LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 204  (Fri. 2021/09/03 16:58 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 204 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 August 30 (08/31 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)

Bankrate’s guide to Electric-Car Insurance — Added EFTs
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Bankrate



Newly-Revised Item: (other than events)
None



New Events on the websites:

TRB Webinar:  Innovations in Using Vehicle Probe, Connected Vehicles, and Cellular Data   M, September 27, 2:00 to 3:30 pm EDT
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Probe
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Probe

TRB Free Webinar:  TRID and Reference Management Software   Tu, September 28, 2 to 3 pm EDT
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Ref-Management
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Ref-Management



Revised Events on the websites:
None



Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Mon., September 13):
SysCon 2022 (16th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference)   Call for Special Sessions:  Proposals due  Fri, Sep. 3
TechConnect Europe Innovation Conference & Expo
 • Call for Presentation:  Abstracts (300 words max.) due  Fri, Sep. 3 (extended)
 • Innovation Showcase:  Innovations due Fri, Sep. 10
DoD SBIR/STTR Programs — DARPA HR001121S0007 -23 thru -26 will be open for submissions Thu, Sep. 9
TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo   Call for Posters:  Abstracts due Mon, Sep. 13 (re‑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:
World EV Batteries over 105 GWh for First Half of 2021   (Also pertains to “Business …”.)
Tesla Overcoming 4680 Production Hell   [Includes video (6:46) that I did not review.]
Sensor Can Detect Valuable Rare Earth Element from Unique Sources
Battery swapping specialist Ample raises $160 million in Series‑C funding

EV Charging:
Comment:  How EVs will drive the flexibility market   (Also pertains to “Business …”.)
Marquardt’s new E-Lock charge plug locking system
German firm pioneering first concrete road to be able to charge electric cars as they travel
Fermata’s Two-Way V2G EV Charger Project Confirms Load-Balancing Benefits
Edinburgh starts wireless charging project   [Includes video (8:11) that I did not review.]

Electric Cars:
These are the 9 Best Electric Vehicles for Efficiency Available in the US   (Slide Show)
Subaru Confirms Mid-2022 Arrival for Solterra EV, Gives Glimpse Inside

Electric Trucks:
Bollinger announces new skateboard platforms for Class 3, 4 and 5 commercial EVs
UK auto industry calls for clear zero emission HGV plan

Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell Vehicles:
Toyota will make hydrogen fuel-cell modules in the US starting in 2023

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Waymo’s self-driving Jaguar I-Pace electric cars are ready for passengers   (“Recent studies indicate Americans don’t have a lot of confidence in self-driving cars, and don’t care much about the branding of autonomous vehicles, but that hasn’t stopped Waymo and other companies from trying to commercialize the technology.”)
California:  After riding in several driverless cars, how does Waymo’s latest compare?
Self-driving electric shuttle heading to Whitby GO as part of Metrolinx’s AV pilot project

Sensors / AI Training / Microchips /Software for Self-Driving Vehicles:
Rainbow road sign film would be easier for autonomous vehicles to read

Business:
Audi Sees Electric Vehicles as Profitable as Combustion-Engine Equivalents in Three Years   (Also pertains to “Electric Cars”.)
Tesla wants to sell electricity in Texas
Brian Wang and Warren Redlich Talk the Future of Car Companies   (See also Which Car Companies Will Go Bankrupt First? from Newletter #203.)
Comparing Tesla BYD Nio Xpeng and Li Auto
Tesla advances goal of selling vehicles in challenging India market

Electric Aircraft:
Flying car completes 35-minute test flight between cities   [Includes video (2:59).  This same video also appears in a related article, Klein Vision’s transforming AirCar makes first inter-city flight from Newsltetter # 192.]
Seaglider:  This boat-plane hybrid could transform inter-city commutes
US Air Force showcases 35 high-speed VTOL aircraft concepts

Autonomous Aircraft:
Urban Air Mobility:  Targeting autonomous flight operations from the beginning

Miscellaneous:
DNV warns electrification ‘not enough’ to meet net zero


Technical Articles and Papers:
Click to download whitepaper:  Moving to higher voltages in EVs:  The implications on capacitor selection


OLD NEWS:
Death Of A Clown   The Exeo was an attempt at a D-segment offering on the cheap, but was the joke on SEAT?.
If a Thousand Clarinets   Creative design and solid engineering count for little when the regime looks in the opposite direction.
Migratory Species   Birdwatching – of a kind.  The relevant authorities have been notified..



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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