LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 179  (Mon. 2021/03/08 22:07 EST)
Welcome to issue # 179 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 March 2 (03/03 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: The “Create the Future” Contest has reopened for 2021.  Details to follow in next Newsletter.

Other Contest:

NASA Langley Launches $20,000 UAV ‘Safeguard’ Competition (postponed due to COVID-19).



Newly-Added Item: (other than events)
None



Newly-Revised Items: (other than events)

MagLev2000 — Added InfoGraphic
http://www.LeviCar.com/#DanbyPowell

Dept. of Defense Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) — Added DARPA
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoD-SBIR



New Event on the websites:

Design News Free Webinar:  Intro to Electric Vehicle, Transportation, and Autonomous Vehicle Charging Systems   Th, March 18, 11 am to 12 noon PDT (2‑3 pm EDT)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Intro-Charging
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Intro-Charging



Revised Events on the websites:

Free Webinar:  The Lifecycle of EV Batteries & Recycling   W, March 17, 10 am–12 noon CET (6–8 am EDT) — Corrected Time – (it was my error)"
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Lifecycle
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Lifecycle

Free Webinar:  Maglev for America   F, March 19, 9‑10 am EDT — Final Link
http://www.LeviCar.com/#MagLev-for-America
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#MagLev-for-America
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#MagLev-for-America

32nd IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium – IV2021   Su‑Th, July 11‑15 — Extended Deadline for Workshop Papers
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#IV2021
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#IV2021

ZEB – Zero Emission Bus Conference 2020   W‑Th, November 17‑18 — Postponed again
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ZEB
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ZEB




Event with due dates within the next ten days (until Mar. 18):
None




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

Batteries:
Thermo Fisher Scientific’s new in-line measurement system detects battery manufacturing defects
Birmingham battery recycling facility completed

EV Charging:
Volvo XC40 Recharge Relies on Analog Devices Battery Management System   [Includes short advertising video (0:57).]
ACEA calls for the EU to target 1m EV public chargers by 2024

Electric Cars:
EVs have New Momentum, But Let’s Keep Our Eye on the Ball
Nissan claims 50% thermal efficiency, from engine for e-Power hybrid system

Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell Vehicles:
California must invest in hydrogen infrastructure to meet zero-emission goals   (OPINION; also pertains to “Governmental Affairs” and “EV Charging”.)

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Aptiv unveils new self-driving platform with wireless upgrades
Disruptive change in logistics with automated freight transport

Autonomous Boats:
U.S. Navy increasingly looks to unmanned vehicles and machine autonomy to improve maritime combat abilities

Business:
CCIR identifies key insurance issues for connected and automated vehicles

Electric Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Scooters:
OPINION:  Scooter Share Will Be a Boon for New York
Nimbus tilting EV could be the non-motorcycle you’ve been looking for

Electric Aircraft:
All-electric Spirit of Innovation makes first taxi run

Autonomous Aircraft:
Boeing’s autonomous Loyal Wingman makes debut flight   [Includes short video (0:42).]
U.S. military leaders schedule first of many counter-UAV demonstrations for April at Yuma Proving Ground

Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
ARBOC unveils Equess CHARGE™

Miscellaneous:
Elon Musk’s Boring Company gets stern dismissal from tunneling veteran: ‘Something like that doesn’t work’
European Car of the Year 2021:  Worthy, But a Worthy Winner?
Electrify America Invests Over $1.6m in STEM Programs and Workforce Development to Drive Brand-Neutral Zero Emission Vehicle Education
No One’s Talking About the Best Thing About The New USPS Mail Truck

Technical Articles and Papers:
User Perceptions of the Risks of Electric, Shared, and Automated Vehicles Remain Largely Unexplored


OLD NEWS:
Boxing Day
Academic Revolution



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.

Please forward this newsletter to anyone you might think would be interested in it, and mention subscribing to this:  Click here to subscribe, (or unsubscribe, or request back issues).

Thank you for your attention.

    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

Click here to view the list of Available Newsletters