LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 198 (Mon. 2021/08/02 20:51 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 198 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 July 26
(07/27 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” 2021 Contest is open for voting only 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)
Interactive Guide to EV Charging Stations — Added Automobile energy costs for each state
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Choose-Energy-RT
Dept. of Defense Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) —
ARMY SBIR 21.4 -041 Added
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoD-SBIR
New Event on the websites:
The European Startup Prize for Mobility (4th edition)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#StartUpPrize
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#StartUpPrize
Revised Event on the websites:
None
Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Thu., August 12):
TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo
Call for Posters: Abstracts due Fri, Aug. 6
DoD SBIR/STTR Programs
DARPA HR001121S0007 -18 and -19 will close at Tue, Aug. 10, 12 noon EDT.
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:
Reduce battery weight by using these state-of-the-art TIM (Thermal-Interface-Material) products
Most EVs for US sale have American-made batteries
Disruptive iron-air grid-scale battery is 10% the cost of lithium
Laser bonding can cut battery assembly costs by 50% (Whitepaper)
Using bacteria to recover precious metals from EV batteries
Tight Battery Market Is Next Test for EVs After Chip Crisis
EV Charging:
Rivian to install charging stations at all 56 Tennessee state parks
Wireless EV charging via highway pavement to be tested in Indiana
Electric Trucks:
Will the game-changing Tesla Semi really go into production this year?
Electric Vehicles in General:
REE Automotive plans 2023 production of delivery van, people mover
Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell Vehicles:
★
Engineering an Aircraft Hydrogen Powertrain
Electric Motors and their controllers:
Mercedes-Benz acquires motor technology firm YASA
Electric Aircraft:
Aurora mulls replacing traditional control surfaces on electric aircraft with actuators or effectors
MagLev:
Japan and China Race to Faster Maglev Trains
Miscellaneous:
EGEB: Switching only 20% of US school buses to electric is a missed opportunity
[UK]
Government launches Innovation Strategy
Press Release – Fit for 55 Package: A Promising Starting Point for the Future of E‑mobility in Europe
New device offers advanced protection for high voltage circuits in EVs
[Includes video (3:31).]
Hyperloop could be the ‘missing link’ between rail and aviation
Talgo and Repsol to develop fuel cell trains powered by renewable hydrogen
(Spanish firm plans to generate hydrogen from biowaste.)
CA: Democrats in California and DC clash over how state’s high-speed rail should be powered
OLD FUN NEWS:
Tesla Autopilot Mistakes Moon for Yellow Traffic Light
(Does AI beat Real Stupidity?)
OLD NEWS:
From A to B
Born in the USA
(The Euro-pick-up truck is unwell.)
Heroic Failure
(A noble project to mobilise rural India safely, the Tata
Nano was a failure. Today we examine the reasons why.)
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Yeoman of the Guard
(The Toyota Hilux: Never knowingly underestimated.)
Bulletproof, Baby
(The art of protection.)
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)