LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 213 (Mon. 2021/10/25 17:16 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 213 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 October 12
(10/13 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 closed. 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)
Global Electric-Vehicle Association
http://www.LeviCar.com/#GEVA
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#GEVA
Newly-Revised Items: (other than events)
DoT SBIR Dept. of Transportation Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) solicitation
— Added “Next”
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoE-SBIR
DoD SBIR/STTR Programs — Added Announcement
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoD-SBIR
New Events on the websites:
Sustainable Innovation Forum M‑W, November 8‑10
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Sust-Innov
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Sust-Innov
Transport Innovation Summit M‑F, November 15‑19, 9 am to 8 pm
CET each day (3 am to 2 pm EST)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#TIS
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#TIS
AVERE E-Mobility Conference 2021 M‑Tu, December 13‑14
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#AEC-21
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#AEC-21
Revised Events on the websites:
Transportation Camp Unconference — Corrected Spelling
http://www.LeviCar.com/#T-Camp-PGH
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#T-Camp-PGH
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#T-Camp-PGH
The European Startup Prize for Mobility (4th edition) Prize Ceremony
M, March 28, 4:00–6:30 pm CEST — Changed Time Zone
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#StartUpPrize
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#StartUpPrize
Items with due date within the next ten days (until Thu., Nov. 4):
DoD SBIR/STTR Programs
• DARPA HR001121S0007 -29 and -30 will open on Tue, Oct. 26, 12 noon EDT (tomorrow)
• Army SBIR -42, -43, and -44 will open on Tue, Oct. 26, 12 noon EDT, and direct
contact with Topic Authors will end (tomorrow)
• DARPA HR001121S0007 -27 will close on Thu, Oct. 28, 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:
Rivian intends to make its own batteries, hints at future European plant
Northvolt to invest $750 million to expand Swedish battery lab
Peat might lower cost of sodium-ion batteries for EVs, research suggests
LG will pay GM $1.9B for Chevy Bolt EV battery recall
Europe’s carmakers face raw material bottleneck for EV batteries
EV Charging:
Report: Ford is sending “charge angels” to infrastructure trouble spots
(“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” – Henry Ford.)
BYD and Levo Mobility collaborate to finance and deploy up to 5,000 V2G-equipped EVs
Electric Cars:
DuPont Debuts Centers of Excellence for Automotive Electrification
[Includes video (1:36).]
Choose Your Preferred EV Solution: 2022 BMW iX Crossover or i4 Sport Sedan
[Includes two videos (4:18) and (10:37) that I only partially viewed.]
Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell Vehicles:
HyPoint partners With BASF to develop hydrogen Fuel cell membranes for aviation
Clean Generation of Hydrogen:
Study to assess industrial scale green hydrogen production at Flotta
Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
How Verification and Validation Can Create a Comprehensive Digital Twin to Design Tomorrow”s Self-Driving Cars Today
Lucid Says Air Sedan Will Be First Car in U.S. to Use Lidar
★
GM announces door-to-door Ultra Cruise ADAS
Self-Driving Off-Road Machinery:
Israelis to Display Latest Unmanned Battle Vehicle in Washington
(IDF = Israel Defense Forces)
Sensors / AI Training / Microchips / Software for Self-Driving Vehicles:
Deep Dive: Why Hardware and Vehicle Emulation Testing for ADAS/ADS Are so Important
Business:
How automotive giants are transforming into tech companies
Electric Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Scooters:
VanMoof V dual-motor ebike will have a top speed of over 30 mph
Expert Q&A: e-scooters and the micromobility challenge
Dual-drive Electrom pedal-electric streamliner enters production
[Includes video (3:17).]
Solar bike dump (Imgur)
Electric Aircraft:
With NASA partnership, Orlando begins planning for air taxis, flying cars
Volocopter’s massive cargo drone lifts off in public for the first time
[Includes video (0:48).]
Miscellaneous:
UK’s future force to lean heavily into robotics, AI and hybrid power
OLD NEWS:
Pop-Up Headlights
Part 2
A collection of pop-up headlights.
Pop-Up Headlights
Different set.
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)