LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 181 (Fri. 2021/03/26 16:15 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 181 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 22
(that date 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 Item: (other than events)
None
Newly-Revised Item: (other than events)
MagneticGlide — Added Link to Recap of Webinar
http://www.LeviCar.com/#MagneticGlide
New Event on the websites:
High-Speed Rail Conference W‑Th, April 7‑8
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#HSR-Conf-2021
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#HSR-Conf-2021
Revised Events on the websites:
ISMB 17: 17th International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings W‑Sa, August 18‑21
— Made Virtual
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ISMB-17
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ISMB-17
The IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion 2021 (VPPC 2021) M‑Th, October 25‑28 —
Special-Session-Proposals Deadline Re‑Extended
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#VPPC
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#VPPC
Event with due dates within the next ten days (until Mon., April 5):
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:
Ark Invest Forecasts Quality $18000 EV in 2025
[Includes a long video (21:39) which I did not review.]
EV Charging:
Electric vehicle subscription service Onto partners up with Shell
Charging technology needs to be more accessible says research
(That is, accessible for handicapped people.)
Rivian’s Adventure Network will include 3,500 exclusive DC fast chargers
Clean Generation of Hydrogen:
BP plans 1GW ‘blue’ hydrogen project at Teesside
Catalyst Generates Hydrogen Fuel While Cleaning Up Wastewater
Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
★
Watch Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Mode Steer Toward Oncoming Highway Traffic
DOT study predicts no mass layoffs from driverless trucks
Sensors / AI Training / Microchips /Software for Self-Driving Vehicles:
Coming soon: Smart tires that could help you drive better
Business:
Investors love electric cars. They’re starting to like Volkswagen, too
Opinion: How investors can get the measure of green projects (UK)
(OPINION; also pertains to “Governmental Affairs”.)
Governmental Affairs:
★
Buttigieg: Biden plan will usher in a new transportation era
★
Chuck Schumer wants to replace every gas car in America with an electric vehicle
(See also Schumer’s NYT Op‑Ed:
Chuck Schumer: A Bold Plan for Clean Cars.
Also pertains to “Electric Cars”.)
The US House’s Clean Future Act is loaded with pro-EV policies
High-speed rail would get $205B boost via new bill
Report: Tesla lobbied for higher taxes on gas and diesel vehicles in the UK
Tesla priced out of new UK list for EV subsidies
Rising U.S. Lithium Industry: A Potential Quandary For Environmental Activists
OLD NEWS:
Everything to the Front
Fessia and Issigonis. Great minds?
The Disappointment of Success
Andrew recalls a brief heyday for tin-tops.
Special notes:
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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)