LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 169  (Thu. 2021/01/28 22:48)
Welcome to issue # 169 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since January 24 (01/25 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 Event on the websites:

Free Webinar:  The Imperative and Opportunity to Invest in Resilient Infrastructure   Tu, February 9, 12 noon – 12:45 pm EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Flynn
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Flynn



Revised Events on the websites:

Transportation Camp Unconference — Philadelphia — Date is Firmed up at Su, April 10
http://www.LeviCar.com/#T-Camp-PHL
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#T-Camp-PHL
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#T-Camp-PHL

AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)   W‑F, August 11‑13< — Beginning Date Moved Up
http://www.LeviCar.com/#EATS
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#EATS
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#EATS



Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Sun., February 7):
IEEE VTS Motor Vehicles Challenge 2021   Registration due Sun, Jan. 31 (extended)
Green Transportation Summit and Expo   Call for Session and Speaker Proposals due Sun, Jan. 31 (extended yet again)
32nd IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium – IV2021   Call for Papers:  Complete Papers due Mon, Feb. 1



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

Batteries:
Will AI Learning Help Fast-Charging Batteries?
Creating Order From Disorder in Batteries
Research Paves Way for More Stable, Longer-Lasting Batteries
Automakers making efforts to recycle retired EV-use[d] batteries   (Paywalled)
EU Approves Funding for EV Battery Industry   (Also pertains to “Governmental Affairs”.)
CATL and Other Battery Makers Race to Stay Ahead of Tesla Batteries
Chinese Joint Venture Plans to Match Tesla 4680 Battery

EV Charging:
Shell to acquire UK’s largest electric vehicle-charging network
Shell plans to buy streetside charging experts Ubitricity
Versinetic launches Charging Blox modular EVSE solution

Electric Cars:
Electric Vehicles Nearing Adoption Tipping Point   (Also pertains to “Business”.)
Tesla Model S and Kia Niro EV top electric vehicle ownership study
Tesla and Kia nab top marks in first EV ownership study from JD Power
Will BMW i4 outdo Model 3 in handling performance?
Electric DeLorean “time machine” revival now a possibility with replica rule

Electric Trucks:
Job openings suggest Tesla Semi may be moving closer to production
Amphibious ATV features six electrically powered wheels
Study:  2 in 5 pickup shoppers considering all-electric, and price is more important than HP

Clean Generation of Hydrogen:
Eco-friendly Way to Make Ammonia Could be Boon for Hydrogen, Agriculture   (The point being — ammonia can easily be converted into hydrogen, while having a higher storage density than hydrogen itself.)

Electric Motors and their controllers:
TE Connectivity’s new HC-STAK high-voltage interconnection system

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
‘Level 2+’:  Making automated driving profitable, mainstream

Self-“Driving” Boats:
Waterborne drone swarms use 3D cameras to communicate

Business:
Will EVs Save The Auto Industry?

Electric Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Scooters:
Clip ebike conversion kit powers up the front wheel   [Includes short video (0:30).]
Cake invites riders to first One Design electric MX championships

Electric Aircraft:
Interview:  Horizon presents its long-range Cavorite X5 hybrid eVTOL   [Includes short silent video (0:30).]

Autonomous Aircraft:
Drone-based SWIR camera inspects solar panels in daylight   (Also pertains to “Photovoltaics”.)
Cameras and drones team up for oil refinery pipe inspection
EHang joins EU’s AMU-LED project to demo Urban Air Mobility   [Includes video (4:27).]
UK enters next stage of ‘loyal wingman’ project
Engineering director leaves Tesla for medical delivery service Zipline   (Zipline makes medical-delivery-service drones.)
Optionally Piloted K-Max To Begin Testing by Midyear

Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
 Sono Motors and EasyMile embed solar cells in driverless shuttle
New report highlights recommendations from national transit experts for zero-emission buses
New CTE report highlights guidance for zero-emission bus industry from national transit leaders

Governmental Affairs:
American-made and all-electric:  Biden plots out the future for the federal vehicle fleet
Biden wants to replace government fleet with electric vehicles
5 ways Biden can help Tesla, GM and others increase electric vehicle sales in the U.S.

Miscellaneous:
Traxen ‘trains’ AI-based adaptive cruise control for trucks
Study: Taking An App Taxi More than Doubles Your Roadway Impact
Automotive Production Stalled by Semiconductor Shortages
The Top Three Digital Technologies Driving Aston Martin’s Design Innovation   [Includes video (2:42).]
Scania Bets on BEVs, 40t Long-Range Truck is Coming   (Also pertains to “Business”, “Electric Trucks”, “Electric Buses and other mass‑transit”, and “Hydrogen‑Fuel‑Cell Vehicles”.)


Technical Articles and Papers:
Sign-up to receive the full article:  Private, public, or both?  The future of the MaaS revolution
Low-Speed Automated Vehicles (LSAVs) in Public Transportation
Real-World Use of Automated Driving Systems and Their Consequences


OLD NEWS:
January 1903: Harry Parsons’ snow chains


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    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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