LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 130  (Wed. 2020/10/07 20:48)
Welcome to issue # 130 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since October 5 (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.
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 Contest:

NASA Langley Launches $20,000 UAV ‘Safeguard’ Competition (postponed due to COVID-19).



Newly-Added Item: (other than events)
None

Newly-Revised Item: (other than events)
None


New Event on the websites:

Honoring Vint Cerf:  A “Father of the Internet”   F, October 30, 7 to 9 pm EDT
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Cerf
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Cerf


Revised Events on the websites:

Webinar: The Evolution of Battery Technology   W, October 14, 3 to 5 pm CEST (9 to 11 am EDT) — Added presenters; Changed link
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Evol-Bat-Tech
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Evol-Bat-Tech

Webinar: 2020 EV Review by Global Experts   W, December 16, 3:00 to 5:00 pm CET (9:00 to 11:00 am EST) — Added a Panelist
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#EV-Review
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#EV-Review



Event with due dates within the next ten days (until Sat., October 17):

IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology Conference   VTC2021-Spring 2021
 • Call for Papers:  Five-page paper due Mon, Oct. 12 (extended)
 • Call for Workshop Proposals due Mon, Oct. 12 (re‑extended)



IN THE NEWS  (Notice that the criteria for this is much broader than for PROACCTIVE.info):

Batteries:
Arkenlight “surprised” by NDB’s grand nuclear diamond battery claims   (This long article debunks some of the previous hype)
FEV addresses battery safety with thermal propagation optimization process
DOE selects Enovix for advanced silicon-based anode research funding
Li-ion battery capacity for new EVs sold in the US reached a record high in 2019

Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
Tri-motor Lucid Air already approaching Tesla Model S Plaid lap record   [Includes Video (1:53)]
4x4 robo-cars   [Includes Video (2:52)]
New survey finds only 40% of UK drivers likely to consider an EV
2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge electric SUV production begins, US deliveries by January
Xpeng P7 review:  The company’s making headlines, but how is the car?
Inmotive introduces new two-speed EV transmission   [Includes two videos (2:07; 3:25)]
End of an era:  Mitsubishi likely to stop making the i-MiEV electric car
Tesla’s Roof Flies Off While Driving Home From Dealership
Report:  Electric Vehicles Cost Half as Much to Maintain

Electric/Fuel-Cell Trucks:
New Volta Zero electric truck designed for safety and sustainability
UK’s first all-electric ambulance to enter service in West Midlands
Kenworth electric commercial trucks qualify for California vouchers
Ford has electric pickup range-extender design that drops into bed, could be option for F150

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Autonomous cars moving as one stops traffic jams and saves lives
Out of milk? In Modesto, robots can now deliver groceries right to your doorstep
GM’s Nikola (NKLA) deal in jeopardy as tone changes, opens door to walk away from the deal
Connected and autonomous mobility to rewrite data storage rules   (Very technical)
Tesla pushes new software update to enable cars to automatically drive through green traffic lights
Ford’s new CEO eyes software, tech stack as differentiator vs. rivals
Accelerating AV training data and testing   (Very jargon-laden and hard to understand)

Sensors for Self-Driving Vehicles:
Xilinx and Continental Announce Cutting-Edge 4D Radar Platform for Autonomous Vehicles

Business:
Tesla Is Being Overtaken
Lynk & Co brings its Netflix‑like subscription mobility service to Europe
Lynk & Co. launches in Europe with hybrids and PHEVs:  Not just a car, a club
Tesla’s Lithium Mining Plans – Take It with a Pinch of Salt
Ford points to its stand with California: Cleaner air, more EVs   [Includes video ad (0:56)]
Nikola Badger electric pickup debut event canceled, as GM deal hangs
Tesla reports record deliveries for Q3 2020

Electric Bicycles and Motorcycles:
Segway rolls out C80 moped-style ebike

Electric Aircraft:
Electric air taxi could take to the Paris skies in time for the Olympics

Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
SFMTA makes progress toward its Sustainability and Climate Action program with battery-electric bus chargers

Governmental Affairs:
California has a $20M program for getting EVs to the underserved
Utah Expands Connected Vehicle Project to Include More Autos
Trump and Biden clash over fuel emissions, electric vehicles in first debate
San Fran moots congestion pricing to ‘unclog’

Miscellaneous:
First-Ever Analysis Reveals How America's Top 100 Law Firms Are ‘Accelerating the Climate Crisis’
Tire dust is pollution, and this invention will help vehicles clean up as they go


Technical Articles and Papers:

Download e-book: Engineering What’s Ahead:  5G INTELLIGENT CONNECTIVITY


OLD NEWS:
To the Guillotine!



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    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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