Author: By BENJAMIN PRESTON

General Motors will discontinue light-duty Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans; Alan Mulally joins Google’s board of directors.

BMW says it may share its plug-in hybrid battery technology with other automakers; Nissan to drop Cube and Murano convertible for 2015.

Hagerty’s offers year-of-manufacture gas prices to classic-car owners Friday morning; top Toyota designer moves to Yamaha.

Fiat releases ads that poke fun at the cultural differences between Americans and Italians; Honda to recall hybrids sold in Japan.

Infiniti announces plans to build the QX30 and Q30 in England; a Chinese businessman sues Tesla Motors for trademark infringement.

Honda puts its first commercial jet into flight; N.H.T.S.A. opens an investigation of 2012-14 Nissan Versas for a problem with a trim panel hindering pedal operation.

Audi rolls out its plug-in hybrid A3 E-tron in Europe; Curt Clawson, former chief executive of a parts supplier, is sworn into Congress.

California moves ahead with yellow-on-black reproduction plates last seen in 1969; Tesla Motors says it will build its Model X crossover next year.

Nissan begins a Spanish-language ad campaign to aim at World Cup fans; Honda enters the music business to reach the young.

IHS Automotive reports that the average age of autos in the United States is still 11.4 years; Bill Hoglund, a former G.M. executive, dies at 79.