Daily 5 report for Sept. 27: More turmoil ahead in Vinnie Johnson's minority certification controversy
The Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council isn’t going away in its quest to strip Piston Group of its minority certification.
Edmunds' new digital campaign turns to TikTok, YouTube, Meta
Online car shopping guide Edmunds is running a sports-themed fall social media advertising campaign to boost brand awareness and help retailers sell more cars.
Tropical Storm Helene forces power outages at dealerships in Southeast; Ganley store could lose hundreds of Kias
Helene moved farther inland Sept. 27 and forced dealerships to close. Deaths, flooding and power outages were reported. A dealership near Tampa says some 700 vehicles were flooded.
With Hurricane Helene past, SpaceX to try 1st human spaceflight from Canaveral launch site
If weather cooperates, humans will be headed to space from a new launch pad on Saturday as SpaceX aims to send up the Crew-9 mission from its Cape Canaveral Space Force Station site for the first time.
NASA astronaut and Space Force Col. Nick Hague will command the two-person crew aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Freedom joined by Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.
The duo aim to launch from Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 1:17 p.m. Saturday marking the first time SpaceX will have sent humans to space from a pad other than Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39-A.
A planned Thursday launch was called off as Hurricane Helene was brewing, and the Space Coast was both under a tropical storm warning all day as well as nearby tornado warnings. KSC reported a high of a 62 mph gust at its nearby Launch Pad 39-B.
The first-stage booster for this mission is flying for its second time and will aim for a recovery at Canaveral’s Landing Zone 1, meaning one or more sonic booms may be heard along the Space Coast and into Central Florida.
Chinese automaker BYD seeks further easing of Mexico EV tariffs
BYD launched sales in Mexico last year via imports, and the company has since announced plans to build a local plant to push out up to 500,000 cars a year for the domestic market.