LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 143  (Fri. 2020/11/06 16:41)
Welcome to issue # 143 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since November 4 (11/05 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:  Municipal EV Readiness Program Module 9: Workplace Charging   Th, November 12, 1 to 2 pm EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Workplace
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Workplace

Free Webinar:  The rapidly advancing field of batteries for electric vehicles   Th, November 12, 2 to 3 pm EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Rapidly-Advancing
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Rapidly-Advancing

Simulation-Driven Design of a Hyperloop Capsule Motor   Th, November 12, 2 to 3 pm EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Hyperloop-Capsule
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Hyperloop-Capsule



Revised Events on the websites:

2020 International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility   M, November 23 — Removed links to 2021 Conference
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ICMIM
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ICMIM


Symposium on International Automotive Technology 2021   W‑F, September 29 to October 1 — RAdded back “Program Schedule and Topics”
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#SIAT
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#SIAT



Events Removed from the websites (might be re‑instated later):

2021 International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility – Get-Together   M‑Tu, April 19‑20
2021 Taranto Workshop   W, April 21



Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Mon., November 16):
IEEE VT Magazine Special Issue   Call for Papers due Sun, Nov. 15



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

Batteries:
Tesla to build “humungous” 300-megawatt battery in Australia
Report highlights the potential for lithium recovery from California’s geothermal industry   [Includes video (1:30).]
Amphenol’s new sensor tech detects thermal runaway
Microwave Water Splitting for Breakthroughs for Making Hydrogen, Oxygen and Fast Battery Charging

EV Charging:
New SAE Wireless Charging standard is EV game-changer
Electrify America introduces B2B charging solutions with launch of Electrify Commercial

Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
EV makers need to rethink data policies with passage of ”right to repair” law
VW project to transition Greek “model island” to electric vehicles, renewable power
2022 Audi E-Tron GT:  Charging and performance details for flagship electric car

Electric Motors and their controllers:
KEB introduces apps for its T6 Auxiliary Inverter

Self-“Driving” Boats:
Liquid Robotics to build long-endurance unmanned surface vessels, sensors for ocean persistent surveillance

Business:
Tesla’s Potential North American Battery Metals Supply-Chain Contenders   (Also pertains to “Batteries”)
VW CEO says will tweak strategy to maintain electric, autonomous push

Electric Bicycles and Motorcycles:
Voxan Claims 11 Records with the World’s Fastest Electric Motorcycle
Voro Motors has an epic high-speed and long-range electric scooter coming   [Includes two videos: 100-km Test Run (6:32); and Suspension System (4:21).]

MagLev:
A Maglev, a Tunnel, a River.  On the Delays in the Realiziation of the Tokyo-Nagoya MagLev Line


Special notes:

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Thank you for your attention.

    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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