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Lockheed Martin Ventures invests in high performance electric motor manufacturer H3X

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H3X designs and manufactures advanced electric motors to enable sustainable aviation and other high-performance applications. H3X has invested heavily in vertical integration and does design, manufacturing, and testing in-house at their headquarters in Louisville, Colorado.

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Segway Navimow debuts X3 Series robot lawn mower that covers up to 2.5 acres without perimeter wires

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Segway Navimow is introducing the world to its new X3 series of robot lawn mowers that are designed to provide autonomous lawn care support for medium to large yards.

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Solid Power now producing large form factor 22-layer 20 Ah solid-state cells, pathway to full automotive performance compliance

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Solid Power, a developer of all solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, announced that its Louisville, Colo. facility is producing 20 Ah multi-layer all solid-state lithium metal batteries on the company’s continuous roll-to-roll production line. 50% fast-charge in 15 minutes at room temperature. Separator thickness as low as 25 microns.

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See Inside DARPA's Incredible Subterranean Finals Course

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When DARPA announced that the Subterranean Challenge Final Event would take place in a giant cavern complex in Louisville, and that it would include elements of tunnels, caves, and the urban underground, we had very high hopes for what the agency would put together. And, predictably, DARPA vastly exceeded those hopes.

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TARC rolls out six new Proterra battery-electric buses; fleet total of 15

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The Transit Authority of River City (TARC), serving the Greater Louisville area, has begun adding six new all-electric Proterra buses along the Fourth Street corridor between downtown and Iroquois Park, stopping at some of the city’s most popular destinations. Louisville Metro contributed $500,000. Regular fare ($1.75 4-Fourth Street.

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Video Friday: Trick or Treat, Atlas

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A novel design approach is proposed for reconfigurable multirotors utilizing soft multistable composite laminate airframes. RoCogMan Lab ] When Arvato’s Louisville, Ky. Environmental Robotics Lab paper ] This is a pitching demonstration of new Torobo. Robot Era ] And now, picking a micro cat.

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Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

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Ford’s new Tennessee assembly plant is designed to be carbon-neutral with zero waste to landfill once fully operational. The mega campus is designed to add more sustainability solutions, including the potential to use local renewable energy sources such as geothermal, solar and wind power. BlueOvalSK Battery Park.

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