LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 185 (Mon. 2021/04/19 22:24 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 185 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 14
(04/15 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 E-Mail and Instructions links
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoD-SBIR
New Events on the websites:
3rd European Conference on Connected and Automated Driving — EUCAD 2021
Tu‑Th, April 20‑22
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#EUCAD
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#EUCAD
Electric Truck Bootcamp, a 10‑part educational series on electric trucks Tu, April 20 to Tu, August 24
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ElecTruck-BootCamp
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ElecTruck-BootCamp
Revised Event on the websites:
The IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion 2021 (VPPC 2021) M‑Th, October 25‑28 —
Papers Deadline Extended
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#VPPC
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#VPPC
Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Thu., April 29):
The IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion 2021 (VPPC 2021)
Call for Special Sessions: Proposals (3-5 pages) due Mon, Apr. 19
(extended yet again)
Dept. of Defense Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
• DARPA HR001121S0007 -01 thru -05 will close on Tue, Apr. 20, 12 noon EDT
• ARMY SBIR 21.4 -04 will close on Wed, Apr. 21, 12 noon EDT
• DARPA HR001121S0007 -07 will be open Thu, Apr. 22 to Tue, May 25, 12 noon EDT
• SBIR 21.2 / STTR 21.B will be open for preview (pre-release) from Wed, Apr. 21
24th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation – ITSC2021
Call for Papers due Tue, Apr. 20
(final extension)
International Conference on Ecology and Transportation (ICOET)
Call for Abstracts due Fri, Apr. 23
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:
Panasonic bets on Tesla ‘beer can’ battery to unlock US$25,000 EVs
EV Charging:
Tritium adds Plug-and-Charge capabilities to its RT50 chargers via software update/
Examining the feasibility of battery exchange for long-distance electric trucks
Photovoltaics:
Carbon dots made from hair boost stability of perovskite solar cells
Electric Vehicles in General:
Turning Tides: The new wave of e-boats taking to the seas
Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Police say no one was in driver’s seat in fatal Tesla crash
Sensors / AI Training / Microchips /Software for Self-Driving Vehicles:
Understanding Fruit Fly Behavior May be Next Step Toward Autonomous Vehicles
Business:
EVs May Have Short Ranges, but NIO Stock Has a Lot Further To Go
Electric Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Scooters:
★
Segway announces ultra-futuristic Apex H2 hydrogen-powered motorcycle.
(Also pertains to “Hydrogen‑Fuel‑Cell Vehicles”.)
Electric Aircraft:
UPS plans to start deliveries via eVTOL in 2024
Electric Buses and other mass-transit:
Ultra Light Rail Claims Lower Risk and Lower Cost than Traditional Light Rail
Miscellaneous:
Automakers Want Aid Set Aside for Car-Grade U.S. Chip Production
Technical Articles and Papers:
New battery modeling whitepaper: download now for free
OLD NEWS:
Virtue From Necessity (Part One)
Sunk Cat Bias
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)