LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 145  (Wed. 2020/11/11 20:48)
Welcome to issue # 145 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since November 9 (11/10 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)

Jim Powell’s Space-MagLev Launcher — Changed link
http://www.LeviCar.com/#StarTram



New Events on the websites:
None

Revised Events on the websites:
None


Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Nov. 21):
None



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

Batteries:
Progress to Lithium Metal Batteries   [Includes video (1:00)]
Electric car batteries are catching fire and that could be a big turnoff to buyers
Tesla Just Put the Accelerator Down on the EV and Battery Boom   (Also pertains to “Business”)
The Lithium-Ion Battery With Built-In Fire Suppression

Supercapacitors:
Sustainable Supercapacitors Made of Carbon and Water

EV Charging:
Texas Instruments tech claimed to boost electric car range, downsize onboard chargers
Scottish university plans trial of wireless charging hubs
Task force to develop Megawatt Charging System for heavy-duty EVs   [My view is:  Given the difference between an electric car (with the battery pack underneath the floorboard) and a truck tractor (with fuel tanks underneath the cab, but on the sides), the electric version can have battery packs where the fuel tanks are now, and they can easily be swapped out and in by sliding them sideways.  Change my mind!]

Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
Tesla Shanghai Should Produce 550,000 Cars in 2021   (Also pertains to “Business”)
2021 Honda Accord Hybrid first drive review: The best kind of vanilla
2022 Hyundai Tucson Plug-In Hybrid aiming for 28 miles electric range, Hybrid for 37 mpg
Ultra-Cheap Kandi Electric Cars Approved by EPA
Hyperion CEO on His Insane NASA Tech Super Car and Why Hydrogen Beats Batteries
Ford accelerates electric-vehicle manufacturing in U.S., Mexico   (Also pertains to “Business”)

Electric/Fuel-Cell Trucks:
Ford says E-Transit vans will meet growing demand for electric delivery services
Truck leasing firm orders 150 Tesla Semi electric trucks   [Includes video (35:02) which I did not review.]

Electric Motors and their controllers:
A closer look at the DC Link

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Honda says will be first to mass produce level‑3 autonomous cars

Business:
GM accelerates two ‘major’ EV programs, will create 3,000 new tech jobs
Nikola sized up by Wall Street after earnings, GM update

Electric Bicycles and Motorcycles:
FL:  Electric scooters hit the streets in St. Petersburg
Arcimoto prototypes Ultimate Fun Machine open-air electric road trike   [Includes video (0:47)]

Electric Aircraft:
H3X claims it’s tripled the power density of electric aircraft motors   [Includes brief video (0:16)]
Hyundai looks ahead to new SUVs in 2021 – and urban air taxis by 2028   (Also pertains to “Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars”)

Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
Reimagining Public Buses in the Age of Uber


OLD NEWS:
Part of James Dean’s Porsche Discovered 65 Years After Crash   [Includes video (1:42)]


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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