LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 123 (Mon. 2020/09/07 21:50)
Welcome to issue # 123 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.
Please vote for my contest entries (see below)!
This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since September 3
(that date onward).
Website for the General Public, with a lot about my LeviCar project: http://www.LeviCar.com.
Website for Innovative Transportation Professionals: http://www.PROACCTIVE.info.
Website as a substitute for the former blog on EVWorld: http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php. It has the same content as the previous blog,
except for some explanatory notes. The “catch phrases” are in small type,
and highlighted in yellow.
All three websites, above, are “gluten-free” (no cookies) and “caffeine-free” (no java[script],
or any other script).
All of LULUE’s events are either in LeviCar.com or PROACCTIVE.info, or both.
LULUE has only upcoming events and a list of various organizations’ event calendars.
Many of the links to EV World are still on LeviCar.com, and I was able to recover them from
“The Wayback Machine”.
Research Paper: Click here
to download or view my 25‑page Research Paper, The Future of MagLev: How the
Magnetic‑Levitation SuperTurnpike will Revolutionize Ground Transportation (.doc format).
Contest notice: I entered the “Create the Future” Contest for this year, and actually made Two entries.
Details are at: http://www.LeviCar.com/#CreateFuture.
Please don’t forget to look at my entries in the “Create the Future contest”, and if you like them
VOTE FOR THEM! The first one is “High-Throughput End-Loaded MagLev Passenger Vehicles”
(http://contest.techbriefs.com/2020/entries/automotive-transportation/10635).
The second one is “Soft-Sided Transportation Tubes (SSTTs) – an Alternative to Hyperloop”
(http://contest.techbriefs.com/2020/entries/automotive-transportation/10730).
Other Contests:
NASA Langley Launches $20,000 UAV ‘Safeguard’ Competition
(postponed due to COVID-19).
Collaborate To Innovate (C2I) Awards (Contest, UK only) Entries due Friday, September 18:
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#C2I
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#C2I
Newly-Added Item: (other than events)
None
Newly-Revised Items: (other than events)
Electrification Coalition
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Elect-Coali
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Elect-Coali
There is a slight change to the way links to older newsletters are handled. The link that
used to be for the second-to-last Newsletter, now links to a separate webpage that has links
to all available newsletters. This new webpage will be updated which each new Newsletter.
New Events on the websites:
Free Webinar: Course 3 of 3 – Gain More Visibility Into Your Energy Storage System
W, September 9, 1:00 to 2:00 pm EDT
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ESS-Visib
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ESS-Visib
Free Webinar: Free Webinar: NH Research: The Fundamentals of Battery Module and Pack Test
W, September 30
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Pack-Test
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Pack-Test
Free Webinar: Free Webinar: Free Webinar: AMETEK: Methods and Instrumentation for Testing Li-ion Batteries,
Materials to Modules W, October 7
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#AMETEK
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#AMETEK
Revised Events on the websites:
ITS World Congress All-Access 2020 W, September 16 to Th, October 8
— Virtual Session Finalized; Removed from LeviCar.com due to cancellation of Student Event
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ITSWC20
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ITSWC20
Collaborate To Innovate (C2I) Awards (Contest, UK only) Entries due Fri, Sep. 18 —
Color Graphic
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#C2I
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#C2I
AutoDrive Challenge™ (Student Competition) M‑Th, September 28 to October 1
— Moved up and Made Virtual
http://www.LeviCar.com/#AutoDrive
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#AutoDrive
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#AutoDrive
The 7th International Electric Vehicle Expo W‑F, December 9‑11 —
Re-re-Postponed; Conference Schedule removed
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#IEVE
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#IEVE
ITS America 2021 M‑Th, May 17‑20
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ITS-Amer-2021
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ITS-Amer-2021
Battery Seminar 2021 Tu‑Th, July 13‑15 —
Postponed until the next summer
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#BatSem
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#BatSem
Event with due dates within the next ten days (until Thu., September 17):
IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology
Conference VTC2021-Spring 2021
Call for Workshop Proposals due Mon, Sep. 7 (today)
IN THE NEWS (Notice that the criteria for this is much broader than for PROACCTIVE.info):
Batteries:
VW-backed solid-state battery firm QuantumScape is going public
(Might also pertain to “Business”)
Proterra’s new customizable battery pack offers 25‑75 kWh of energy in a compact package
EV Charging:
More than 500 new chargers a day needed for UK to be EV-ready, trade body says
Electric car chargers pop up from the sidewalk, to be tested in the UK
Tritium’s new DC fast charger boasts 15-minute charging time
Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
Jeep’s First Electric-Powered Vehicle
Want to drive a Tesla? Indianapolis now has a subscription service for electric cars
Electric/Fuel-Cell Trucks:
Volta Trucks reveals electric truck built for inner city cargo hauling
(Very interesting concept – and practical, too)
Invitation to get a free subscription to a magazine, and get a free e‑Book:
Get your FREE print or digital subscription to Truck & Off-Highway Engineering
Electric Motors and their controllers:
High pulse energy capabilities for pre-charge and discharge resistors for EV applications
Self-Driving Cars and Trucks:
Daimler Tests Self-Driving Trucks in Southwest
Lightning Systems lowers prices of electric powertrains, adds new features
TomTom releases new tech for autonomous vehicles to better manage roads and weather
Business:
Ford partners with Metromile for pay-per-mile insurance on new cars
Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
Zaha Hadid Architects’ metro station helps travelers find their way
London V2G pilot includes 28 electric double-decker buses
Governmental Affairs:
Critical deadlines loom for highways, airlines and transit
Construction Begins on Britain’s High-Speed-Rail Project
Wisconsin regulators consider mandatory EV programs for large utilities
Miscellaneous:
Europe relies on foreign raw materials to power its green and digital future. Now it wants to mine them at home.
Yale study finds dangerous emissions from asphalt long after it’s laid
Volvo starts masking its exhaust tips, on the way to more EVs
Testing of fuel cell bus as mobile power source for disaster relief begins
OLD NEWS:
REE re-invents the wheel, and plans a complete disruption of the auto industry
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— Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)