LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 154  (Mon. 2020/12/07 22:40)
Welcome to issue # 154 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since December 4 .

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)

Alliance for Automotive Innovation
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Autos-Innnovate



Newly-Revised Item: (other than events)
None


New Events on the websites:

Future Driven:  Webinar series:  Auto Industry Landscape   Tu, December 15, 11 am to 12 noon EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Future-Driven
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Future-Driven

Free Webinar:  The Unsung Capabilities of Charger Software in Creating a High-Performing EV   Tu, December 15, 2:00 pm EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Charger-Software
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Charger-Software



Revised Events on the websites:
None


Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Dec. 17):
None


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

Batteries:
With backing from VW and JB Straubel, QuantumScape stands out from the crowd of new EV stocks   [Includes commercial video (2:30).  Also pertains to “Business”]

EV Charging:
Florida PSC greenlights three optional electric vehicle charging tariffs from Florida Power & Light   (Also pertains to “Business” and “Govermental Affairs”)
ABB installs its 1,000th DC fast charger in Norway
Georgia gets first solar roadway in the US
UK’s first all-electric forecourt opens in Essex
Aptera opens orders on 1,000-mile solar EV that never needs charging
Daimler to develop public heavy-duty electric truck charging site with Portland utility   (Also see  DTNA, Portland Utility to Develop Fueling Site for Electric Trucks  from Newsletter # 153)
SAE Advances EV Wireless Charging

Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
New emissions scandal?  Tests show PHEVs emit more pollution than claimed
Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid, Rimac EMC testing, EVs and plug-ins that didn’t make the cut: Today’s Car News
How Formula One innovation is shaping the world’s electric vehicle future
Nissan Note goes all-hybrid in Japan with revised e-Power system still due for the US
Lunaz to begin production of electric classic Range Rovers

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
WATCH: Self-Driving SUV Takes the Fast Lane to Tel Aviv   (Includes video (2:10).)
Using Robots to Deliver the Goods

Sensors / AI Training for Self-Driving Vehicles:
Luminar Technologies becomes Public Company as Lidar Race Builds   (Also pertains to “Business”)
Data streaming:  More bandwidth is needed before self-driving cars can fully function with autonomy

Business:
How the nation’s largest automakers including Ford and GM have been forced to revise their strategies to face a future that wants a new kind of car
About 150 Cadillac dealers take GM buyouts rather than invest in EVs

Electric Bicycles and Motorcycles:
Specialized releases its lightest-ever carbon bike – for kids   (no pedals)
Folding electric scooter can be carried in the hand or in a backpack   [Includes video (2:00).]

Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
New software provides data on e-bus battery performance
Mississauga’s MiWay to partner with CUTRIC on hydrogen fuel-cell electric bus pilot in 2021

OPINION:
Volvo CEO: Ban on gasoline cars makes more sense than EV credits and subsidies

Governmental Affairs:
Automakers Prep for Stronger Mileage Standards Under Biden   (Also pertains to “Business”)
Automakers prep for stronger mileage standards under Biden   (Also pertains to “Business”)

Miscellaneous:
Mustang Advanced Engineering’s custom EV test solutions


OLD NEWS:
French Polish


Special notes:

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    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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