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SAN FRANCISCO — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and German engineering firm Bosch were hit Thursday with a new class action alleging that thousands of Dodge and Jeep diesel vehicles advertised as eco-friendly use the same kind of “defeat devices” that Volkswagen A.G. used to cheat U.S. emissions tests.