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Ford confirms construction of Rouge EV center to be home of electric F-150; production by mid-2022

Green Car Congress

The new jobs will support battery assembly and production of the F-150 PowerBoost hybrid and fully electric F-150. The all-electric F-150 will feature dual electric motors targeted to deliver more horsepower and torque than any F-150 available today, the fastest acceleration, and the ability to tow heavy trailers.

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Figure Promises First General Purpose Humanoid Robot

Cars That Think

The final robot will be fully electric, 1.6m In general, with technology that’s available today, you can hit somewhere around 50%-60% on most human specs, like degrees of freedom, peak speeds and torques, things like that. tall, weigh 60kg with a 20kg payload, and run for 5 hours on a charge.

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