INDIANAPOLIS—Crosspoint Solutions plans to hire up to 75 people to work at its new assembly plant here. The company makes battery-powered auxiliary power units for trucks.
DETROIT—Big pickups carried U.S. auto sales to their highest level in three years. Demand for full-size pickups jumped 16 percent in August, helping to make it the strongest sales month since August 2009. Overall auto sales increased 20 percent from a year earlier to nearly 1.3 million units.
TIJUANA, Mexico—Hyundai will invest $130 million in a new assembly plant here to produce aluminum auto parts. The plant is expected to create 300 jobs.