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Nissan Motor Co. will revive its Xterra SUV as a hybrid model to be built in Mississippi and halt plans to make an electric vehicle in the US, according to its top executive for the Americas.

Honda Motor Co. has signed a multi-year agreement to work with a US AI startup in which it has an equity stake to develop self-driving capabilities, tapping into Silicon Valley know-how for next-generation automated technologies.

L3Harris Technologies Inc. is working with air taxi maker Joby Aviation to develop a new class of aircraft for defensive applications, with flight testing planned for as soon as later this year.

Air taxi startup Joby Aviation Inc. expects to have five aircraft in one of the final phases of certification next year as it aims to start commercial flights in early 2026, according to its chief executive officer.

Toyota Motor Corp. is tapping the brakes on plans to build electric vehicles in the US to free up manufacturing capacity for a popular gas-powered SUV.

Move over bicycle couriers, Honda Motor Co. wants to use bike lanes for a new fleet of four-wheeled electric delivery vehicles.

Recruit Holdings Co.’s chief executive officer is returning to his role as the head of Indeed.com, six years after he last led the job search site.

Toyota Motor Corp. is betting Americans are ready for more US-made electric vehicles. And if they aren’t, it has a plan: exports.

Toyota Motor Corp. is looking into offering a compact pickup in the US, potentially joining Ford Motor Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. in competing in the growing market for entry-level trucks.

Toyota Motor Corp. is scrapping the gas-only version of its best-selling vehicle in the US as the Japanese carmaker doubles down on its push into hybrids.

Harley-Davidson Inc. says a departing board member’s public criticism is disrupting its search for a new chief executive officer and interfering with day-to-day operations.

Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. is linking up with commuter aviation startup Joby Aviation Inc. to offer passengers in the UK seamless booking and quicker travel to and from airports once air taxi service is approved in the country.

Sales are slumping and earnings are in free fall. The carmaker is looking for a next CEO and outside help.

Nissan Motor Co. is prepared to reject an acquisition offer that would make it a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., according to a person familiar with the matter, a move that could jeopardize talks between the two carmakers to join forces.

Nissan Motor Co. is eliminating a work shift at two US vehicle assembly plants and trimming its hourly staff via buyouts, a downsizing to align its output with lower sales volumes as it mulls a possible sale to Honda Motor Co.

The world’s No. 1 automaker has kept its focus on hybrids and gas-guzzlers, for better and worse.

Oshkosh Corp. is prepared to provide the US Postal Service more gas-powered mail trucks if the agency cuts back orders for electric vehicles, which benefit from funding President-elect Donald Trump has criticized.

Honda Motor Co. revealed two electric vehicle prototypes heralding a wave of new battery-powered models it plans to release in the years ahead, though the carmaker may dial back the pace of its EV investments if demand continues to lose steam.

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to move in the first 100 residents of a futuristic city at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan by as soon as this fall, but declined to specify how much the ambitious project is costing the company.

Mazda Motor Corp. is wrapping up a banner year in an overall sluggish auto market, and its US sales chief expects that momentum to extend into 2025 — even without a fully electric vehicle in its line-up.