Ford E-Transit extended-range model can go almost 50% further
The electric van will be able to travel up to 186 miles on a single charge, up from 126 miles today. Ford plans a formal announcement May 11.
Kia will push EV leasing to reap tax credit boon
Kia will lean more aggressively into the Inflation Reduction Act provision that extends a $7,500 federal EV incentive to leasing customers.
Adient's Q2 revenue grows, but headwinds hurt profits
The automotive seating supplier saw revenue rise 11 percent year over year to $3.9 billion, though it finished the quarter $15 million in the red.
SpaceX lines up overnight launch while Axiom Space mission delayed
SpaceX is starting off May with its meat-and-potatoes business sending up a batch of its Starlink satellites during an overnight launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station while a planned launch early next week of what would have been the year’s second human spaceflight from the Space Coast has been delayed.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 56 of the internet satellites is slated to lift off from Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 3:31 a.m. with a backup opportunity later Thursday morning at 5:12 a.m. as well as three options early Friday morning.
The first-stage booster is making its eighth flight and the company will attempt its recovery on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.
The company has already flown 20 times from either Canaveral or neighboring Kennedy Space Center, making up all but one of the 21 Space Coast launches so far in 2023. For the year, SpaceX has flown 28 orbital flights including missions from California as well as one test launch of its Starship and Super Heavy from Texas.
Terry Savage: Fraudsters are more clever than you think
I’m going to tell you a scary story. Or rather, I’m going to let the person involved tell you his true story — one that should make you aware of how easy it is for your parents or you to get drawn into a financial scam.
Technology has enabled fraudsters to grab your money so quickly and so anonymously that instances of fraud have ballooned, especially against seniors. FBI Agent Siobhan Johnson says, “Between 2021 and 2022, total losses by older Americans in online scams increased by 84%. Americans over age 60 lost more than $3 billion last year. Illinoisans alone lost $75 million.”
Think it couldn’t happen to you? Read the story below in the original words of the sender — and then decide if it could happen to someone you love.
(Note: I am reproducing this email in its entirety, with no corrections, so the impact remains strong in the retelling.)
“Dear Terry:
“My psychiatrist suggested I write to you to see if you had any advice for me about getting scammed online.
“I received an email that stated a new McAfee program would be installed on my computer unless I called a number in the body of the email before 48 hours of the email.