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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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Road Test: 2022 Lincoln Corsair PHEV Grand Touring AWD

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The LED tail lights are connected by a narrow strip and are part of the approach and farewell lighting elements. Lincoln Connect offers convenience features, such as remotely locking and unlocking the doors and starting the engine, along with a 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot that can accommodate up to 10 devices–as far as 50-feet away.

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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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Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. Hackathons are events that bring together coders, data scientists, topic experts, and interested members of the public to discover insights and develop new solutions. Florida Power and Light Company. Georgia Power. General Motors. Hawaiian Electric. Hawai`i Electric Light.

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12 Robotics Teams Will Hunt For (Virtual) Subterranean Artifacts

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Last week, DARPA announced the twelve teams who will be competing in the Virtual Track of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge Finals , scheduled to take place in September in Louisville , KY. As for the Systems Track (which involves real robots on the physical course in Louisville), we’re not yet sure who all of the final competitors will be.

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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 !): The fingers are flexible and imbue grasps with some elasticity, helping to conform to objects and, crucially, adding friction to cases where an object cannot be caged.

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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 !): The fingers are flexible and imbue grasps with some elasticity, helping to conform to objects and, crucially, adding friction to cases where an object cannot be caged.