Mercedes-Benz USA and parent company Daimler AG have agreed to pay $149.6 million to settle allegations the automaker secretly installed devices in hundreds of thousands of vehicles to pass emission tests.

Jennifer Ruotolo is busy packing up her life after bringing home a 2023 Mercedes Benz EQE350+. Her Nocatee home was destroyed in a fire sparked by the electric car. It was a loaner from Mercedes Benz while her personal car was getting serviced.

Mercedes-Benz will build its own worldwide electric vehicle charging network starting in North America in a bid to compete with EV sales leader Tesla.

Three suspects were arrested Monday following a chase after officers watched a man who was being kidnapped at gunpoint jump from a moving car in Arlington, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

An industry group says China’s auto sales rose 27% in the first half of 2021 from a year earlier but still were below pre-pandemic levels.