Jan 20 (Reuters) - The National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration (NHTSA) on Monday upgraded its investigation into

250,491 U.S. Honda Motor ( HMC ) vehicles from a preliminary

evaluation to an engineering analysis over reports of

inadvertent activation of the Automatic Emergency Braking

system.

The analysis involves Honda Insight and Honda Passport

vehicles built between 2019 and 2022.

(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H

K)