LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 214  (Fri. 2021/10/29 17:39 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 214 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 24 (that date 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)
None


Newly-Revised Item: (other than events)
None


New Events on the websites:

INVISIBLE THREADS Preview Screening with Q&A   F, November 12, 8–11 pm EST
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Invis-Threads
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Invis-Threads

TSCW 2021 Gala Honoring Ted Rappaport   F, November 19, 6:30 – 8:30 pm EST
http://www.LeviCar.com/#Ted-Rappaport
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Ted-Rappaport



Revised Event on the websites:

25th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives, MAGLEV 2020   Th‑F, November 11‑12 — Corrected spelling
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#MAGLEV-2020
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#MAGLEV-2020




Item with due date within the next ten days (until Mon., Nov. 8):

New DoE SBIR Topics will be released Mon, Nov. 8




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:
Ford and BMW partner Solid Power demonstrates the safety of its solid-state battery tech
SAE releases recommended practice for safe battery testing
Are cylindrical cells the reason Lucid, Tesla, and Rivian lead in range?
CATL cell-to-pack tech going into Indiana-built ELMS electric van, future battery swapping too
Report:  Nickel shortage could pinch EV battery supplies, affect costs
Perfect pressure boosts high-density lithium metal battery performance
Next-gen range-boosting EV battery cathodes test mettle in race car

EV Charging:
eVersum and Rocsys partner to develop autonomous charging for eShuttles   [Includes very short, silent video (0:19).]

Electric Cars:
1,000-mile Aptera “never charge” solar-supplemented EV:  Jay Leno gets a preview   [Includes video (29:51).]
Porsche’s all-electric Taycan outsells its flagship 911 sports car
Police:  EV Charge Times Need to Be Shorter for Full Adoption
Tesla tops all other EVs in Made in America index   (Also pertains to “Business”.)

Electric Trucks:
A bevy of battery and fuel-cell electric truck reveals

Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell Vehicles:
When to Expect a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck   [Includes video (0:56).]

Clean Generation of Hydrogen:
Green hydrogen AEM electrolyser wins £1m Earthshot award
US DoE funds project turning nuclear power into green hydrogen

Electric Motors and their controllers:
Bosch debuts new CV-specific electric motor and inverter

Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
Autonomous trucking startup Locomation to collaborate with Indiana company
Why are Waymo AVs flocking to one dead end in San Francisco?
Smart Mercedes-Benz Adaptive Cruise Control Works Almost Like a Driver   [Includes video (2:23).]
Zoox to test autonomous cars on the tricky streets of Seattle

Sensors / AI Training / Microchips / Software for Self-Driving Vehicles:
Traffic-tech test bed coming to California city
Yet another generation of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving chip in the pipeline, to be produced by Samsung

Business:
Foxconn reveals three “self-developed” EVs, aims to become global automaker   (Also pertains to “Electric Vehicles in General”.)

Electric Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Scooters:
Lightweight commuter ebike designed for city life   [Includes short video (0:59).]
Stealthy range-extended Bonc bike might tempt even hardened ebike haters

Electric Aircraft:
Lilium and ABB announce MegaWatt ultra-charging system for eVTOLs   (Also pertains to “EV Charging”.)
Bell demonstrates field supply drops with autonomous APT drone   [Includes short video (0:43).]
Air targets mass production and fun with its One personal eVTOL

Electric Buses and other mass-transit (but not rail):
L.A. Metro’s G Line now fully electric
eGen Flex   (Hybrid propulsion system for buses)

Miscellaneous:
DOE awards $30 million to secure domestic supply chain of critical materials
Why automotive engineers are struggling with thermal simulation
Extending a Wankel future on hydrogen fuel


OLD NEWS:
Drop the Subject – (Part One)   We break out the wool tufts for a two-part (?) story documenting the early days of streamlining.
Drop the Subject – (Part Two)   Further precipitation.  Continuing our examination of the streamlined monopod.
Drop the Subject – (Part Three)   Raindrops keep falling – bringing our monopod history to a close.


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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