LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 131  (Fri. 2020/10/09 18:13)
Welcome to issue # 131 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since October 7 (10/08 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)
Hyperloop — Added “Theranos“ video
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Hyperloop


New Event on the websites:

TRB Free Webinar:  Celebrating TRB’s Centennial by Exploring the Future of Transportation Research   Th, November 12, 3:00 to 4:30 pm EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#TRB-Future-Research
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#TRB-Future-Research


Revised Event on the websites:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting   Th, January 21 to F, January 29, weekdays only — Added Registration
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#TRB-AM
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#TRB-AM



Event with due dates within the next ten days (until Mon., October 19):

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:
Stena gives Volvo bus batteries a second life

Electric/Fuel-Cell Trucks:
Toyota and Hino team up on hydrogen fuel-cell truck for North America
2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid will electrify off-roading in a way nothing else has yet
Hyundai invests in startup aiming to transport hydrogen in oil
ZF to provide 8-speed plug-in hybrid transmission for new Jeep Wrangler 4xe PHEV

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Self-Driving Cars Could Be Operating Daily in 1-2 Years – Just Not in Big Cities

Business:
NIO Priced Like Tesla in 2013
Unify and flourish with technology demonstrators
Oil giant Total acquires London charging network   (Also pertains to “EV Charging”)

Electric Bicycles and Motorcycles:
Review:  GoCycle GX is an awesome urban folding ebike

Electric Aircraft:
Looking Forward (and Upward) to Urban Aero Mobility

OPINION:
Study:  We Can’t Fix Transportation-Related Climate Emissions with EVs Alone   (My opinion is that a lot of these problems can be solved, some very simply.  One example is that smart chargers and stagger overnight charging, to keep peak demand down.  Another is that decentralized generation of electricity can reduce the burden on the grid.)

Miscellaneous:
2021 TRB Annual Meeting:  Dr. Martha Grabowski 2020 W.N. Carey, Jr. Distinguished Service Award Recipient
Clearing the Skies with Research on Electric Vehicles
Hyperloop, the biggest Scam since Theranos   [video (25:21); from 2020/08/06; the best debunking of Hyperloop that I have seen.]
Virgin Hyperloop picks West Virginia to test high-speed transport system


Technical Articles and Papers:

Link to download a White Paper via return e‑mail:  Autonomous Drive Requires Smart Sensor Systems


Special notes:

Anyone can ask to subscribe to this newsletter by e-mail.  The form, with further information, is at this link.  Rest assured that I am not giving or selling your e-mail addresses to anyone.

The websites are updated as needed.  New and recently-revised items are indicated by small ovals on the upper-left corners of the link-blocks.  See http://www.LeviCar.com/Guide.HTML#Oval.

Please rely more on the websites for the most current information.  This newsletter may contain more detail about why things were updated or changed, or removed.  You do not need to have the newsletter to get the full benefit of the websites.

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Thank you for your attention.

    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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