LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 180 (Mon. 2021/03/22 12:17 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 180 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.
I'M BACK!! This newsletter has been in abeyance for too long, because my website
was being migrated, and my ISP had some difficulties. They have not officially declared the migration process
to have been completed, but everything looks good.
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 8
(03/09 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 is open for 2021. Click
here. For my own entries for 2019-20, click at: http://www.LeviCar.com/#CreateFuture.
Other Contest:
NASA Langley Launches $20,000 UAV ‘Safeguard’ Competition
(postponed due to COVID-19).
Newly-Added Items: (other than events)
The Engineer (UK)
http://www.LeviCar.com/#The-Engineer
Battery Technology
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Battery-Technology
Tech Briefs
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Tech-Briefs
Military and Aerospace Electronics
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Mil-Aerospace
Mass Transit Magazine
http://www.LeviCar.com/#MassTransit
Manuafacuting.net
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Manufacturing-net
Design News
http://www.LeviCar.com/#DesignNews
Business Insider
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Business-Insider
Seeking -Alpha
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Seeking-Alpha
Newly-Revised Items: (other than events)
2GreenEnergy — Added Subscription Link
http://www.LeviCar.com/#2GreenEnergy
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#2GreenEnergy
Green Car Reports — Changed graphic; Added Subscription Notice
http://www.LeviCar.com/#GreenCarReports
ITS America — Noted that this is “Highly Recommended”
http://www.LeviCar.com/#ITS-America
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ITS-America
Hybrid Cars — Added Subscription Notice
http://www.LeviCar.com/#HybridCars
Green Living Guy — Added Subscription Notice
http://www.LeviCar.com/#GreenLivingGuy
Create-the-Future Contest — Open for 2021
http://www.LeviCar.com/#CreateFuture
New Events on the websites:
Charged Mgazine’s April 2021 Conference Sessions M‑W, April 19‑21
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Charged-2021
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Charged-2021
Transportation Finance Summit M‑W, April 19‑21
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Summit
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Summit
Free Virtual workshop on V2H-V2G & Smart Mobility Management Th‑F, August 12‑13,
` 4:30 to 6:00 pm EDT
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Smart-Mobility
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Smart-Mobility
Revised Events on the websites:
AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)
W‑F, August 11‑13 — Made Virtual
http://www.LeviCar.com/#EATS
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#EATS
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#EATS
AIAA/IEEE EATS Students Design Competition/Challenge 2021 Th‑F, August 12‑13
— Made Virtual
http://www.LeviCar.com/#EATS-SDC
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#EATS-SDC
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#EATS-SDC
Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Thu., April 1):
The IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion 2021 (VPPC 2021)
Call for Special Sessions: Proposals (3-5 pages) due Mon, Mar. 22
(extended) (today; might be extended)
ISMB 17:
17th International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings
Call for Papers: Abstracts or Full Papers due Thu, Apr. 1
(extended)
IN THE NEWS (Notice that the criteria for this are much broader than for PROACCTIVE.info):
It has become to difficult to maintain this section. What I would like you all to do is to check my list of blogs
and bulletins, currently at http://www.LeviCar.com/#Group-B
and look at any of those that you think are interesting, and subscribe them if you wish – most of the subscriptions
are free. This way, you can keep up-to-date. I shall continue to post links to exceptional articles in the
newsletter, as well as articles from sources not on the list.
Later, I plan to separate out this list into a standalone webpage.
Batteries:
Tesla Current 10-30% Battery Cost Advantage is Still Improving
[Includes long video (12:28).]
Experimental microsphere anodes triple capacity of lithium batteries
GM sees lithium-metal battery tech as a next step for more range, lower cost
Nissan gives first-gen Leaf EV batteries new life in robot helpers
Battery Factories Predicting EV Market Share in 2030
[Includes two videos, a long one (1:55:45) which I did not review, and a shorter one (5:42).]
Battery tech firm E‑magy raises €5 million in new funding round
(Also pertains to “Business”.)
EV Charging:
The shift to electric vehicles must now prioritize charging stations
(Also pertains to “Governmental Affairs”.)
Virtual Peaker adds utility integration to FLO’s charging stations
Photovoltaics:
Lightyear closes $48-million funding round, aims to deliver solar-powered EV this year
(Also pertains to “Business”.)
Electric Cars:
Hidden Tesla Tricks Every EV Fan Should Know
(Includes several videos.)
Electric Trucks:
Canoo Introduces a Cute Little Electric Pickup Truck
Economic Boom From Faster and Cheaper Movement of Goods
OX Proposes to Offer Clean Mobility to Everyone, Everywhere
Electric Vehicles in General:
GM says U.S. should extend consumer, investment tax credits to boost electric vehicles
(OPINION; also pertains to “Governmental Affairs” and “Business”.)
Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell Vehicles:
AeroDelft’s Phoenix rising as the world’s first liquid-hydrogen aircraft
[Includes video (49:59) that I did not review.]
Clean Generation of Hydrogen:
★
H2Pro’s dollar-a-kilo green hydrogen: a 20-year leap in clean energy?
[Includes video (1:28).]
Test Facilities:
Comment: Addressing the challenges of future automotive testing
Electric Motors and their controllers:
Measuring technology provides the key for series production in e-mobility
Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Cruise acquires Voyage in another autonomous vehicle merger
(Also pertains to “Business”.)
NHTSA to Investigate Tesla-Semi Crash
Sensors / AI Training / Microchips /Software for Self-Driving Vehicles:
How a Bike Safety Bot Became a Building Block for Computer Engineers
(Asks for your e‑mail to set up a free account.)
Business:
The Perils Of Chasing Innovation
America’s Battery-Powered Car Hopes Ride on Lithium. One Producer Paves the Way.
(Paywalled)
Electric Aircraft:
Rolls-Royce To Power Vertical’s eVTOL
[Includes short, silent video (0:45).]
‘STARC-ABL’: NASA’s Turboelectric Concept Aircraft
[Includes short video (1:23).]
Autonomous Aircraft:
Multibillion Race for Commercial VTOL Air Taxis
(Includes several videos.)
Unmanned combat aircraft flies for first time in Australia as part of the Boeing Loyal Wingman project
Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
UK Plans Green Modernization of Buses
Wisconsin: How will Racine’s new electric buses keep riders
warm in Wisconsin’s winters? With diesel fuel, oddly enough
OPINION:
Escaping Technology Stagnation and Reaching True Technology Acceleration
[Includes long video (23:53).]
Governmental Affairs:
Congress considers mandating all-electric USPS trucks, amid contract controversy
California bill would require all self-driving vehicles to be zero emission by 2025
Florida legislature proposes a yearly tax on EV owners – again
Miscellaneous:
Future Happening Now – Trillions in Flying Cars, Quantum Computers, EVs
Libertarians want to make New Hampshire a flying car mecca
Mobility Expert: Ban Non-Autonomous Vehicles From Smart Cities
BMW wants to make you FEEL THINGS with its new AI assistant
[Includes video (8:03) that I did not review due to technical difficulties.]
OLD NEWS:
Boxing Day
Looking as if it has driven straight out of a Syd Mead rendering,
the Brubaker Box’s base is as ubiquitous as it is humble
Academic Revolution A totally new kind of Lancia.
Special notes:
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— Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)