VW’s main line of defense since the scandal broke in 2015 has been to blame a small group of engineers that it said colluded to rig the software and hid their tricks from company leadership.
The upcoming Spectre has been so popular that Rolls-Royce wants to stop buyers from flipping the car for profit.
The June selling rate was 15.8 million, at the high end of forecasters’ estimates and the third-highest of the year.
Toyota and Stellantis were the only major automakers to report sales declines in the first half of 2023, while Ford was on pace to be the top brand for the first time in three years.
SpaceX is set for an early Sunday morning liftoff of its latest Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
A Falcon 9 carrying 22 of its internet satellites is targeting 4:36 a.m. to launch from Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 with backup opportunities at 5:27, 6:17, 7:08 and 7:58 a.m. A second Sunday backup opens up in the evening with windows at 8:36, 9:27, 10:17 and 11:58 p.m.
Space Launch Delta 45’s weather squadron predicts a 90% chance for good conditions during the morning opportunities, and a 50% chance that improves to 90% for the Sunday evening opportunities.
The first-stage booster on this flight is making its record 16th liftoff with a targeted return landing downrange on SpaceX’s droneship Just Read the Instructions. It previously flew Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3, and 10 Starlink missions.
This marks SpaceX’s 46th orbital mission for 2023 from all three of its regular launch complexes: Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It also has flown its in-development Starship and Super Heavy once from its Boca Chica, Texas facility Starbase, but did not make it to orbit.