Ministry inspectors spent two days at three Anhui automakers, seizing sample vehicles and battery packs on site for national-standard compliance testing tied to production access.
Why it matters: Production access is the one lever that reaches every model a Chinese automaker sells, and the ministry is now pulling it on the strength of software safety capability rather than paperwork.
The company said its navigation-guided pilot system, powered by the VLA 2.0 model it developed in-house, would begin a global rollout in 2027 as cumulative deliveries passed 1.2 million.
GB/T 47439-2026 sets out how workshops should handle high-voltage and hydrogen systems on new-energy vehicles, from risk identification to tool checks.
FAW-Volkswagen began taking blind pre-orders for the ID. AURA T6, the first production vehicle to reach customers on the electronic architecture developed with XPeng, according to CarNewsChina.
The notice sets out enhanced application instructions for automated-driving exemptions and discloses 517 alleged ADS crashes and 787 alleged Level 2 crashes reported from June to December 2025.
The cybersecurity and over-the-air updates task force will take up extending RXSWIN to UN R156 and pushing R155 duties down onto components and separate technical units.
The agency will replace its nine-year-old ADS 2.0 guidance chapter by chapter, publishing drafts as they are ready and keeping the docket open until July 2027.
Regulator filings cover 39,552 electric sedans with gear-shift and thermal-management software defects — the fix is a free OTA push beginning August 1.
The Federal Register notice exempts Zoox's purpose-built vehicle from eight FMVSS requirements written around human drivers, clearing paid rides for up to 2,500 vehicles a year.
Second-quarter results put Rivian's software and services segment at $515 million, $308 million of it from the Volkswagen Group technology joint venture.
The US Transportation Secretary ordered NHTSA to accelerate national AV performance standards, update ten federal safety rules and streamline exemptions.