LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 167  (Wed. 2021/01/20 22:36)
Welcome to issue # 167 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since January 17 (01/18 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)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoT-SBIR



New Events on the websites:
None


Revised Events on the websites:

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

IEEE VTS Motor Vehicles Challenge 2021   M, March 15 — Slight change in text
http://www.LeviCar.com/#MVC
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#MVC
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#MVC

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

ISMB 17: 17th International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings   W‑Sa, August 18‑21 — Changed submission requirements
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ISMB-17
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ISMB-17



Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Jan. 30):
None



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

EV Charging:
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1130967_2021-mustang-mach-e-how-fast-does-the-ford-ev-charge-up-on-road-trips   [Includes video (2:31).]

Electric Cars:
‘Le Car’ Returning as an Electric Vehicle   [Includes long video (20:59), which I did not watch.]
Tesla 2021 Fix for Cold Weather EV Range
Sono Motors drives latest Sion solar EV prototype into CES 2021
Nio EP7 promises 621-mile electric range and quick-swappable batteries
Electric VW Microbus revival will arrive in US in 2023
VW ID.4 electric SUV has the right winter warmers, lacks a heat pump
GM plans to build EV600 electric van in Canada

Electric Motors and their controllers:
Hitachi Renovating Factory to Build Electric Motors

Electric Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Scooters:
CityQ is like a four-wheeled electronic-drive ebike
Sondors rides into electric motorcycle world with $5,000 Metacycle

Autonomous Aircraft:
Quantum Encrypted Communication Between Drones

Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
Biden’s American Rescue Plan includes $20 billion for transit industry
Five transit topics to watch in 2021
Lightning eMotors wins $45-million powertrain order from ABC Companies


OLD NEWS:
Rockstar Meets Dolphin


Special notes:

I had a webpage with a form to register for a subscription to this newsletter, but someone abused it, so it have been removed.  Click here to view the latest newsletter in your browser.

The websites are updated as needed.  New and recently-revised items are indicated by small ovals on the upper-left corners of the link-blocks.  See http://www.LeviCar.com/Guide.HTML#Oval.

Please rely more on the websites for the most current information.  This newsletter may contain more detail about why things were updated or changed, or removed.  You do not need to have the newsletter to get the full benefit of the websites.

Please forward this newsletter to anyone you might think would be interested in it.

Thank you for your attention.

    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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