Jan 20 (Reuters) - The National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration (NHTSA) on Monday upgraded its investigation into

an estimated 295,125 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.

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

K)