LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 178  (Tue. 2021/03/02 21:08 EST)
Welcome to issue # 178 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.

If you are primarily interested in the "IN THE NEWS" part, click here.  From here on in, this "IN THE NEWS" section will be much short, so that I can produce this newsletter more often.  I shall also provide the readers with a list of news sites that I encourage you to subscribe to, so that you can get your news articles much quicker.

This issue covers updates and changes for three of my websites, since February 28 (03/01 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)

NewAtlas   — Subscription Links
http://www.LeviCar.com/#NewAtlas



New Event on the websites:

WCX Digital Summit   Tu‑Th, April 13‑15
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#WCX
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#WCX



Revised Events on the websites:

InterTraffic China   Th‑Sa, June 17‑19 — New graphic
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#InterTraffic-China
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#InterTraffic-China

IEEE TEC Prize Ph.D. Thesis Talk – 3-Min. Ph.D. Challenge   Award Ceremony sometime in July — Added due date
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Thesis
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Thesis
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Thesis

Drive World Conference & Expo   M‑W, August 16‑18 — Postponed
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Drive-World
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Drive-World

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




Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Mar. 12):

Dept. of Defense Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) — Due dates are constantly changing http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoD-SBIR





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

Electric Cars:
Hyundai’s upcoming IONIQ 5 features 800 V system, bidirectional charging
EVs will be 10% of the US market by 2025 – but San Francisco is already past that

Autonomous Boats:
Rolls-Royce lands funding for autonomous naval technology

Sensors / AI Training / Microchips /Software for Self-Driving Vehicles:
Heavy rain hinders LiDAR sensors

Business:
The ‘Apple Car’ is actually being made by Henrik Fisker and Foxconn – and Apple has nothing to do with it

Electric Aircraft:
Stunning video shows just how quiet Joby’s eVTOL air taxi will be

Miscellaneous:
Motorcycles enter the ADAS age


Special notes:

Anyone can ask to subscribe to this newsletter by e-mail.  The form, with further information, is at this link.  Rest assured that I am not giving or selling your e-mail addresses to anyone.

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.

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Thank you for your attention.

    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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