Xpeng to let other carmakers use its partly-autonomous driving system

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Chinese electric car company Xpeng is releasing a new version of its driver-assist system that it says significantly reduces the need for human intervention.
The company is opening the tech to other companies, starting with Volkswagen.
Xpeng also claimed the new system outperforms Tesla’s Full Self-Driving in certain aspects.

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