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China grants permits to VW joint venture, Xpeng as autonomous driving race intensifies
China grants permits to VW joint venture, Xpeng as autonomous driving race intensifies
China has granted new autonomous-driving permission to electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng and a mainland joint venture of Volkswagen, intensifying the commercialisation race between China’s autonomous driving firms and US company Tesla. Xpeng would now be allowed to conduct “demonstration operations” of its Yoyo driverless taxis in the capital city of southern China’s Guangdong province under a…