LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 144  (Mon. 2020/11/09 15:11)
Welcome to issue # 144 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since November 6 (11/07 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 Event on the websites:
None


Revised Event on the websites:

IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology Conference   VTC2021-Spring 2021   Su‑W, April 25‑28 — Added Recent-Result and Workshop Papers
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#VTC-Spring
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#VTC-Spring



Event with due dates within the next ten days (until Mon., November 19):
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:
Dash of potassium could help make long-lasting electric car batteries
Report:  AI will dramatically speed up battery development—and thus, EV adoption
Nio offers 100-kwh battery pack, more range in subscription-based upgrade
PPG receives DOE funding for EV battery coating processes
Elon Musk’s Battery Farm Has Been a Total Triumph.  Here Comes the Sequel.

EV Charging:
Truck builder PACCAR announces partnership to provide comprehensive fleet-charging solutions

Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
Kit can help convert any classic Mini to all-electric—but it’s not cheap
Bentley plans to go all-plug-in by 2026, all‑electric by 2030
Famed luxury carmaker Bentley to go fully electric by 2030
Is There a Place on U.S. Roads for Single-Passenger EVs?   (This vehicle is officially classified as a Motorcycle by the governments.)
The maker of this tiny electric taxi says it could cut traffic in half in 5 years
First Tesla Model 3 NYC yellow cab hits the road

Electric/Fuel-Cell Trucks:
Full range of Volvo electric heavy haulers to go on sale from 2021

Electric Motors and their controllers:
Microchip releases new AEC-Q101-qualified 700 V and 1,200 V SiC SBDs

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai raises $267 million at an over $5.3 billion valuation

Business:
Musk: Tesla Was a Month From Bankruptcy During Model 3 Ramp-Up
GM to boost spending on EVs, funded by expanded pickup production   (Also pertains to “Trucks”) [Includes embedded video (0:46)]
A leaked 2016 business plan reveals that Nikola is likely to fall $277 million short of the 2020 revenues it predicted four years ago

Governmental Affairs:
Why a Biden presidency will accelerate change to electric cars: 10 talking points
Biden would be better for US electric-car future, VW CEO says   (Also pertains to “Business”)

MagLev:
Virgin Hyperloop completes its first ever passenger test   [Includes video (0:34)]
Virgin Hyperloop completes first passenger tests
Magnetic freight delivery concept could slash road congestion   [Includes video (1:52); from about a year ago]


OLD NEWS:
Nomen Est Omen   We return to the minefield of automotive nomenclature.  Mind where you step.


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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