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The robotaxi provider chose to do this after consultation with NHTSA and its own internal review of two incidents that occurred in what it described as “a rare scenario in Phoenix on December 11, 2023, which resulted in no injuries and minor vehicle damage”.

Stellantis’ system is named Hands-Free Active Driving Assist, and it launched with the 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee.

US-only for now, it seems.

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The suspect part had been sourced by a supplier in the VW supply chain and not by VW directly, it was claimed.

It came as Volkswagen was hit by additional claims from German media that it had benefitted from human rights abuses in China’s troubled Xinjiang region.

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"Volkswagen is currently in talks with the non-controlled joint venture SAIC-Volkswagen about the future direction of business activities in Xinjiang province. Different scenarios are being considered intensively," a spokesperson said when asked about the report.

Rights groups have documented abuses in Xinjiang, including the ethnic minority Uyghur population being subjected to forced labour in detention camps. Beijing denies any such abuses.

The Norwegian EV Association is confident that Norway can achieve the objective of 100 percent zero-emission car sales in 2025.

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