Chinese demand for foreign luxury cars is waning as customers opt for more affordable Chinese brand models.

Compact luxury crossovers have become the chariot of choice for those seeking an effective blend of utility and style in an efficient package that won’t break the bank.

Shoppers looking to buy a luxury SUV can choose among many models from various brands.

Participating cars will show automotive designs from different decades, including muscle cars and vintage models.

The United Auto Workers on Friday accused Mercedes of interfering in last week's union election at two Alabama factories.

A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers at two Mercedes factories in Alabama sidetracked the union's grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants mainly in the South.

The United Auto Workers is aiming for a key victory at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama.

The United Auto Workers union announced it reached a last-minute tentative agreement with truck and bus manufacturer Daimler Truck on Friday evening, averting a potential strike of more than 7,000 workers.

The United Auto Workers union is celebrating a huge win at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, where workers will now be represented by the union.

Jail records show the rap artist known as GloRilla has been charged with drunken driving in Georgia.

Most electronic systems that take on some driving tasks for humans don’t adequately make sure drivers are paying attention, and they don’t issue strong enough warnings to make drivers behave.

CES 2024 has kicked off in Las Vegas.

CES 2024 starts today in Las Vegas.

A combination of heavy rain, snow, and wind is bringing threats of flooding and power outages to the Northeast.

The Southeastern Conference championship game will remain at Mercedes-Benz Stadium through at least 2031.

BMW and Mercedes-Benz are well known for their 7 Series and S-Class flagship sedans.

Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be the neutral site if Buffalo and Kansas City meet in the AFC championship game.

Ludacris and Mercedes-Benz have surprised schoolchildren in Atlanta with more than 500 new pairs of shoes just in time for the holidays.

The driver suspected of causing a fiery crash that killed five people and an 8 1/2-month-old fetus near Los Angeles has been charged with murder.

Mercedes-Benz has opened a new electric vehicle battery factory near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that will create up to 600 new jobs.

Police say they have tied a car used in the killing of rapper Young Dolph to a shooting that left a woman dead and wounded another person days before the ambush on the hip-hop artist.

Daimler's truck and luxury car businesses are going their separate ways.

Germany's BMW is reporting 4.8 billion euros in profit for the second quarter.

Luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz is stepping up its move into electric cars.

Here are tonight's top stories.

Mercedes-Benz has a new luxury car and it's electric powered.

FILE - In this Thursday, April 30, 2020 file photo, an employee attaches a Mercedes emblem as he works on a Mercedes-Benz S-class car at the Mercedes plant in Sindelfingen, Germany. German automaker Daimler said it will split itself into two independent companies by spinning off its truck and bus division. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file)NEW YORK – Mercedes-Benz is recalling more than 1.3 million vehicles because the software in their emergency-call systems could send responders to the wrong location after a crash. The recall comes after Mercedes-Benz learned of a crash in Europe where the automatic emergency-call system sent the wrong position of the vehicle. Mercedes-Benz said that it will notify affected owners and update the software systems at no charge, according to filings with the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The bottom line improved on 2.7 billion euros from 2019, even as top-line revenue fell 11% to 154.3 billion euros. AdDaimler AG faced production shutdowns early in the year along with other automakers but benefitted from recovering demand for luxury cars after the first wave of the virus outbreak. The Mercedes-Benz luxury car division saw sales down only 1% in the last three months of the year. Luxury car sales were boosted by the rebound in China, the division's largest market, where sales rose 12% compared with 2019. Net profit in the fourth quarter rebounded to 3.58 billion euros from a loss of 11 million euros in the same quarter of 2019.

German automaker Daimler said it will split itself into two independent companies by spinning off its truck and bus division. The division had revenue last year of 40.2 billion euros ($48.1 billion) for trucks and 4.7 billion for buses. One reason for the spinoff is that the auto business and the truck business are pursuing different technologies as they seek to reduce vehicle emissions. The luxury car business is bringing out new battery-powered models, while the truck business is investing in hydrogen fuel cell technology. The market listing is subject to a decision by an extraordinary shareholder meeting of Daimler shareholders to take place in the third quarter of 2021.

