LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 126 (Fri. 2020/09/18 18:08)
Welcome to issue # 126 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.
This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since September 16
(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”.
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, October 2:
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#C2I
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#C2I
Newly-Added Item: (other than events)
None
Newly-Revised Item: (other than events)
None
New Events on the websites:
Kazan Digital Week 2020 — Intelligent Transportation Systems M‑Th, September 21‑24
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Kazan
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Kazan
Free Intertraffic Webinar: Connected Road Users Need Connected Road Networks
Tu, September 29, 2:00 to 3:30 pm CEST (8:00 to 9:30 am EDT)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Connected-Road
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Connected-Road
Revised Events on the websites:
None
Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Mon., September 28):
Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit and Expo
• Call for Workshop Proposals due Mon, Sep. 21
(extended)
• Call for Innovations due Fri, Sep. 25
(re‑extended)
• Call for Poster Submissions: Abstracts due Fri, Sep. 25
(re‑extended)
SBIR/STTR FALL Innovation Summit
Call for Fast-Track Innovations due Fri, Sep. 25
(extended)
IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology Conference VTC2021-Spring 2021
Call for Papers: Five-page paper due Mon, Sep. 28
IN THE NEWS (Notice that the criteria for this is much broader than for PROACCTIVE.info):
Batteries:
Lithium Batteries and Globalization (Part I)
(Part II)
Materials in Lithium-ion Batteries May be Recycled for Reuse
Accelerated electrode drying could reduce battery production cost
EV Charging:
Electrify America reboots pricing, bills EV charging by the kwh where it’s allowed
Hitachi ABB Power Grids launches charging system for EV fleets
[Includes video (2:16); Might also be listed under “Transit”]
Smart charging specialist Wallbox acquires charging app provider Electromaps
Electrify America creates new business unit for its home charging products
Porsche Digital spins off e-mobility loyalty program as &Charge
Porsche unveils awesome 2.1 MWh Megapack-like mobile charging system for electric cars
Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
Will GM’s Ultium Drive be the small-block V-8 for a generation of EVs?
(Might also consider this under“Motors”)
GM to manufacture its own ‘family’ of electric vehicle drive systems, motors
(Likewise, might consider this under“Motors”)
Kia electric vehicle due in 2021 will lead new design direction for the brand
Ballard reveals hydrogen fuel-cell tech developed with Audi
Electric/Fuel-Cell Trucks:
Ford to Build Electric Truck Plant in Mich.
Daimler Trucks Touts Global Plan for Vehicle Electrification
Streetdrone to develop autonomous truck services
Electric Motors and their controllers:
Bentley Aims for Rare Earth-Free EV Production by 2026
Self-Driving Cars and Trucks:
Backup Driver in Fatal Self-Driving Uber Crash Charged
(This is the latest in a very complicated case. Not mentioned is the fact that the park pathway,
that the victim was using, leads into the curb, perhaps leading her to believe there was a pedestrian crossing there.)
Trucking Is Leading The Race To Commercialize AV Technology
Smart transportation systems need to reckon with rogues
Business:
Nikola Board Members Says Startup’s Skeptics Are Too Focused on Past
Never-dull Nikola sized up favorably by JPMorgan after CFO chat
Polestar Built a Better Car than Tesla; now it Needs to Build Better Brand
The Emotions Of Investing
Electric Bicycles and Motorcycles:
Brake-mounted Elevate makes mountain bikes electric
Electric Aircraft:
GM Considers Building Flying Cars
GM interested in electric air taxi market
MagniX teams up with Universal Hydrogen for electric airplane conversion project
This Company Just Opened Reservations for Public Air Taxi Flights
Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
JTA (Jacksonville Transp. Auth.) starts testing new autonomous vehicle for Skyway extension
OPINION:
Net Zero by 2050 Is Achievable, Affordable, and Will Improve Lives
In deploying electrified urban transport, look to university campuses
Miscellaneous:
Future energy predictions: Growth of flexibility and grid forming
Public Health and EVs It turns out the electrification of our transportation system could save lives in
addition to saving the planet.
Transition to EVs could save $72B in health costs: American Lung Association
Ballard reveals hydrogen fuel-cell tech developed with Audi
OLD NEWS:
September 1956: Car park innovations
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— Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)