LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 160  (Sun. 2020/12/27 19:23)
Welcome to issue # 160 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since December 23 (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)
None



New Events on the websites:

AVG Complimentary Webinar:  EV Fleets 101:  Building Your EV Infrastructure Plan   Tu, January 12, 10‑11 am PST (1‑2 pm EST)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Building-Infrastructure
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Building-Infrastructure

AVG Complimentary Webinar:  What Fleets Need to Consider When Electrifying Their Depots   Tu, January 26, 10‑11 am PST (1‑2 pm EST)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Electrifying-Depots
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Electrifying-Depots

Webinar:  Solid-State Batteries – The Key Enabling Technology in Electric Vehicles   W, February 10, 10 to 11 am EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Key-to-EVs
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Key-to-EVs

Webinar:  Passive Mitigation of Thermal Runaway Propagation in Dense 18650 Lithium‑Ion Cell Assemblies   W, February 24, 10 to 11 am EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Passive-Mitigation
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Passive-Mitigation

Free Webinar:  International Compliance for Small Portable Li‑Ion Batteries in 2021   W, March 31, 10 to 11 am EDT
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Compliance
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Compliance



Revised Events on the websites:

CES 2021   M‑Th, January 11‑14 — Changed Title
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Connect2Car
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Connect2Car
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Connect2Car

Free Webinar:  Battery Performance and Testing – Why Pursue Failure Analysis   W, January 27, 10 to 11 am EST — Corrected the Time Zone
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Failure-Analysis
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Failure-Analysis

Green Transportation Summit and Expo   M‑W, August 16‑18 — Postponed again
http://www.LeviCar.com/#GT-Summit
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#GT-Summit
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#GT-Summit




Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Wed., January 6):
IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology Conference   VTC2021-Spring 2021
 • Call for Recent-Result Papers:  Oral or poster presentation with Proceedings Paper, or Demo with Short Paper, due Sun, Jan. 3
 • Call for Workshop Papers:  Five-page Paper, due Sun, Jan. 3
Advanced Automotive Battery Conference – Europe   Call for Posters due Wed, Jan. 6 (soft deadline, for Late Consideration)



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

Batteries:
The biggest battery breakthroughs of 2020   (A must-read for anyone interested in rechargeable batteries, and has many illustrations.)
Viable Battery production:  Challenges, Trends   Also includes an invite to subscribe to a newsletter, and to get an e‑book on GaN/SiC Technology
New battery “gigaplant” promises to be an economic boon to northeastern England
OXIS Energy to power luxury yacht with Li-S batteries
Hibernating Lizards Are Blocking Tesla’s Plans for a Berlin Gigafactory
Quantum Sensors Improve Battery Performance
Apple and Toshiba EV Lithium Titanate Battery Pack May Nearly Be Road Ready   [Includes two videos (33:45) and (12:42), that I did not view.]

EV Charging:
Envision AESC provides battery modules for FreeWire Technologies’ charging stations
High-Tech Roads Are Powering Electric Cars, Sensors and More   (Also pertains to a lot of other things.)

Electric Cars:
Apple reportedly wants to release a car in 2024.  Here are the 3 auto companies that are most likely to build it, experts say.
Ford Mustang Mach-E:  Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021 finalist

Electric Trucks:
A Race to Become the Tesla of Delivery Trucks and Vans
Watch an Electric F-150 Truck Absolutely Shred on a Snowy Track

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Walmart will use fully driverless trucks to make deliveries in 2021
Nuro gets permit to start commercial autonomous deliveries in California
Electrical Fault Protection For Autonomous Vehicles

Business:
Tesla’s Growth Is Not an Illusion:  Its Strategic Strengths Indicate a Much Higher Valuation by 2025
Elon Considering X Holding Company for Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company and Neuralink   [Includes two videos (13:26) and (16:04), that I did not view.]
Apple vs. Tesla:  Self-Driving Car Showdown   (Also pertains to “Self-Driving Cars …”.)
UPDATE 2-LG and Magna announce billion dollar joint venture in electric car gear

Electric Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Scooters:
Tern’s latest cargo commuter ebike will help riders get to 28 mph
Canyon’s four-wheeled electric pedal car could get push from over $900M investment

Electric Aircraft:
Electric aircraft motor company MagniX lands deal to power UK startup’s planned 300-plane fleet

Miscellaneous:
Polestar unveils advanced lighting for its first electric vehicle
Pealock packs a big alarm into a small electronic package
Jersey City’s on-demand transit success story   (The van used for this service, the Mercedes Metris, is not available as an electric in the USA – yet!)


Technical Articles and Papers:
Link to sign-in and download technical paper:  A Connected, Integrated Approach for Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturing   (Also pertains to “Batteries”.)


OLD NEWS:
This Super-Black Car Is So Dark That It Looks Like a Silhouette


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    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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