LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 193 (Fri. 2021/07/02 20:03 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 193 of the LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter.
This is a special one-day issue, becasue a lot of deadlines were extended.
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 July 1
(07/02 only).
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 Items: (other than events)
Create-the-Future Contest — Deadline extended Until July 5
http://www.LeviCar.com/#CreateFuture
Dept. of Defense Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) —
Minor changes to text
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoD-SBIR
New Event on the websites:
None
Revised Events on the websites:
Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2020‑Fall M‑Th, September 27‑30
— Deadlines extended
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#VTC-Fall
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#VTC-Fall
The IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion 2021 (VPPC 2021) M‑Th, October 25‑28
— Deadlines extended
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#VPPC
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#VPPC
Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Mon., July 12):
DoDSBIR/STTR Programs
• ARMY SBIR 21.4 -036 will be open until Wed, Jul. 7, 12 noon EDT.
• ARMY SBIR 21.4 -037 will be open until Wed, Jul. 7, 12 noon EDT.
• DARPA HR001121S0007 -10 will be open until Wed, Jul. 7, 12 noon EDT.
• HR001121S0007 -18 and -19 will open to new proposals on Wed, Jul. 7, 12 noon EDT.
Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2020‑Fall
• Call for Recent-Result Papers: Oral or poster presentation with Proceedings Paper, or Demo with
Short Paper due Sun, Jul. 11
(extended)
• Call for Workshop Papers due Sun, Jul. 11
(extended)
The IEEE Vehicular Power and Propulsion 2021 (VPPC 2021)
• Call for Recent Results: Full Paper due Mon, Jul. 12
(extended)
• Call for Special Events: Proposals due Mon, Jul. 12
(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:
Ultra-high purity lithium salt, LiFSI, facilitates high performance in advanced battery technology
(Sponsored content; very technical.)
Real-time view of lithium ions in motion opens door to next-gen batteries
EV startup Canoo has a structural battery—but it’s not Tesla’s approach
Electric Cars:
Fisker teases more power, unique clutch for Ocean EV as production agreement signed
Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell Vehicles:
Hopium rolls out a prototype of its handsome hydrogen-powered sedan
[Includes promotional video (1:55).]
Gaussin’s skateboard for hydrogen trucks promises 500-mile range
[Includes video (1:10).]
Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Karpathy Talks Tesla FSD Technical Details
[Includes two videos (9:42) and (20:41) that I did not review.]
Business:
Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics, maker of Spot the robotic dog
[Includes promotional video (1:00).]
Electric Aircraft:
US Air Force partners with Electra on ultra-short takeoff aircraft
Technical Articles and Papers:
Form to fill out to download paper on:
Introduction to Self-Driving Software
Special notes:
Anyone can ask to subscribe to this newsletter by e-mail. The form, with further information,
is at this link.
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)