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Ford to import next-gen Ford Focus for N. America from China; production starting 2H 2019

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Production of the next-generation Focus begins in the second half of 2019, with models coming from the company’s existing Focus plants globally. The $900-million investment secures 1,000 jobs for hourly workers at the Louisville plant. Ford is a top auto exporter in the US. This is in addition to the $1.3

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UAW participants at Detroit 3 authorize clash if talks fracture indisposed

Baua Electric

The union this day is retaining apply pickets with employees in Detroit and Louisville, Ky. In 2019, the union struck GM for 40 days, inflicting manufacturing shutdowns that reverberated with sellers and providers stuck within the crossfire. The union wishes the aid of two-thirds of its participants to name a clash.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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DOE received more than 160 applications for 2019 TCF funding, with project teams engaging more than 90 different partners across multiple diverse disciplines. Louisville, Colo. Catalyst Leaching Resistance for the Oxidative Production of Biobased Chemicals, $335,000 Forge Nano, Louisville, Colo. Tustin, Calif. Raleigh, N.C.

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Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

Cars That Think

Deep below the Louisville, Ky., During the Tunnel Circuit event, which took place in August 2019 in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s experimental coal mine, on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, many teams lost communication with their robots after the first bend in the tunnel. The caverns are dark. They’re dusty.

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There’s No Place Like Sin City for the Holidays

Baua Electric

Much had changed in the family since our last stay in 2019, before Covid waylaid us: serious health scares, semiretirement, personal loss. “If Raised in Louisville, Ky., No one has ever been better at their job. If I had one week to live,” my father said this time. He did not need to bother with the punch line. “I

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UAW crash with Detroit 3 displays a extra confrontational union as collision time limit looms

Baua Electric

Talking extreme era to Ford employees at a plant in Louisville, Kentucky, Fain complained about one usual for the company category and some other for familiar employees. All over a 40-day UAW collision in 2019, GM unwanted misplaced $3.6 The CEOs of all 3 main automakers earn a couple of tens of millions in annual reimbursement.

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Road Test: 2022 Lincoln Corsair PHEV Grand Touring AWD

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Introduced on the 2019 Lincoln Aviator, the chimes are now found on all Lincoln models. Built in Louisville, Kentucky, this small SUV is both the entry level and the most efficient Lincoln. No complaints, but a learning curve. The controls are within easy reach, and are clearly marked on the 12.3-inch

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