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Ford unveils F-150 Lightning electric pickup; starting at $39,974; arriving in 2022

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It’s quicker than a Raptor, with standard 4x4 and independent rear suspension; a power frunk, enough juice to run your house for three days or power an awesome tailgate; and it will forever improve with over-the-air updates. America’s No. 1 auto brand is going zero emissions with America’s favorite vehicle.

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Ford, Jose Cuervo team up to make car parts with bioplastic reinforced with blue agave fibers

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Once harvested, the heart of the plant is roasted, before grinding and extracting its juices for distillation. According to the United Nations Environment Program, 5 billion metric tons of agricultural biomass waste is produced annually. The growth cycle of the agave plant is a minimum seven-year process. 13 mm wide.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

With Octopus Go we receive low cost power between 00:30 and 04:30 every day. The goal of our Solar project was to charge the car and fill the battery storage at the low cost and power the house on batteries until the solar was generating enough to power the house and then replenish the battery power with excess solar energy.

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

Cars That Think

Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. It's been a hectic couple of days, so here are some retired industrial robots quietly drawing lines in sand. ANYbotics ] Thanks Cheila!

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

Cars That Think

Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. It's been a hectic couple of days, so here are some retired industrial robots quietly drawing lines in sand. ANYbotics ] Thanks Cheila!