European carmakers currently hold a less than 4% share of India's 4.4-million units a year car market, which is dominated by Japan's Suzuki and homegrown brands

BYD vehicles' affordability, lower costs of maintenance and 'superior battery performance' make them the right fit for its platform, Uber said

The departures are among the most drastic changes Daihatsu has made so far after revealing last year it had rigged side-collision safety tests for 88,000 small cars

Sources said the catastrophic malfunction happened after an update of the automaker's parts ordering system