Any ideas why I can not get Selenium tests to open up Chrome, but they still get executed when looking at the console in Eclipse? The tests are passing, and I don't get any error messages.
You are running tests in "headless" mode.
It's a way to run the Chrome browser in a headless environment, starting from Chrome 59. A headless browser is a great tool for automated testing and server environments where you don't need a visible UI shell.
When you are running headless, you are not supposed to see Chrome opened.