The new electric sedan from Mercedes will replace the conventional dashboard with a screen that extends almost the width of the car. (Mercedes-Benz via AP)FRANKFURT – Daimler's Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a key interior component of its upcoming electric luxury sedan: a large, curved screen that sweeps across almost the entire width of the car in the place of a conventional dashboard. The screen also lets the front seat passenger watch television in some markets, while preventing the driver from watching the passenger's screen to avoid distraction. Kallenius said that in developing the screen, the company focused on eliminating information and activities that could preoccupy drivers. It's the first Mercedes car built on its all-electric framework rather than sharing components with an internal combustion model.

Daimler, maker of Mercedes-Benz vehicles, is reporting third-quarter earnings on Friday Oct. 22, 2020. Quarterly net profit rose to 2.16 billion euros ($2.54 billion), up 19% from 1.81 billion euros in the same quarter a year ago — and improving on a net loss of 1.9 billion euros from the second quarter during the worst of the lockdown. Operating profits, which exclude one-time expenses and financial items such as interest and taxes, rose to 2.42 billion euros from 1.87 billion euros in the same quarter the year before. The company saw strong cash flow and has 13.1 billion euros in net liquidity, resources it can use to develop new technologies such as electric cars and digital services. Daimler AG said that its outlook assumed no new widespread lockdowns.

WASHINGTON – Automaker Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. government and California state regulators to resolve emissions cheating allegations, officials said Monday. The settlement, which includes civil penalties, will also require Daimler to fix the vehicles, officials said. Daimler AG said the settlement would bring costs of about $1.5 billion, while the civil settlement will bring a one-off charge of about $700 million. Fiat Chrysler also is being investigated for allegedly cheating on emissions. In April 2016, the Justice Department asked Daimler to conduct an internal probe into its exhaust emissions certification process.

Amazon says its buying 1,800 electric delivery vans from Mercedes-Benz, the biggest such order for the German automaker to date. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)BERLIN Amazon says it's buying 1,800 electric delivery vans from Mercedes-Benz, the biggest such order for the German automaker to date. In announcing the order Friday, Mercedes said it would also join a climate initiative established by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The transport sector, including the surge in deliveries from online retailers like Amazon, is a major source of carbon emissions. While the e-van order with Mercedes is Amazon's biggest in Europe, it is dwarfed by a contract it signed last year with U.S. start-up Rivian to deliver 100,000 electric delivery vans by 2030.

DETROIT - A judge denied a motion Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit Mercedes-Benz filed against artists whose murals appeared in the automaker's ads. When several artists, including Detroit artist James "Dabls" Lewis, complained about the use of the art in the ads, the automaker sued them. Mercedes is suing to show that it is able to use the murals in its ads. While Judge Avern Cohn didn't dismiss the lawsuit, he did say, "These murals have a uniqueness... "What's to stop companies from following around artists and pillaging these works of art at will?"

(CNN) - Mercedes-Benz is using location censors to track and repossess vehicles in the United Kingdom when drivers fall behind on payments, raising privacy concerns and leading one prominent politician to call for a government investigation. Location sensors are fitted to most new vehicles in Europe, and used in the event of a crash. But the German luxury brand has at times activated trackers to help it find and repossess cars. The use of tracking, which was first reported by UK newspaper The Sun, set off a debate about privacy. "While what Mercedes are doing is technically legal, it belies a deeper problem that motorists are under ever-increasing levels of surveillance," Christopher Weatherhead, technology lead for Privacy International, said.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - Mercedes-Benz has revealed plans for a new 200,000-square-foot facility next to I-696 in Farmington Hills, a project that's expected to create hundreds of new construction jobs. The new office space is set to become headquarters for Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA and regional headquarters for Daimler Mobility Americas, company officials said. It will be an open environment and include a fitness center, cafe, coffee bar and more, company officials said. Peter Henn, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz, released the following statement:"This project brings together two longstanding, committed community partners to invest in Farmington Hills, which has proudly been our home for more than a decade. We are proud to work on this exciting new project while we continue the current progress in our hometown of Detroit."

Andreas Rentz/Getty ImagesSTUTTGART, Germany - Daimler and China's BAIC are the latest carmakers to take their relationship to the next level. The German owner of Mercedes-Benz confirmed Tuesday that its Chinese partner, BAIC, has acquired 5% of its shares. Daimler already owns 9.6% of the listed subsidiary BAIC Motor. Li Shufu, chairman of another Chinese carmaker Geely, owns 9.7% of Daimler. The BAIC investment reflects two industry priorities: Global carmakers are teaming up with Chinese rivals to improve their standing in the huge market, and they're partnering to share the cost of developing new technologies.