LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 165  (Wed. 2021/01/13 22:33)
Welcome to issue # 165 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since January 10 (01/11 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 Transportation Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) solicitation for FY 2021 — New Release
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoT-SBIR

TRB’s IDEA Programs Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis — Due date for Transit IDEA moved up
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#IDEA



New Events on the websites:

Free Webinar:  Anniversary of the EV Law: Where We Go From Here   Tu, January 19, 12 noon to 1 pm EST
http://www.LeviCar.com/#NJ-EV-Law
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#NJ-EV-Law
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#NJ-EV-Law



Revised Events on the websites:

Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo   M‑Th, May 3‑6 — Added more links
http://www.LeviCar.com/#ACTexpo
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ACTexpo
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ACTexpo

32nd IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium – IV2021   Su‑Th, July 11‑15 — Corrected due date and added link for Workshop Papers
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#IV2021
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#IV2021

The IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion 2021 (VPPC 2021)   M‑Th, October 25‑28 — Due Date Corrected
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#VPPC
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#VPPC



New Event that did not make it onto the websites:

Free Workshop:  Introduction to COMSOL Multiphysics®  January 14 10:00 am EST (tomorrow)
Information     Registration




Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Sat., January 23):
Green Transportation Summit and Expo   Call for Session and Speaker Proposals due Fri, Jan. 15 (re‑extended)
Advanced Automotive Battery Conference – Europe   Call for Posters:  may be considered if space allows, if submitted by Mon, Jan. 18



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

Batteries:
3D-vision-guided robot automates battery production process
Eco-Friendly Method to Recycle Lithium Batteries Lowers Costs
New Solution to Prevent Dendrites for Safer EV Batteries
Lithium Metal Battery Allows Cold Charging

Electric Cars:
Testing is the Secret to Rimac’s Success
Nio ET7 flagship teases 150-kwh solid-state battery, arrival in 2022   [Also pertains to “Batteries”; Includes unrelated video (2:28).]
2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E range test: At 70 mph, true to EPA highway results
New report highlights the need to electrify ride-hailing fleets

Electric Trucks:
GM reveals an electric van, launches a new business for electric cargo delivery   [Includes unrelated video (2:46).]
Lordstown confirms 100,000 orders for Endurance electric pickup, September production start   [Includes unrelated video (2:46).]

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Kodiak Robotics hits milestone in driverless trucking (with video)   [Video is speeded-up road trip (19:38).]
IMS unveils driverless Indy car that will race in October Indy Autonomous Challenge   [Includes video (2:22).]

Self-Driving Off-Road Machinery:
Milirem’s Type‑X robotic armored combat vehicle begins ground testing

Sensors / AI Training for Self-Driving Vehicles:
U.S. NHTSA opens AV TEST autonomous vehicle tracking program to ‘all stakeholders’

Business:
Plug Power:  Plenty of Green Hydrogen Ambition, Steep Valuation   (Also pertains to “Clean Generation of Hydrogen”.)
Velodyne Lidar:  Public Market Woes   (Also pertains to “Sensors … for Self-Driving Vehicles”.)
Volkswagen and Audi are starting to challenge Tesla   (Also pertains to “Electric Cars”.)
Apple to adopt a ‘go big or go home’ strategy for ‘Apple Car’, analyst says   (Also pertains to “Electric Cars” and “Self-Driving Cars …”.)
IBM leads in quantum computing, Ford in driverless car patents   (Also pertains to “Driverless Cars …”.)
EV manufacturer Proterra to go public through merger with ArcLight Clean Transition

Electric Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Scooters:
US 3-wheeled electric vehicle maker buys 5x larger factory, eyes mass production   (Classified like a ”motorcycle“ becasue it has 3 wheels and an open cockpit.)

Electric Aircraft:
Sony starts its own drone company, Airpeak, to fly Alpha cameras   [Includes video (1:47).]

Governmental Affairs:
Could a Supercomputer Help Fix L.A.’s Traffic Problems?

Miscellaneous:
CES 2021:  Bosch zeroes in on sustainability
Compact EV-specific transmission supports niche OEMs as they shift to electric


OLD NEWS:
(Electric) Fleet Of Foot


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    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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