AUTOMAKERS & SUPPLIERS

Erb will be responsible for all legal matters across the North American region, including product liability, safety and warranty and dealer franchise issues.

For 2022, the IHS Markit light-vehicle production forecast was cut by 9.3 percent, or about 8.4 million vehicles.

When Ford Motor Co. built its first factory in India in the mid-1990s, U.S. carmakers believed they were buying into a boom -- the next China. It never happened.

The chipmaker is adding capacity at a time when automakers are being forced to idle production due to semiconductor shortages.