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Torrance-based US Electricar Inc., which counts Hyundai Group of Korea and Itochu Corp. of Japan as its major investors, said Chairman and Chief Executive Roy Y. Kusumoto has resigned. The company’s board elected Carl D. Perry as chairman and CEO and Don C. Kang as president and chief operating officer. . . . Santa Monica-based Cinergi Pictures Entertainment said it lost $9.8 million, or 73 cents a share, in the third quarter, compared with a loss of $294,000, or 2 cents, in the year-ago period.