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Automakers can expect the U.S. government to be attentive to its multibillion-dollar stake in their businesses next year and selective in its efforts to reshape the industry. Government emphasis has shifted from bailouts and bankruptcy to investment oversight and innovation, with congressional and White House demands for greater fuel-efficiency driving the agenda. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 7

Chrysler Group has disbanded a team of engineers dedicated to rushing a range of electric vehicles to showrooms and dropped ambitious sales targets for battery-powered cars set as it was sliding toward bankruptcy and seeking government aid. The move by controlling shareholder Fiat S.p.A. marks a major reversal for Chrysler, which had used its electric car program as part of the case for a $12.5 billion federal aid package. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 7

Honda Motor Co.'s recalls of 444,000 Accord and Civic vehicles for potentially lethal airbag defects are under investigation by federal safety regulators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it wants Honda and Takata Corp., the airbag supplier, to help explain why the automaker didn't include vehicles from the second recall in the earlier one nearly eight months before. 4:18 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 6 | UPDATED: 11/6/09 5:38 p.m. ET  

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