impact of sky-high costs for memory chips is spreading from smartphones to cars, as China\u2019s electric vehicle (EV) king BYD announced a 21&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150553"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}