LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 149  (Sun. 2020/11/22 18:02)
Welcome to issue # 149 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since November 19 (that date 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 had entered the “Create the Future” Contest for this year, and actually made Two entries, but did not win.  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)
None


Newly-Revised Item: (other than events)

The grandaddies of the Hyperloop-Alpha Vehicle, from the 1960s — Added Rhoades Hover Scooter
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Hyperloop (and scroll down)



New Events on the websites:

Free Webinar:  The Billion Dollar Battery Bet and How to Get it Right for Your Product   W, December 2, 10:00 to 11:00 am EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Battery-Bet
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Battery-Bet

Webinar:  Battery Modeling – Electrical and Thermal Models   W, December 9, 10:00 to 11:00 am EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Elec-Therm-Models
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Elec-Therm-Models

Course 3 of 3: Battery State of Health in Energy Storage Systems   W, December 16, 1 to 2 pm EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Battery-SOH
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Battery-SOH

Webinar:  Next-Level Planning – Using Machine Learning To Improve EV Charging Network Buildout   W, January 13, 10:00 to 11:00 am EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Buildout
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Buildout

Webinar:  Electrolyte Flow Control to Reduce Dendrite and SEI Growth in Lithium Metal Batteries   W, March 17, 10:00 to 11:00 am EDT
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Dendrite
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Dendrite

Automotive Tech Week comprises “ADAS & Autonomous Vehicles” and “TU-Automotive Detroit”   M‑F, August 16‑20
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Automotive-Tech
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Automotive-Tech


Revised Event on the websites:

SysCon 2021 (2021 IEEE International Systems Conference)   M‑Th, March 22‑25 — Added Alt. Link
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#SYSCON
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#SYSCON



Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Wed., December 2):
32nd IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium – IV2021   Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals due Mon, Nov. 30
IEEE VT Magazine Special Issue   Call for Papers due Tue, Dec. 1 (extended)
2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC)   Call for Papets, plus Exhibitors’ info:  Abstracts/digests due Tue, Dec. 1



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

Batteries:
Solar Thermal and Vanadium Flow Storage is Scaling Up
Battery Cells Thrown During Tesla Model S Crash Set Bed on Fire
New smelting reduction process recovers Co, Ni, Mn, and Li from Li-ion batteries
GM:  New Batteries Cut Electric Car Costs, Increase Range   (Also pertains to “Business”)

Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
Tesla Model Y reliability “much worse than average”, Consumer Reports says
Global Electric Car Sales Has an Annualized 4+ Million in September

Electric/Fuel-Cell Trucks:
Volvo to launch a range of electric trucks in Europe in 2021   [Includes video (1:07).]
GM is making the Hummer EV in record time.  Here’s how
GMC Hummer EV’s warp-speed development may be a template for many more GM EVs
GM teases future electric Chevy crossover and pickup, invests more in EVs
How to Shift Freight Electrification into High Gear
California Renewable Natural Gas Vehicle Fuel Achieves First-Ever Carbon Negative Milestone   (I don’t know what magic they use to come up with this negative number, but we have to be aware of what the competition is doing.)

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
U.S. regulators open process to ensure self-driving car safety
State of Self-Driving and Driver Assistance   (Contains important statistics comparing different systems.)

Sensors for Self-Driving Vehicles:
SpaceX Dragon Uses LIDAR and Tesla does not. [Includes two videos: Seeing through trees … (3:42); and Ground-penetrating radar … (2:00).]

Business:
Nikola:  General Motors Deal Doesn’t Add Value
Nikola +3% after Loop jumps in with a bullish rating
Too far too fast?  Tesla’s 20% surge this week sparks EV fever: Alpha Tactics
General Motors Adding 3,000 Tech Jobs for EV Development
GM Five-Year Plan to Be Four Years Behind Tesla

Miscellaneous:
Poland’s EV4 heads to the mountains with electric cart and skateboard


Special notes:

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Thank you for your attention.

    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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