LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 155  (Wed. 2020/12/09 22:12)
Welcome to issue # 155 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since December 7 (12/08 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)

Dept. of Defense Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) 21.1, and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) 21.A — Updated for new release
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoD-SBIR



New Events on the websites:

Free Webinar: Avnet Transportation Tuesday with STMicroelectronics: Li-Ion Battery Charging   Tu, January 12, 10 to 11 am PST (1 to 2 pm EST)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Li-Ion-Charging
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Li-Ion-Charging

Transportation Camp Unconference PHL
http://www.LeviCar.com/#T-Camp-PHL
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#T-Camp-PHL
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#T-Camp-PHL



Revised Event on the websites:

Transportation Camp Unconference DC — Added details for DC
http://www.LeviCar.com/#T-Camp-DC
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#T-Camp-DC
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#T-Camp-DC



Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Sat., December 19):
Advanced Automotive Battery Conference – Europe   Call for Posters due Fri, Dec. 18 (extended), (for Priority Consideration)
2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC)   Call for Papets, plus Exhibitors’ info:  Abstracts/digests due Fri, Dec. 18 (extended)



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

Batteries:
Scientists may have finally found a solution to sodium battery design by mimicking a common biological construct: mammal bones.
VW-backed QuantumScape says its solid-state batteries will enable EVs to travel farther and charge faster
QuantumScape battery tech:  A fast-charging electric-car game-changer?
VW breaks ground on Battery Engineering Lab in Tennessee

EV Charging:
Portland’s sequel to Electric Avenue asks:  How will we charge big electric trucks?   (I still favor slide-in replaceable battery packs.)

Photovoltaics:
Perovskite Tandem Solar Will Start Taking Solar to 43% Energy Conversion
Inkjet Like Printing of Solar Sunblinds   [Includes two videos: Inket Printing and Crystallization of Perovskite (0:30); and Worldwide Premier of Saule Perovskite Blinds (4:12) with subtitles.]

Electric/Fuel-Cell Cars:
Toyota announces new all-electric SUV, says it’s their ‘first step’ for battery-electric cars
Game of EV Factories
Motiv debuts fifth-gen medium-duty electric chassis

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
First glimpse of Amazon’s new robotaxi: Zoox autonomous vehicle spotted during video shoot

Business:
Fund Predicts $2500 Price Target for Tesla Which is Similar to My [Brian Wang] July, 2020 Prediction
Uber sells ATG self-driving business to Aurora at $4 billion   (Also pertains to “Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots”)
Uber to give up on self-driving tech and finds a partner in Aurora instead   (This has a bit more historical detail.  Also pertains to “Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots”)
Elon Musk makes two big moves
Mercedes-Benz Bank offers insurance especially designed for [commercial] EVs

Electric Aircraft:
BETA Technologies and Joby Aviation to hold groundbreaking ceremony for advanced urban air mobility technology
US Army studies eVTOL acoustics in the quest for silent helicopters

Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
New report: innovative financing will be needed to electrify truck and bus fleets   (Also pertains to “Business”)
New ROCSYS robotic system automates charging at e-bus depots   (Includes video (1:05).)

Miscellaneous:
‘Smellicopter’ takes flight at UW with moth antenna on drone to fly toward smells and avoid obstacles


OLD NEWS:
LocoDiscoBox (16+)


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    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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