LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 141  (Mon. 2020/11/02 21:24)
Welcome to issue # 141 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since October 31 (11/01 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).
The awards ceremony will be held online on Tuesday, November 10, from 11 am to 12 noon.  More details to follow.

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:  The Business Case for EVs: How EVs can give your business a competitive advantage   M, November 9, 12 noon EST
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Business-Case
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Business-Case

2020 Create the Future Contest Awards Tu, November 10, 11 am to 12 noon EST
http://www.LeviCar.com/#CtF-Awards
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#CtF-Awards


Revised Event on the websites:

ITS America 2021   M‑Th, May 17‑20 — New Graphic; Links rearranged
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ITS-Amer-2021
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ITS-Amer-2021



Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Thu., November 12):
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):

EV Charging:
Mitsubishi invests in WiTricity, for wireless EV charging push   (Also pertains to “Business”)
Electrify America rolls out kilowatt-hour pricing in Florida and Virginia
Wolfspeed:  Ready to Support a Booming EV Industry with SiC Power and Charging Solutions

Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
World’s most energy efficient vehicle rolls on to new heights   (Frankly, I am not impressed with this, as it is not a practical road vehicle.)
Nissan teases potential of Ariya electric crossover for Europe, as US election nears

Electric Motors and their controllers:
EIT InnoEnergy invests in in-wheel-drive maker Elaphe   [Includes video (1:02).]
Chevy makes all-electric classic Blazer SUV to show off upcoming eCrate package
Chevy will start selling EV retrofit kits in 2021

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Waymo pulls back the curtain on 6.1 million miles of self-driving car data in Phoenix   (Should read.)

Electric Bicycles and Motorcycles:
Electric MTB [MounTain Bike] is milled from aluminum … and costs as much as a car

Electric Aircraft:
Klein Vision celebrates maiden flight of its transforming AirCar   [Includes video (2:25) showing, in detail, the transformation processes.]
Watch this flying car complete its first flight   [Video (0:58) that includes other flying cars.]

Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
Sun Tran’s new on demand service provides door-to-door rides

Governmental Affairs:
Video could be new gold standard for urban traffic management

Miscellaneous:
Report predicts shortages of rare earth materials in coming decades   (I hope that scientists can come up with substitutes for rare earths, both for motors and batteries.)


OLD FUN NEWS:
Whale of a ride:  Crashed subway train lands on giant sea creature sculpture


Special notes:

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Thank you for your attention.

    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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