Kia is slow-rolling EV9 U.S. assembly to wait for locally sourced batteries
Kia America COO Steve Center says the automaker will continue to lean on leasing to sell its EVs but calls the provision ‘very fragile.’
World War II vet, 95, fears foreclosure after losing lawsuit filed by his Florida condo association
Louis Gomez says his upstairs neighbor caused the water leak that sparked the lawsuit by his condo association.
His neighbor denies causing the leak, and the Palm Greens Condo 1 Association in West Delray says it sued the 95-year-old World War II veteran and recent cancer survivor because he refused multiple requests to allow workers to enter his 978-square-foot condo unit, built in 1974, to deal with mold caused by the leak.
After the association won the lawsuit and dispatched a repair crew to rip moldy walls and bathroom fixtures out of Gomez’s unit, it sent him a bill for nearly $18,000 for legal fees and repairs.
Gomez, who lives alone with no family and few friends, refuses to pay. He says “the big shots” are trying to take his home from him.
He said, “They said they tried to send letters to go to the court and all that. I said, ‘Look, I didn’t receive anything and I’m not going to any courts. I didn’t do anything wrong. OK? You people are all against me.’”
It’s a story that could be replicated more and more in coming years as condo unit owners and their buildings grow older together in South Florida.
U.S. new-vehicle market ‘stuck' as buyers wait for relief, sellers try to hang on to profits
The August selling rate was just 15.1 million, disappointing given the addition of the holiday weekend and a sign that cash-strapped consumers are waiting to make big purchases in uncertain times.
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Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner makes crewless return to Earth
Boeing’s Starliner completed its Crew Flight Test without its crew undocking Friday evening from the International Space Station and making the trip back to Earth.
The spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V back on June 5 with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams docking with the ISS the next day for what was supposed to be an eight-day visit.
Issues with failing thrusters and helium leaks on Starliner’s propulsion module, though, led to a series of delays and eventual call by NASA to keep its two astronauts safe on board the ISS and send Starliner home without them.
The #Starliner spacecraft is back on Earth.
At 12:01am ET Sept. 7, @BoeingSpace’s uncrewed Starliner spacecraft landed in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico. pic.twitter.com/vTYvgPONVc
— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) September 7, 2024
Undocking occurred at 6:04 p.m. followed by about a six-hour trip back hitting a desert landing at White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.