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A Georgia judge has denied a General Motors motion to dismiss a wrongful death case against the automaker and set a trial date for April 2016.

U.S. safety regulators are investigating two reports of fires in Can-Am Spyder three-wheeled motorcycles.

General Motors is issuing five more recalls totaling 310,000 vehicles as the company cleans up past safety issues.

General Motors is warning owners of certain older model SUVs to park the vehicles outdoors until they are repaired because they could catch fire when left unattended.

Hyundai has agreed to pay a $17.35 million fine for delayed reporting of a brake defect affecting Genesis luxury cars, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday.

The big, 2015 Tahoe sport utility vehicle is thriving at Chevrolet, thanks to updated styling, a more powerful V-8, improved second-row legroom, more towing capacity and new features.

General Motors says it has made progress in fixing its recall website so that it correctly lists all the cars that need recall repairs.

A fund set up by General Motors to pay for deaths and injuries caused by its vehicles with faulty ignitions is accepting claims.

As General Motors tackles a safety crisis, a look its numbers from June show just how intent the company is on keeping new-car sales on the rise during a record spate of safety recalls.

Hyundai is recalling more than 419,000 cars and SUVs to fix suspension, brake and oil leak problems.

Ignition switch problems that have plagued General Motors and Chrysler have now turned up in the motorcycle business.

The government says General Motors vehicle owners should recheck the company's recall identification website if previous checks indicated their cars aren't being recalled.

Chrysler says its U.S. sales rose 20 percent in July from a year ago, its best performance for the month in nine years.

___ US job growth eases but tops 200K for a 6th month WASHINGTON (AP) — A sixth straight month of solid 200,000-plus job growth in July reinforced growing evidence that the U.S. economy is accelerating after five years of sluggish expansion.

Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) on Thursday reported a wider loss in its second quarter, and beat analysts' expectations.

American electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. is teaming up with Japanese electronics company Panasonic Corp. to build a battery manufacturing plant in the U.S. expected to create 6,500 jobs.

A Texas lawyer has sued General Motors on behalf of 658 people injured or killed in crashes allegedly caused by faulty ignition switches.

A company that makes aluminum wheels for cars and other vehicles says it will shut down its manufacturing plant in Rogers, eliminating 500 jobs.

The four-door Mini Cooper Countryman was the only one of 12 cars to earn a top rating of "good" in new frontal crash tests.

Hyundai is recalling its popular Sonata midsize sedan to fix problems with the gear shift levers.