Cummins agrees to U.S. record $2 billion Ram engine emissions settlement
The lawsuit said Cummins allegedly installed so-called ‘defeat devices’ to bypass or disable emissions controls such as emission sensors and onboard computers.
BMW is converting century-old German plant to only make electric cars
BMW AG is spending $712 million to retool its parent factory in Munich into the automaker’s first site that will only make fully electric vehicles, part of a push to challenge leaders Tesla. and BYD.
Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas arrives in Miami
The world’s largest cruise ship pulled into its home port of Miami on Wednesday morning as Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas arrived in Florida.
The 250,800-gross-ton, 1,198-foot-long, 20-deck vessel that is the first in a new class for the cruise line has been making its way from Europe since December, most recently spending a day in the Bahamas at Royal’s private island Perfect Day at CocoCay for a crew party on Monday while choosing to delay its Florida arrival to wait out Tuesday’s storms.
“Wednesday ICON arrives into her homeport and hometown at 7 am ish,” wrote Royal Caribbean International President and CEO Michael Bayley on his Facebook page. “ICON will sashay up government cut Port Miami. Come and join us!”
The cruise line broadcast its arrival on its YouTube channel at youtube.com/royalcaribbean.
The ship was along South Pointe Park at the end of Miami Beach around 6:30 a.m. to meet its pilot boat for arrival, then sailed into the turn basin around 7:30 a.m. south of the MacArthur Causeway where it did a slow turn within view of an employee party at the Perez Art Museum Miami.
Central Florida cultural groups tout their economic clout as new arts-impact report released
Arts leaders and supporters banded together Tuesday to celebrate the impact the local cultural sector has on Central Florida’s economy. Speaker Randy Cohen characterized the arts this way: “Not just food for the soul, [they’re] putting food on the table.”
Cohen is vice president of research for the national advocacy organization Americans for the Arts, which presented its 6th Arts & Economic Prosperity report, a survey of arts organizations and audience members undertaken every five years.
“The fact is we’re a business. We’re an industry,” Cohen said of the arts. “That’s the story we’re trying to tell today.”
The statistics for Orange County, from data collected in fiscal year 2022, include attention-getting numbers: $264,912,735 spent by cultural organizations and their patrons and nearly 5,000 jobs supported by the cultural sector.
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The report estimated that 2,795,352 in-person cultural experiences took place during the year, with 41.5% of attendees coming from outside Orange County.
Continental uses unseen cameras for facial recognition features
The technology allows authorized users to unlock doors, start the ignition and even make purchases.