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Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Mazda are recalling about 3.3 million vehicles worldwide because the passenger-side air bag could deploy with too much force, sending shards of metal into the passenger area.

Ford is joining with Diamler and Renault-Nissan to speed the development of cars that run on hydrogen. The three companies expect their alliance to bring affordable hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to market as early as 2017. Fuel cell vehicles run on electricity generated from hydrogen and oxygen. The only byproduct is water.

Toyota and Nissan they will resume production at all factories in Japan in mid-to-late April at about half their normal pace, joining Honda in an industrywide move to restart production halted by the March 11 earthquake.

Nissan's new electric car, the Leaf, will get the equivalent of 99 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving, based on government testing.

Nissan Motor Co recalled Infiniti G35 sedans and coupes affecting as many as 134,000 cars due to a connector that could cause airbags not to deploy during a crash.

The police and F.B.I. found the owner of the vehicle that contained the makings of a bomb in Times Square, but he is not a suspect, the police said.

The travails of Japanese car makers continue today with the Nissan Motor Company announcing it is to recall nearly 540,000 vehicles globally, with the majority of the recalls affecting the US.

The government is poised to disclose that Ford, Tesla and Nissan will be among the first beneficiaries of a $25 billion loan program to help develop fuel-efficient vehicles.

Nissan Motor Co. Monday said it has swung to a fiscal third quarter loss on a "severe downturn in the global economy" and the impact of a strengthened yen, adding the deterioration in business conditions forced the Japanese auto major to slash its full-year profit and revenue forecasts.