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General Motors said it favors an annual increase in fuel-efficiency standards based on “historic rates” rather than tough Obama era rules or a Trump administration proposal that would freeze requirements.

Hyundai Motor America CEO Kyung Soo Lee has left the position to return to South Korea as an adviser for the company. The automaker also has created two entities to develop future technologies and appointed new heads of product strategy and design.

NHTSA told Mercedes-Benz USA that it found numerous instances in which owners of recalled cars weren’t notified within the federally mandated 60-day window.

After years of pleading from global automakers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced this month that it is considering a dramatic change to the long-standing rules that govern auto headlights.

Denso Corp. looks for new value in old products as the supplier plans a transformation in the coming decade.

Asbury Automotive executives said the group is interested in entering new markets as well as acquiring “tuck-in” stores, generally described as one or two stores that help round out a retailer’s presence in an existing market.

The proposal puts GM directly at odds with the Trump administration’s anti-regulatory stance on environmental issues and out ahead of its competitors in pushing electric vehicles on a reluctant public.

A federal judge in Milwaukee has shot down a challenge to a General Motors plan to impose a surcharge on all new vehicles sold to Wisconsin dealerships that opt for higher-than-contractual reimbursement rates for warranty labor and parts.

The combined company will boast global sales of $17.3 billion, big enough to make it No. 11 on the Automotive News list of the top 100 global suppliers. But it’s still the new kid on the block.

The settlement needs court approval, and the money would be put in escrow while the case against CDK Global proceeds.