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Samsung Electronics is making a drive for control of the car. It plans to pay $8 billion for U.S. auto-parts supplier Harman International Industries. 
  
 Samsung Electronics Co. agreed to buy a U.S. automotive technology manufacturer for $8 billion, the South Korean electronics giant’s biggest deal ever and its latest attempt to branch out beyond smartphones in the wake of its Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. 
  
 Samsung said Monday it would pay $112 a share in cash for Stamford, Conn.-based Harman International Industries Inc., an audio pioneer that has pushed aggressively into the automotive world. That is a 28% premium over Harman’s Friday closing price. The company’s shares surged 25%... ||||| File - In this Dec. 12, 2013 file photo, a man with a mobile phone walks by the Samsung Electronics logos at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics said Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, it... (Associated Press) 
  
 File - In this Dec. 12, 2013 file photo, a man with a mobile phone walks by the Samsung Electronics logos at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics said Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, it has agreed to acquire auto-systems maker Harman for $8 billion as the South Korean giant eyes the growing... (Associated Press) 
  
 File - In this Dec. 12, 2013 file photo, a man with a mobile phone walks by the Samsung Electronics logos at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics said Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, it has agreed to acquire auto-systems maker Harman for $8 billion as the South Korean giant eyes the growing... (Associated Press) File - In this Dec. 12, 2013 file photo, a man with a mobile phone walks by the Samsung Electronics logos at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics said Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, it... (Associated Press) 
  
 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics' $8 billion acquisition of the U.S. auto electronics company Harman will instantly transform the South Korean tech company into a major player in the highly competitive and rapidly growing market for auto infotainment, software and connected car technology. 
  
 Samsung announced Monday that it would pay $112.00 per share in cash for the Stamford, Connecticut, company. It's Samsung's largest acquisition by far and it will put the company in a strong position as the race to develop autonomous vehicles barrels forward. 
  
 Harman International Industries Inc. is already is a $7 billion-in-sales per year player in the automotive market. It makes touch screens that control vehicle functions and infotainment systems, and it's dominant in automotive sound systems with brands such as Harman Kardon, JBL, Infinity and Mark Levinson. 
  
 In recent years Harman has used acquisitions to move into over-the-internet software updates and cyber security. 
  
 Harman complements Samsung's work in electronic displays and computer processors and, because of its established reputation in the auto industry, gives Samsung a strong foothold there, said Sam Abuelsamid, senior analyst for Navigant Research. 
  
 Samsung plans to keep Harman as an independent subsidiary and retain its management team, the companies said. That allows Samsung to enter the auto business with a different and well-established brand, avoiding any image problems because of the recent Samsung Galaxy Note 7 cell phone battery fires. 
  
 "They're looking for other revenue streams not necessarily as dependent on consumer perceptions," Abuelsamid said. 
  
 Sophisticated telematics systems will be in most new cars by 2020 to support over-the-internet software updates and other functions, Abuelsamid said. Since Harman already supplies screens and software, Samsung can get in the door to sell computer chips, he said. 
  
 The deal also positions Samsung well as car computers take on more and more driving functions while en route to fully autonomous cars, Abuelsamid said. Last month, Samsung bought artificial intelligence firm Viv Labs, founded by creators of Apple's Siri. It also recently bought a cloud service company, a mobile payments firm and a connected home startup. 
  
 "They're putting together a lot of the pieces that they could integrate to supply some of these companies," Abuelsamid said. 
  
 More than 30 million cars already are equipped with Harman components, and most of its sales for the year that ended Sept. 30 came from auto-related technologies. 
  
 "Upon closing, the transaction will immediately give Samsung a significant presence in the large and rapidly growing market for connected technologies, particularly automotive electronics, which has been a strategic priority for Samsung," the company said. 
  
 Samsung is a late-comer to the market for connected cars. In December 2015, the company made its ambitions for the self-driving car sector known by announcing that it will create a business division to focus on auto systems and components for autonomous driving. 
  
 Samsung follows other tech companies rushing into the automotive space. 
  
 LG, one of Samsung's biggest competitors, already has aggressively entered the market, and that may have motivated Samsung to spend $8 billion to propel its entry into the sector, Abuelsamid said. LG, through its LG Chem battery unit, supplies batteries for General Motors electric cars, and through that relationship, LG sold a lot of other components to GM for the Chevrolet Bolt electric car, he said. 
  
 Google has already developed autonomous cars and has been testing them for several years. Google and Apple also are already working with global automakers to supply their auto systems, CarPlay and Android Auto, to integrate smartphones into automotive electronics. 
  
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 Auto Writer Tom Krisher contributed to this report from Detroit. Lee can be reached on Twitter: www.twitter.com/YKLeeAP |||||
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Samsung is making an unlikely and uncharacteristic acquisition, and apparently it figured it had better go big or go home: The South Korean electronics giant on Monday dropped $8 billion on Harman International, a Connecticut-based audio pioneer known for car stereos that has, as the Wall Street Journal reports, sunk its teeth deeply into the automotive industry as our cars have grown ever smarter. It's a bold move for Samsung, and signals that the electronics giant is betting heavily on providing the "smart" in "smart cars;" the AP notes that the acquisition "will instantly transform (Samsung) into a major player for auto infotainment, software, and connected car technology." “The vehicle of tomorrow will be transformed by smart technology and connectivity in the same way that simple feature phones have become sophisticated smart devices over the past decade," a Samsung exec said in a release, per the New York Times. The deal also sets Samsung up to go head-to-head with a couple of familiar rivals—namely Apple and Google—both of which have been working on self-driving cars. Not that you'll likely catch Samsung making actual cars, sources tell the Journal, but executives see a huge market emerging for products they already manufacture, ranging from semiconductors and display screens to mobile services. (Samsung might be looking to deflect some attention from its exploding phones or vibrating washing machines.)