LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 136  (Wed. 2020/10/21 21:18)
Welcome to issue # 136 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since October 19 (10/20 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 Events on the websites:

Free Webinar:  Parking as Integral Part of the Seamless Travelling Experience   Tu, October 27, 2:00 to 3:30 pm CET (9:00 to 10:30 am EDT)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Parking
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Parking

2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC)   W‑F, June 23‑25
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ITEC
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ITEC


Revised Event on the websites:

Transportation Camp Unconference — Added Regis. for Pittsburg
http://www.LeviCar.com/#T-Camp-PIT
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#T-Camp-PIT
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#T-Camp-PIT



Event with due dates within the next ten days (until Sat., October 31):

Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit and Expo   Call for Poster Submissions:  Abstracts due Fri, Oct. 30 (extended yet again)



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

Survey Video:
Video about mostly electric and self-driving big rigs:  This Truck Is Ahead Of Tesla   [Video (9:30).; from 2020-04-25]

Batteries:
Protective Layer Paves Way for Cold-Charging Batteries
Norwegian silicon provider Elkem secures grant to plan new battery material plant
Tesla Battery Expert Dahn Says Existing Lithium Ion Are Already Beyond 3 Million Mile Batteries   [Includes video (57:52).  Sorry – I did not take the time to view it!]
On the Cutting Edge of Vehicle-to-Grid

EV Charging:
DOE to fund EV charging cybersecurity in Michigan

Photovoltaics:
Hits of high-intensity light push perovskite solar cells into new terrain

Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
GM to Announce Electric Vehicle for Tennessee Plant
Lucid Air Debuts with Class-Leading 500-mile Range and Car-to-Car Charging   [Includes video (0:21)]
iPhone maker Foxconn launches open platform for EVs, solid state battery by 2024
Model Y tow package recall points to a continued Tesla strength
2021 Porsche Panamera plug-in hybrids get more electric range, quicker acceleration

Electric/Fuel-Cell Trucks:
The Hummer is making a comeback — and this time, it’s all-electric – (It was developed in only two years.  Does this mean that vehicle-developement cycles will now be much shorter?)
Amazon Rolls Out its First Electric Delivery Van   [Includes video (1:25)]

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Missionary Misfits: Meet A Former Fighter Pilot, Current Autonomous Vehicles Road Warrior

Miscellaneous:
Carbon Dioxide an Alternative Raw Material for Automotive Foam


Technical Articles and Papers:

Form to get to download Technical Paper:  How to Use Self-Test Hardware for Automotive Needs


OLD NEWS:
When Good Enough Just Wasn’t Enough


Special notes:

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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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