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Chinese electric carmaker BYD Co. is opening its North American headquarters in Los Angeles — a hub that officials promise will bring dozens of jobs to the struggling local economy and will serve as a sales and research hub.

Meet David Kelleher, president of a Chrysler dealership in Pennsylvania and a survivor of the carmaker’s darkest days, when liquidation seemed probable.

And then Fiat came along.

Honda has become the second major Japanese carmaker in a week to warn of dramatically lower profits due to reduced production resulting from March's massive earthquake.

The carmaker said it made payments of $5.9 billion to the United States Treasury and $1.7 billion to Export Development Canada in a series of transactions completed Tuesday morning.

The federal judge overseeing sprawling litigation against Toyota has indicated he will not allow plaintiffs' attorneys to call expert witnesses who work for the carmaker's competitors.

Striking workers forced Hyundai Motor to stop all production in India on Monday, the latest in a series of union battles that have pushed the nation's No. 2 carmaker to move some production to a factory in Turkey.

General Motors will shut down Saab after talks to sell the brand to a Dutch carmaker collapsed, marking the third time this year that a deal by GM to sell an unwanted brand has fallen through.

General Motors Co. said Friday it will wind down Saab after talks to sell the brand to Dutch carmaker Spyker Cars collapsed.

The Toyota Motor Corporation said Wednesday that it would fix or replace the accelerator pedals of 4 million vehicles to resolve a widespread problem with unintended acceleration that has stripped some of the luster off the carmaker's reputation for safety and reliability.

Toyota aims to resolve a problem with unintended acceleration that has stripped some of the luster off the carmaker’s reputation for reliability.