LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 182  (Fri. 2021/04/02 10:25 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 182 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 26 (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)

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



New Events on the websites:

Transitioning to a Clean-Energy Economy; followed by a Round‑Table Discussion   Tu, April 6, 2:30‑3:30 pm EDT (11:30 am to 12:30 pm PDT)
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Transitioning
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Transitioning
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Transitioning

Battery Show (Europe):  Digital Days   Tu‑Th, May 18‑20
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Dig-Days
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Dig-Days
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Dig-Days

LDIA 2021 (The 13th International Symposium on Linear Drives for Industry Applications)   Th‑Sa, July 1‑3
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#LDIA
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#LDIA

24th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation – ITSC2021   Su‑W, September 19‑22
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ITSC
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ITSC



Revised Events on the websites:

Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo   Tu‑Th, September 14‑16 — Added Series Link
http://www.LeviCar.com/#EVTech
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#EVTech
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#EVTech

The Battery Show   Tu‑Th, September 14‑16 — Added Series Links
http://www.LeviCar.com/#BatteryShow
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#BatteryShow
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#BatteryShow

The IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion 2021 (VPPC 2021)   M‑Th, October 25‑28 — Deadline moved up (made earlier)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#VPPC
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#VPPC

25th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives, MAGLEV 2020   Th‑F, November 11‑12
— Dates set
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#MAGLEV-2020
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#MAGLEV-2020

TechConnect Europe Innovation Conference & Expo   M‑W, November 15‑17 — Added “Call-fors”
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#TechConnect-Eu
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#TechConnect-Eu



Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Mon., April 12):
The IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion 2021 (VPPC 2021)   Call for Special Sessions:  Proposals (3-5 pages) due Mon, Apr. 12 (re‑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:
After Decades of Explosions, Battery Startups Give the Green Light to Liquid and Lithium‑Metal
Redox Flow Batteries Advance as Lithium-Ion Alternative
3D-printed lithium-ion battery shows green potential
“Massless” carbon fiber battery doubles as a structural component
How EV Battery Recycling Gives Automakers a Chance to Clean Up Their Energy Storage Act
New electrode materials bring all-solid-state batteries a step closer   [Includes video (2:21).]

EV Charging:
Vehicle-Grid Integration:  Unlocking EV Value
First tidal-powered EV charging point installed in Shetland Islands
Circontrol’s new Raption 100 kW fast charger   [Includes video (1:27).]

Electric Cars:
Ultralight Watt Porsche‑356-inspired electric coupe transcends time
New Chinese Mini EV flying off the lots

Electric Trucks:
How Viable are Long-Haul Electric Trucks?
Detroit’s Empty Factories Can Help Win the E-Truck War

Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell Vehicles:
Wrightbus jobs boost will build better hydrogen buses   (Also pertains to “Electric Buses and other mass‑transit”.)

Test Facilities:
Ricardo opens Electrified Propulsion Research Centre

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Report:  China Fears Teslas Are Spying
The food delivery robots preparing us for autonomous cars

Autonomous Boats:
Royal Navy takes delivery of new robotic Madfox boat   [Includes video (1:30).]

Sensors / AI Training / Microchips /Software for Self-Driving Vehicles:
Bring Your Own Algorithm (BYOA) for Self-Driving Cars is not as Crazy as it Might Seem
Ouster:  A Very Under The Lidar Self-Driving Play
Flash!  Lidar’s next generation arrives
The Navigator:  Mapping the way to safe automated driving
Tesla Pseudo LIDAR Using Just Cameras And Imminent Acceleration of Self Driving Improvement   {Includes seven videos which I did not review.)

Business:
New Electric Vehicle Investment Roadmap
Singapore and South Korea:  Tesla Fits All Sizes in Asia
Ark Invest Believes a Tesla Robotaxi Future is the Most Likely Scenario
iPhone Assembler Foxconn Sets Up Auto Arm as Apple Car Looms   Related article:  Foxconn Considers Mexico or Wisconsin for Maiden Electric-Car Plant
Tesla walks the tightrope amid U.S.-China tension
NLRB rules against Tesla’s firing union supporter, Musk’s tweet

Electric Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Scooters:
Life With an E-Bike:  2 Years On

Electric Aircraft:
Making Quieter Drone Propellers   (Valuable information in “Comments” section.)
Talyn’s detachable lift system: A radically different eVTOL aircraft

Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
Short-loop electric bus serves as a proving ground for dynamic wireless charging   (Also pertains to “EV Charging”.)

Governmental Affairs:
Lawmakers Seek 60% EVs by 2030, Restoring Obama-Era Emissions Standards Through 2025

Miscellaneous:
Hydrofoiling P-30 e-ferry set for Stockholm launch


OLD FUN NEWS:
April Fools’ Headlines We Wish Were Real



Special notes:

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    —  Josh Levin (Dr. Zev)

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