Automotive

TOKYO — Most stocks are edging back from their big surge following a mixed set of earnings reports from U.S. companies. The S&P 500 was down 0.3% Tuesday, coming off its fifth straight winning month. The Dow was up 60 points, or 0.

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into safety problems with Tesla vehicles.

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota’s profit for the first fiscal quarter jumped to 1.3 trillion yen ($9 billion) — a quarterly record for Japan’s top automaker — as sales grew and parts shortages related to the coronavirus pandemic eased. Toyota Motor Corp.

VANCOUVER — Lithium Americas Corp. says shareholders have approved its split into two companies. The Vancouver-based company says shareholders voted in favour of separating the company into two entities: Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,626.64, up 107.27): Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Healthcare. Up two cents, or 3.18 per cent, to 65 cents on 10.6 million shares.

VANCOUVER — A 26-year-old Uber driver has been killed in an early morning collision in Vancouver involving three vehicles.

BlackBerry Ltd. says some of its software and services have been chosen for use in a Foxconn-backed electric vehicle consortium. The Waterloo, Ont.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Stellantis and LG Energy Solutions say they have kicked off hiring for their future Windsor, Ont., electric vehicle battery factory.

MONTREAL — From his suite on the 23rd floor of the Fairmont Dubai, Fethi Chebil surveys the luxury cars and driverless metro line unfurling to the horizon.

BEIJING (AP) — The French finance minister said Sunday he pressed Chinese leaders to open their markets wider to foreign companies and lobbied for investment in France’s electric car industry, as the European Union’s second-largest economy followed W