LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 183  (Fri. 2021/04/09 13:13 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 183 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 April 2 (04/03 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 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) — Telephone no longer available – e‑mail only"
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoD-SBIR



New Events on the websites:

Intertraffic ON AIR
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Intelligent-Infra
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Intelligent-Infra

SAE CEU Course: Robotics for Autonomous Vehicle Systems Bootcamp   F, May 14 to F, July 30 (Fridays only, 9:00‑10:30 am EDT; 3:00‑4:30 pm CEST)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#C2012-21-5
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#C2012-21-5



Revised Events on the websites:

SAE CEU Course: Modern Battery Systems — the eMobility Enabler (Virtual Pre‑Conference Certification)   W‑Tu, April 7‑13 — Changed dates and added instructor
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#C2017-21-4
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#C2017-21-4

SAE CEU Course: Fundamentals of High Voltage xEV, Safety, and PPE   Th‑F, April 15‑16 — Made Virtual
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#C2001-21-4
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#C2001-21-4

Symposium on International Automotive Technology 2021   W‑F, September 29 to October 1 —Updated “Program Schedule and Topics”
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#SIAT
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#SIAT

TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo   M‑W, October 18‑20 — Postponed again and moved to Washington, DC
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#TechConnect
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#TechConnect

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles   Tu‑Th, November 2‑4 — Probably Cancelled
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#CAV-2021
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#CAV-2021

SAE CEU Course: Introduction to Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Battery Systems   Th‑F, November 4‑5 — Added Instructor
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#C0626-21-11
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#C0626-21-11




Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Mon., April 19):
The IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion 2021 (VPPC 2021)
 • Call for Special Sessions:  Proposals (3-5 pages) due Mon, Apr. 12 (re‑extended)
 • Call for Papers due Fri, Apr. 16 (moved up)
24th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation – ITSC2021   Call for Papers due Thu, Apr. 15 (extended)




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

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:
Freudenberg expands battery material testing facilities
Study reveals plunge in lithium-ion battery costs

EV Charging:
5 Steps to Effective EV Charging Infrastructure Incentives

Electric Cars:
Automakers vow to spend US$250B on U.S. electric vehicles.  Also pertains to “Business”.)

Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell Vehicles:
Project Fresson welcomes partners to fuel cell flight programme

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Autonomous vehicle market to reach $50 billion by 2040
Videos of Tesla FSD Beta   [Includes nine videos which I did review (2:20; 17:25; 15:17; 13:30; 15:22; 2:42; 16:14; 20:12; 9:25).]
Polaris and Optimus Ride are co-developing ‘fully autonomous’ low-speed shuttles

Sensors / AI Training / Microchips /Software for Self-Driving Vehicles:
What does the future hold for connected transport?  ERTICO experts discuss.

Electric Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Scooters:
Danish kit turns regular bikes into electric-assist cargo-haulers   [Includes video (3:02).]

Electric Aircraft:
Lilium’s 7-seat eVTOL is more like an air minibus than an air taxi

Miscellaneous:
It’s Not Elon Musk’s Hyperloop But Car-Clogged L.A. May Build Space-Age Monorail


OLD FUN NEWS:
For Sale:  $8M Texas Home Has 10‑Car Garage, Car‑Themed Everything
April Fools:  Remember the Time Nissan Pranked Consumers with Fake Race Cars?



Special notes:

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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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