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SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla Inc. chose Robyn Denholm to succeed Elon Musk as board chair, selecting an independent director to contend with the carmaker’s mercurial chief executive officer following his run-ins with regulators and investors. […]

Loan and lease originations at Santander Consumer USA’s Chrysler Capital unit climbed in the third quarter as talks with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles about the automaker’s plan to create its own finance arm continue, Santander said […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Chinese technology company Tencent Holdings Ltd is recruiting self-driving car engineers in Palo Alto, Calif., joining a crowded field of corporations vying for talent in the heart of Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley […]

7WE LIKE Hip modern styling, Pilot Assist, powertrain WE DON’T LIKE Excessive noise, suspension needs fine-tuning Volvo’s cool XC40 was worth the wait, with fresh and fun styling to appeal to millennials while offering a great package […]

Samsung Electronics President Young Sohn, left, with Harman International CEO Dinesh Paliwal in a 2017 photo. Samsung’s $8 billion purchase of Harman this year deepened the Korean giant’s stake in automotive overnight. LISBON — Samsung […]

Car battery pioneer Kenan Sahin says new breakthrough will lower cobalt use Andrew NolBloombergNovember 6, 2018 13:35 CET LONDON — The scientist-turned-entrepreneur behind a battery technology adopted by chemical giants BASF and Johnson Matthey is […]

The Blaise Alexander auction draws about 100 buyers weekly. “The secret to make it successful is making sure the cars are 100 percent as nice as you can get them,” said Alexander, right. Going once […]

Just a few months ago, our spy photographers caught a next-generation CLA prototype out testing, possibly in AMG form. Now, the CLA has returned wearing a different grille and less camouflage. Though that earlier prototype […]

Bird Rides Inc., which runs an electric scooter sharing service, sued Beverly Hills, Calif., to invalidate a municipal ban that led to impounds of thousands of the company’s motorized vehicles. “The Beverly Hills ban on […]

WE LIKE Style and feature content WE DON’T LIKE Lethargic, forgettable performance, dull interior The Accent arrived with great expectations, having already seen two of its platform mates earn finalist nods in their respective OTY […]