Guangzhou, CHINA — Chinese electric car company Xpeng announced Wednesday that by the first quarter of 2026, it will start rolling out a new driver-assist system for navigating narrow roads.

Xpeng claimed the new system enables cars to drive themselves smoothly through tight streets — which it played up as better for the European market — and significantly reduces the need for human intervention. The Chinese company said that German automaker Volkswagen will be its first client as Xpeng opens the system to other car makers.

Speaking at the company's "AI Day," Xpeng CEO Xiaopeng He claimed the new driver-assist system — which builds on Xpeng's existing systems for assisting drivers with parking, driving on highways and navigating city roads — required less human interv

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