LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 162  (Sun. 2021/01/03 11:46)
Welcome to issue # 162 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since 2020 December 30 (that date onward).

Due to the holidays, it has been a slow news week, but I have updated my other websites.  Too many future events had ben moved around because of the pandemic, and it is taking a while to catch up with all the changes.

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)

TechBrief’s Create the Future contest — Changed “This year” to “2020”
http://www.LeviCar.com/#CreateFuture



New Events on the websites:

Smart Cities Connect Spring Conference & Expo   Tu, April 13
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#SmartCities
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#SmartCities

49th European Transport Conference   Th‑W, September 9‑15
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ETC
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ETC



Revised Events on the websites:

Drive World Conference & Expo   Tu‑Th, April 13‑15 — Venue changed to San Jose
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Drive-World
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Drive-World

SysCon 2021 (2021 IEEE International Systems Conference)   Th, April 15 to Sa, May 15 — Made Virtual and Postponed
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#SYSCON
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#SYSCON

TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo   M‑W, June 14‑16
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#TechConnect
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#TechConnect

AIAA/IEEE EATS Students Design Competition/Challenge 2021   Th‑F, August 12‑13 — New Graphic
http://www.LeviCar.com/#EATS-SDC
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#EATS-SDC
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#EATS-SDC

TechConnect Europe Innovation Conference & Expo   M‑W, November 15‑17 — Dates finalized; Contacts added
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#TechConnect-Eu
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#TechConnect-Eu




Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Wed., January 13):
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   (today, might be further postponed)
 • Call for Workshop Papers:  Five-page Paper, due  Sun, Jan. 3   (today, might be further postponed)
Advanced Automotive Battery Conference – Europe   Call for Posters due Wed, Jan. 6 (soft deadline, for Late Consideration)
2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC)   Call for Papets, plus Exhibitors’ info:  Abstracts/digests due Fri, Jan. 8 (re‑extended)
ITS World Congress 2021   Call for Contributions due Mon, Jan. 11



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

Electric Cars:
Tesla tops Q4 deliveries expectations, just shy of 500K for 2020   (Also pertains to “Business”.)

Special Section:  Electric Concept Cars:   Thanks to NewAtlas.
Buick sculpts another concept that looks way better than a Buick
GFG Style reveals its latest dune-scorching electric hyper-SUV
Morphoz concept expands from city car to highway traveler
DS Aero Sport Lounge concept debuts ultrasonic, haptic 3D air-controls   (“Hapitic” = relating to sense of touch.)

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Google paid a star self-driving engineer $120 million.  Then he quit, joined a rival, and headed to prison.   (Also pertains to “Business”.)

Business:
EV Company News for the Month of December 2020

Governmental Affairs:
Editor's Notebook:  What’s Next?  Better Mobility.


OLD NEWS:
One Small Drive For Mankind   Andrew Miles documents a space oddity.


Special notes:

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    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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