LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 174  (Mon. 2021/02/15 21:46)
Welcome to issue # 174 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

If you are primarily interested in the "IN THE NEWS" part, click here.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since February 11 (02/12 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:

AVERE Free Webinar:  Phase-Out Targets by Local Governments   W, February 17, 3–5 pm CET, 9–11 am EST
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Phase-Out
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Phase-Out

Forth Webinar:  Women in EVs   W, February 17, 6–7 pm PST, 9–10 pm EST
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Women-in-EVs
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Women-in-EVs
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Women-in-EVs

Forth Webinar:  Next Level Power: Inductive Charging   Tu, February 23, 10–11 am PST, 1–2 pm EST — Added Registration
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Inductive
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Inductive
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Inductive



Revised Events on the websites:
None



Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Thu., February 25):
IEEE VTS Motor Vehicles Challenge 2021   Submission due Mon, Feb. 22
The IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion 2021 (VPPC 2021)   Call for Special Sessions:  Proposals (3-5 pages) due Mon, Feb. 22 c




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

Batteries:
Passenger EV battery capacity reached 134.5 GWh in 2020
Electric Car Battery Maker to Build New Plant
The Battery Revolution – Winners And Losers, Part II   (I did not review this.)
Tesla, Nio and Li Auto may be hit by battery cell shortage
Millor will manufacture cobalt-free lithium-ion batteries in Europe
Gigafactory 6? Tesla setting up next plant in southern India
Wearable device turns the body into a battery

Electric Cars:
Hovercraft Meet Tesla:  Elon Musk Wants the Roadster to Hover
2022 Toyota electric sedan and crossover:  What we know about upcoming EVs, platform
Toyota confirms US arrival for two electric vehicle models in 2021
US shift to EVs won’t solve climate goals:  Think outside the electric car, experts urge
Last call for Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid flagship, as brand prepares for more EVs
First prototype of Microlino 2.0 electric microcar built and tested   [Click here for short video (0;37).]
Review:  Electrified RAV4s, Hybrid vs. Prime
Chevy drops the price on updated 2022 Bolt EV and oversized EUV   [Includes Disney video (1:30).]

Electric Trucks:
Effenco offers its heavy-duty EV powertrain at the same purchase price as diesel alternatives

Electric Vehicles in General:
Kia vows to become leading mobility co with focus on EV, mobility solutions
Ask a Scientist: Electric Vehicles are the Cleanest Option Today

Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell Vehicles:
London to trial hydrogen electric rapid response ambulance prototype

Clean Generation of Hydrogen:
H2GO Power and EMEC trial AI hydrogen technology
Organic polymer dots boost green hydrogen production

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Success for autonomous vehicle trial at BP refinery

Self-Driving Off-Road Machinery:
Hyundai TIGER vehicle to traverse extreme terrain

Sensors / AI Training / Microchips /Software for Self-Driving Vehicles:
Volkswagen Chooses Microsoft Azure to Accelerate Autonomous Driving
Qualcomm research could lower the barriers to visual AI everywhere

Business:
Electric Truck And SUV Maker Rivian To Hit Stock Market With IPO This Fall   (Also pertains to “Electric Trucks”.)
Self-Driving Trucking Startup Taps U.S., Chinese Investors   (Paywalled.  Also pertains to “Electric Trucks”.)
Uber’s Loss Narrows, Raising Hopes for Recovery
How Tesla Options can Hedge Against a Market Meltdown
Elon Musk Increasing His Tesla Ownership
’We’re going to &#*$!& you over‘:  Seed-stage VCs are in a fight for their lives against giants like Sequoia and Coatue

Electric Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Scooters:
Electric scooter folds to become a hand trolley   [Includes video (1:13).]
Ebike seller becomes ebike maker with launch of Three Phase One   [Includes video (1:43).]

Electric Aircraft:
★ Overcoming the stumbling blocks to electric flight
United Airlines eyes 200-strong air taxi fleet   (Also pertains to “Business”.)
Ken Moelis Follows Jetsons Dream in United-Backed SPAC Deal   (Also pertains to “Business”.)
Volkswagen Looking into Flying Cars

Autonomous Aircraft:
Dragonflies’ self-righting mechanism could find use in safer drones

Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
 Harvard University deploys four electric buses

Governmental Affairs:
KOMANOFF:  Beware the EV Congestion Boomerang
ITC ruling puts Georgia EV battery plant, domestic cell supply in jeopardy
Legislators steer Washington state toward direct electric vehicle sales, bypassing auto dealers
Biden GREEN Act Would Subsidize Tesla EV, Batteries and Solar

Miscellaneous:
Smaller Cars Could Explain Why Crashes Injure Women More
How will Tesla’s bitcoin investment affect its carbon footprint?
Green Tesla embraces carbon-intensive bitcoin
Semiconductor Shortage Prompts Call for Federal Funding


OLD NEWS:
A Presidents Day Parade of Presidential Limos


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    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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