Tesla tells buyer he's stuck with Cybertruck
Blaine Raddon said he ordered the stainless steel pickup when he had a house with ample driveway space. Now has an apartment with a parking garage that can’t easily accommodate it.
Bigger incentives, selection lure consumers back to dealerships; May selling rate tops 16 million
6 of 7 reporting automakers saw sales gains in May; analysts say sidelined and patient consumers starting to return, but leasing still has room to grow.
Recent Central Florida bankruptcies
Chapter 11
Central Florida individuals and businesses that have filed for reorganization and protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code include:
VRP Equity LLC, 201 E. Pine St., Suite 500, Orlando. Filed: May 28. Assets: $0-$50,000. Liabilities: $0-$50,000. Major creditors: Not available. Creditors meeting: June 24.
Sod Express Nursery Inc., 3775 N. U.S. Highway 17-92, Sanford. Filed: May 29. Assets: $0-$50,000. Liabilities: $1,000,001-$10 million. Major creditors: U.S. Small Business Administration, Atlanta, $1,542,266; Department of Revenue, Tallahassee, $196,968; CNH Industrial Capital, Philadelphia, unknown. Creditors meeting: June 24.
A Sun State Trees Inc., 3775 N. U.S. Highway 17-92, Sanford. Filed: May 30. Assets: $0-$50,000. Liabilities: $1,000,001-$10 million. Major creditors: U.S. Small Business Administration, Miami, $1,993,046; Continental, Salt Lake City, $1,338; CNH, New Holland, Pa., unknown. Creditors meeting: June 24.
600 Group Inc., 4420 Metric Drive, Suite A, Winter Park. Filed: May 30. Assets: $1,000,001-$10 million. Liabilities: $1,000,001-$10 million. Major creditors: RSM US LLC, Orlando, $114,500; BDO USA LLP, $44,315; Cigna Healthcare, $32,791. Creditors meeting: June 27.
Jeep eyes new audience with EV shift
More than half of Jeep plug-in hybrid buyers are new to the brand, and CEO Antonio Filosa thinks a pair of upcoming EVs will do an even better job attracting new customers.
Horror Nights: ‘Quiet Place’ films set for haunted-house silent treatment
Shut up! Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights event will include a haunted house based on the two “A Quiet Place” films, the company announced Thursday.
The movies, directed by John Krasinski, follow a family who must remain completely silent to avoid sightless extraterrestrials with extremely keen senses of hearing. The HHN houses, available at the Universal Studios theme parks in Orlando and Hollywood, California, “will embrace unique sound design, special effects and the adept performances of the scareactors to convey the ominous sense of dread depicted in the films,” a news release from Universal said.
In an HHN first, the houses will also utilize American Sign Language as part of the storyline.
“A Quiet Place,” starring Emily Blunt and Krasinski, was released in 2018. The couple, married in real life, also were in “A Quiet Place Part II” in 2020. “A Quiet Place: Day One,” a prequel, is set to be released this month, while “A Quiet Place Part III” is scheduled to be in theaters in 2025.