LeviCar / PROACCTIVE / Lulue Newsletter # 216 (Fri. 2021/11/05 14:45 EDT)
Welcome to issue # 216 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 November 1
(11/02 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)
DoD SBIR/STTR Programs — Added Announcement
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#DoD-SBIR
New Events on the websites:
Free Webinar: Centering Equity and Resilience in School Bus Electrification
Tu, November 9, 10‑11 am PST (1‑2 pm EST)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Centering
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Centering
Free Online Conference: ElectrifyNow: Which role for electrification in the Green Deal?
W, November 17, 9 am to 1 pm CET (3–7 am EST)
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#ElectrifyNow
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#ElectrifyNow
FORTH Roadmap Conference W‑Th, June 29‑30
http://www.PROACCTIVE.info/#Roadmap
http://www.LeviCar.com/LULUE.php#Roadmap
Revised Event on the websites:
None
Events with due dates within the next ten days (until Mon., November 15):
New DoE SBIR Topics will be released Mon, Nov. 8
DoD SBIR/STTR Programs —
DARPA HR001121S0007 -28 will open until Wed, Nov. 10, 12 noon EST
FORTH Roadmap Conference
Call for Proposals due Fri, Nov. 12
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:
This company is earning money with second-life Nissan LEAF batteries
[Includes video (4:01) with open captioning, so you don't need closed captioning.]
HIU researchers develop high-energy-density lithium metal cell with good stability
(HIU=“Helmholtz Institute Ulm” and Albert Einstein was born in Ulm.)
Using recycled cathodes makes better lithium batteries, study finds
Battery life predicted with resistance measurement
EV Charging:
GM is looking to its dealerships to deploy destination chargers in communities
Great Scott! 1.21 Gigawatts of Charging Power for Porsche Taycan Drivers
[Includes two videos (1:00) and (3:15).]
Study: Charging Up EVs Costs More Than Filling Up Gas Tanks
Electric Cars:
Tesla Model Y Lower Cost of Ownership Versus Toyota Corolla
Electric Motors and their controllers:
Marposs’s LT400 system performs high-voltage tests with partial discharge measurements
Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Delivery Robots:
NTSB Chair Wants Tesla to Limit Where Autopilot Can Operate
(Also pertains to “Governmental Action”)
Sensors / AI Training / Microchips / Software for Self-Driving Vehicles:
Opsys Tech demos cost-effective solid-state lidar-module prototypes
Autonomy’s computing edge
(More info about Edge Computing at
AI and Vision at the Edge from Newsletter # 125. “Edge AI” = AI algorithms processed locally on a
hardware device.)
Business:
Drivers are Interested in Electric Cars. Dealers Don’t Know How to Sell Them
(Paywalled.)
Electric Aircraft:
Unique Aussie box-wing eVTOL promises radical efficiency and huge range
(Also pertains to “Hydrogen‑Fuel‑Cell Vehicles”,
as they plan to use H2 to get that “Huge Range”)
Brazilian airline orders 250 eVTOL aircraft
MagLev:
Video: Hyperloop: The Future of Travel
(1:14)
Miscellaneous:
Solar power tech could help produce next generation synthetic fuels
Special notes:
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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)