Did AutoX risk safety to look good for investors?

The US has imposed its most severe level of sanctions on Russia’s Sberbank and Alfa-Bank, and Brazil might have finally settled on a chief executive for Petrobras. Plus, the FT’s China correspondent, Eleanor Olcott, spoke to staff at a Chinese autonomous vehicle company who say AutoX conducted risky test drives in a push for better data and investment.

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US imposes ‘severe’ sanctions on Russian banks after Bucha atrocities

Petrobras faces fresh turmoil as Brazilian government’s pick for chief withdraws

Why Chinese driverless car company AutoX disengaged its safety features

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