LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 151  (Mon. 2020/11/30 10:29)
Welcome to issue # 151 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since November 25 (that date onward).  This is shorter than usual, due to the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US.  I hope to get back to three-times-a-week.

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)

Plug In America — Added Plug Star
http://www.LeviCar.com/#PlugInAmerica



New Event on the websites:

Free Webinar:  The path to autonomous driving   Tu, December 15, 2 pm CET (8 am EST)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Path-Auton-Drv
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Path-Auton-Drv


Revised Event on the websites:
None



Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Sat., December 10):

32nd IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium – IV2021   Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals due  Mon, Nov. 30  (today, might get extended)
IEEE VT Magazine Special Issue   Call for Papers due  Tue, Dec. 1 (extended) (tomorrow)
2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC)   Call for Papets, plus Exhibitors’ info:  Abstracts/digests due  Tue, Dec. 1 (tomorrow)



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

EV Charging:
Tesla plans to manufacture electric-car chargers in China

Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
2022 Nissan Ariya prototype:  First impressions, and 5 things to look forward to

Clean Generation of Hydrogen: Again, the Brits (and Chinese, too) like hydrogen.  I worry about sudden explosions and invisible fires, but I still keep an open mind about H2
Scientists Create Living Factories That Churn Out Hydrogen Fuel
Sugary droplets turn algal cells into miniature hydrogen factories

Business:
Tesla's Achilles’ Heel

Electric Aircraft:
Famed French aviation company lends its name to new hybrid aircraft

Miscellaneous:
On track:  advances in UK hydrogen rail   (There is also a lot of valuable information in the “Comments” section.)
Illegal emissions tampering on diesel trucks is rampant—and apparently a big business


Special notes:

Anyone can ask to subscribe to this newsletter by e-mail.  The form, with further information, is at this link.  Rest assured that I am not giving or selling your e-mail addresses to anyone.

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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