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New 4-cylinder 2.3L EcoBoost on Lincoln MKC small SUV; future EcoBoost prospects

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MKC will be the first Lincoln to have always-on built-in connectivity, allowing owners to utilize a smartphone app to control the vehicle. With the MyLincoln Mobile app, MKC owners can start, lock, unlock and locate the vehicle, as well as schedule a remote start event for a set time. EcoBoost prospects for the mid- and long-term.

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Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

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Deep below the Louisville, Ky., A series of three preliminary circuit events would give teams experience with each environment. Six months later, at the Urban Circuit event, held at an unfinished nuclear power station in Satsop, Wash., zoo lies a network of enormous caverns carved out of limestone. The caverns are dark.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Georgia Power. Maui Electric.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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This week, we're at the DARPA SubTerranean Challenge Finals in Louisville KY, where more than two dozen Systems Track and Virtual Track teams will compete for millions of dollars in prize money and being able to say "we won a DARPA challenge," which is of course priceless. University of Nevada, Reno. University of California, Berkeley.

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

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We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events !): Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. ElliQ ].

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

Cars That Think

We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events !): Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. ElliQ ].

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Kentucky may be next to get an Elon Musk Boring Company tunnel

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Louisville, Kentucky, might be the next city to have a tunnel built by Elon Musk’s company, The Boring Company. Quarles shared a screenshot of a Boring Tunnel Concept proposal for Louisville. Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner and candidate for governor Ryan Quarles tweeted the latest work that the State Fair Board was working on.

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