LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 139  (Wed. 2020/10/28 22:12)
Welcome to issue # 139 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since October 26 (10/27 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)

Electric For All
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Electric4All


Newly-Revised Item: (other than events)

Dept. of Defense Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) — Extended Deadline
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoD-SBIR


New Event on the websites:

eVision – Accelerating Fleet Electrification   Tu‑W, February 2‑3
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#eVision
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#eVision


Revised Event on the websites:

Drive World Conference & Expo   Tu‑Th, April 13‑15 — Re-Postponed; ESC added
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Drive-World
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Drive-World




Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Sat., November 7):
Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit and Expo   Call for Poster Submissions:  Abstracts due Fri, Oct. 30 (extended yet again)
Symposium on International Automotive Technology 2021   Call for Papers:  Abstracts due Sat, Oct. 31 (re‑extended)
IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology Conference   VTC2021-Spring 2021   Call for Papers:  Five-page paper due Mon, Nov. 2 (re‑extended)



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

Batteries:
Next-gen battery leans on copper-tin film to avoid rapid failure
Soteria licenses battery tech designed to eliminate thermal runaway
Tesla Will Spend $9-12 Billion Building Gigafactories in 2021-2022

Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
Tesla Nears China Model Y Production and Has Foundations Started at Tesla Texas Gigafactory
Mini electric crossovers coming, whole family of EVs to coexist with gas and diesel
Survey: Americans expect more electric-car range than before pandemic
Fisker maps out reservations for Ocean electric SUV, sets sights on Europe

Electric/Fuel-Cell Trucks:
Lordstown Motors becomes publicly traded, before delivering its electric trucks

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Testing:  Simulation vs. Closed-Course vs. Public Roads

Self-“Driving” Boats:
MIT’s autonomous “Roboats” are now big enough to be canal-bound Ubers   [Includes video (1:34)]

Electric Bicycles and Motorcycles:
Droog gets all post-apocalyptic with its latest electric streetfighter   [Includes video (1:01)]

Electric Aircraft:
Record-breaking hybrid quadcopter flies for over 10 hours   (Actually, it’s a hybrid.)

Miscellaneous:
Poll:  Should HS2 be cancelled?   (This is in the UK)
Report:  50 years ago, GM and Ford understood climate change was an issue
Three cities turning e-scooter data into infrastructure improvements
DOE looks to coal as a source of critical minerals and rare earth elements   (From coal?  Looks to me like Orangeman's fantasy.)


OLD NEWS:
California:  Richard Nixon resigned, but the 1972 BART car he made famous still serves


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.

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Thank you for your attention.

    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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