The Denza Z9 GT will get God’s Eye in Europe in 2027. It is still a level 2 system.
Denza announced on October 13, 2026, that the Z9 GT would be the first BYD model in Europe to feature God’s Eye CNOA, an urban navigation system. This function is set to be installed in the vehicle by 2027 and will guide it from one address to another, but only under constant driver supervision.
The announcement was made during the 2026 Paris Motor Show. CNOA, or City Navigation Driving Assistant, is designed to handle urban traffic, including traffic jams, intersections, and roundabouts. Stella Li, BYD’s executive vice president, stated that this solution will reduce stress associated with driving in such conditions.
God’s Eye will not be a European autopilot
Representatives of the brand describe CNOA as a system capable of “fully autonomous urban navigation.” Here, a clear boundary must be drawn. God’s Eye remains a level 2 system, so the driver is responsible for the car, monitors the road, and must be ready to take control at any moment.
We still do not know the exact range of functions available in the European Z9 GT. The materials also do not indicate which countries the system will be launched in first or whether it will be active from the moment the car goes on sale.
In China, the Denza Z9 GT uses the God’s Eye 5.0 package. Its core is based on the Xuanji A3 chip manufactured using 4 nm lithography, with a claimed computing power of around 700 TOPS, or 700 trillion operations per second. Data is collected via LiDAR, millimeter-wave radars, ultrasonic sensors, and cameras. However, there is no confirmation that the European version will have exactly the same hardware configuration.
BYD Chases Xpeng
The timing is not coincidental. Xpeng plans to introduce its Navigation Guided Pilot system to Europe in the first quarter of 2027. The first vehicles equipped with the Turing AI system include the P7+, X9 minivan, L03, and G9L SUV. Thus, the competition among Chinese driving assistance systems in Europe is accelerating, though for now we are still talking about advanced ADAS rather than driverless cars.
The Z9 GT paves another European route for BYD. The model is set to be the first vehicle from the company introduced there with Flash Charging technology. On October 12, 2026, the manufacturer announced that this fast charging feature will also be available on BYD’s large SUV, the Atto 8.
It can be expected that after the Z9 GT, the God’s Eye technology will be applied to other BYD models, but the manufacturer has not yet released a list of vehicles or a timeline. First, it’s necessary to see how widespread the actual functionality of CNOA will be on European roads and how much of the Chinese version of the system will remain.
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