LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 190  (Fri. 2021/06/11 17:55 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 190 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 June 4 (06/05 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)

Eno Transportation Weekly
http://www.LeviCar.com/#ETW

Eno Center for Transportation
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Eno
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Eno



Newly-Revised Item: (other than events)

ITS America — Changed logo to blue
http://www.LeviCar.com/#ITS-America
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ITS-America

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



New Events on the websites:

Free Webinar:  Experience Future Mobility Now:  Up Close this  October   Th, June 17, 1:15‑2:30 pm CEST (7:15‑8:30 am EDT)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Mobility-Now
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Mobility-Now

Automotive Tech Week Europe (formerly known as TU-Automotive Europe)   M‑F, September 13‑17
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ATW-Europe
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ATW-Europe



Revised Events on the websites:

32nd IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium – IV2021   Su‑Sa, July 11‑17
— Noted “Workshop/Tutorial Day”
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#IV2021
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#IV2021

TMI (Transdisciplinary Mobility Innovation) Educational Video Competition   Su, July 4 to Th, July 22 — Deadline re-extended
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#TMI
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#TMI

AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS)   W‑F, August 11‑13 — Simplified a video link
http://www.LeviCar.com/#EATS
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#EATS
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#EATS

ITS World Congress 2021   M‑F, October 11‑15 — Added links to Webinar and Start-Ups
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ITS-World
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ITS-World

TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo   M‑W, October 18‑20 — Deadline extended
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#TechConnect
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#TechConnect




Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Mon., June 21):
Dept. of Defense Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
  SDA HQ085021S0001 -09 and -10 close on Jun. 5 at 12 noon, EDT
TMI (Transdisciplinary Mobility Innovation) Educational Video Competition Associated with previous event   Call for Videos:  Proposal Concept Write-Up due Sun, Jun. 13 (re‑extended)
Dept. of Defense Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
  JOINT DoD SBIR 21.2 / STTR 21.B and Air Force SBIR X21.2 / STTR X21.B close on Jun. 17 at 12 noon, EDT
ITS World Congress 2021   Apply to be Showcased:  Application Form due Sun, Jun. 20




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:
Compound Normally Found in Candles Lights the Way to Grid-Scale Energy Storage
Recyclable Polypeptide Battery
Electrolyte producer NOHMs Technologies becomes Sionic Energy
Li-Cycle and Ultium Cells partner to recycle battery manufacturing scrap

Supercapacitors:
Inexpensive Tin Packs a Big Punch for the Future of Supercapacitors
World’s first supercapacitor-hybrid electric motorcycle will get a chance to prove itself   [Includes video (1:50).]

EV Charging:
Five new DC fast charging hubs planned for convenience stores in central New York state

Electric Motors and their controllers:
Color-changing dye could warn of motor failure in electric cars
A closer look at axial flux motors
Here’s why Ford nixed in-wheel motors in F‑150 Lightning electric truck

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
TuSimple’s autonomous truck cuts 10 hours off 900‑mile trek across the US

Business:
Apple and Tesla have a lot of similarities; it-’s no coincidence
Ford Electric Vehicle 2021-2025.  (Also pertains to “Electric Vehicles in General”.)

Electric Aircraft:
Within 3 years, you could take an air taxi to your meeting
Kelekona proposes colossal 40-seater mass transport eVTOL aircraft   [Includes video (0:57).]
NASA at the forefront of electric airplane development
Related:  Interesting NASA Video on Electric Planes (YouTube 4:10)
    and:   Video:  Explanation of smaller wings and multiple engines (YouTube 0:59)

Autonomous Aircraft:
eHang promises huge range with its new autonomous eVTOL air taxi   (Includes slideshow.)


OLD NEWS:
Three-Part Series about Jaguar:  Last of England [2] [3]




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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