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Test Sampler: Today is Mon., December 9
Antecedents & Allies
MagLev2000 (Danby-Powell)
Legacy Link
Gordon T. Danby, Ph.D.
James R. Powell, Ph.D.
Books:
Fight for Maglev (book)  
Fight for Maglev (2012)
Maglev America (book)  
Maglev America (2013)
Silent Earth (book)  
Silent Earth (2016)
InfoGraphic Poster:
InfoGraphic
Logo of the Advanced Energy Research & Technology Center
Conference Paper:  Energy Efficiency and Economics of Maglev Transport (pdf 22pp 1½MB), Stony Brook, NY  2008
Slides (pdf 18pp 3½MB)
  Diagram from the Talk
Jesse Powell talks history of MagLev,  2016 March 16 (49:21)
  Diagram Showing Problems with Hyperloop
… and how this impacts Hyperloop,  2018 July 24 (33:59)
  168.08
DoE document: How Maglev Works,  2016 June 14
(Based on a version of Danby & Powell First‑Generation MagLev)
  264
Maglev Trains with Ernest Fazio – Enviro Close‑Up with Karl Grossman (28:00)
broadcast 2019 February 23; 4:00 pm EST
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MagneticGlide – Interstate MagLev Project

Welcome Page

Video (5:40)

Older Videos: (7:51); (1:54)
MagneticGlide – Interstate MagLev Project
Recap of Jim Jordan’s presentation:  The Power of Maglev
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Readiness Resource Group
Readiness Resource Group
Energy and Transport Solutions
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Proposed Nevada Test Facility
SUMMIT
Superconducting Maglev Multi Integrated Testing Facility
(proposed for construction in Nevada)
for building and testing MagLev systems for passenger and freight transportation, energy storage, and water transport.
Slides
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Maglev Strategies
“…premium maglev consulting…”
Maglev Strategies
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Jim Powell’s Space-MagLev Launcher
StarTram illustration
Wikipedia Article

Ecomodernist: Space – Audio Podcast with Dr. Powell; plus futurist Isaac Arthur; and former astronaut Dr. Franklin Chang Diaz, now CEO of a rocket company
Ecomodernist Space
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More books by James R. Powell
7 Big Projects for a Better World (book)
7 Big Projects for a Better World: Can We Avoid Extinction?
Spaceship Earth: How Long Before We Crash? (book)
Spaceship Earth: How Long Before We Crash?
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THE Revolutionary Dualmode Transportation System by Francis D. Reynolds, PE
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Magic Highway (partial)
Magic Highway USA, Disney, 1958  (Animated, with intro. by Walt Disney himself  9:03)
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Protean
Pioneering In‑Wheel Motors

Technical Overview

Latest Thinking

Contact
Protean In-Wheel Motor
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Porsche-P1
First-ever Modular Electric Car
by Ferdinand Porsche (1898)

Associations
A More Complete List is available at

Associations   PROACCTIVE
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“Battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles for the public to drive today.”
Plug In America
Consumer Services from Plug In America
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Electric Drive Transportation Association
“Promoting electric drive technologies and infrastructure”
Consumer Services from EDTA
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Electric Auto Association
“Promoting Electric Vehicles Since 1967”
Electric Auto Association
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Global Electric-Vehicle Association
Global EV Alliance
“… of National Electric Drivers’ Associations from Around the Globe”
News
Contact Page
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International Energy Agency
Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Technology Collaboration Programme
Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Technology Collaboration Programme
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Electric Mobility Canada
Electric Mobility Canada
Accelerating Electric Transportation
Events
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Electrification Coalition
Accelerate the Adoption of Plugin Electric Vehicles to improve our National and Economic Security.
Electric Mobility Canada
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Transp. Research Board
Transportation Research Board
Video: Your Future in Transportation (YouTube 5:39)
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International Maglev Board
Conferences
International Maglev Board

Energy and Environment
Rocky Mountain Institute
Reinventing Fire
“… to create a clean, prosperous, and secure … future.”
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Center for Sustainable Energy
“Accelerting the Transition to a Sustainable World Powered by Clean Energy”
Apply to Receive Newsletter
Center for Sustainable Energy
Caret – platform for designing and optimizing EV incentive programs
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Blue-Green alliance
“Good Jobs, Clean Environment, Green Economy”

PRT / Pods Associations
Advance Transit Association

“Leveraging advanced transit to improve mobility”
Advance Transit Association
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PodCar.org / Harris Blvd.
PodCar.org

“New frontiers of mobility in the digital age.”
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PodCarCity.org
“Innovative Mobility in the Era of Automation.”

Monorails
Monorail Society
The Monorail Society

“This unique method of transportation is NOT just for theme parks and zoos!”
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International Monorail Association

“The interest in monorails continues at an all time high”
International Monorail Association

Conventional High-Speed Rail
BiModal Glideway (detail)
US High-Speed-Rail Association
“21st Century Transportation for America”
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High Speed Rail Alliance
“Fast, Frequent, and Affordable”
What is High-Speed Rail?
What We Do
Get Involved
Contact

“Academics”
List of Educational and Research Institutions is at

Educational & Research Institutions   PROACCTIVE

Blogs & Bulletins
EVisioneer Cap
@EVisioneer – Bill Moore’s Twitter Feed
EV-World (Podcasts)
LinkedIn
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2GreenEnergy.com
Clean-Energy Investment Opportunities
2GreenEnergy
Newsletter-subscription link
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NewAtlas
“Extraordinary ideas moving the world forward.”
Free subscription
Paid subscription
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Green Car Reports
Green Car Reports
“Cleaner Greener Driving”

Newsletter-subscription link at upper-right corner of main page
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Electric Cars UK
“… the definitive electric car website.”
Electric Cars UK
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Electric Cars Report
Electric Cars Report
“Charge the Future”
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CHARGED Electric Vehicles Magazine
Apply for a Free Subscription
Charged
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Transport Evolved
Informational website from the UK
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Intelligent Transportation Systems Society of America
Newsletter Subscription (“Highly Recommended”)
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HybridCars
Buying guide for Hybrid & Electric Cars
Hybrid Cars
Newsletter-subscription link at right side of main page
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Important Media
Important Media
“You, your health, and the health of our world”
EVObsession
“… a future that’s combustion‑free.”
EV Obsession
Gas2 Blog
“Bridging the gap between gear heads and green heads.”
Cleantech News
Solar – Wind – EV
Cleantech News
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Ecomodernist Podcast
EcoModernist Podcasts
“nursing Earth back to health”
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GreenLivingGuy
Green living expert, living green magazine, tips
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Writings of Alan Ohnsman

“I track technology-driven changes that reshape how we get around …”
Ohnsman
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Beedham
All articles by Matthew Beedham

“Matthew is the editor of SHIFT.  He likes electric cars, and other things with wheels, wings, or hulls.”
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Writings of Edson Farnell

Everything Drivers Need to Know About Hybrid Vehicles
PartsGeek
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DTW
Driven To Write
“Still The World’s Least-Influential Motoring Site”
      Driven to Explain
Site Guidelines
How To Post Articles
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The Engineer
Newsletter-subscription
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Battery Technology
“Leading the Charge in Energy Storage News and Insights”
Newsletter-subscription
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Tech-Briefs
“Engineering Solutions for Design & Manufacturing”
Newsletter-subscription
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Military + Aerospace Electronics
Newsletter-subscription
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Eno Transportation Weekly
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Mass Transit Magazine
Mass Transit Magazine
Subscriptions
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Manufacturing Net
Newsletter-subscription
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Main Page
Automotive Engineering
DesignNews
Newsletter-subscription link
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Business-Insider
Main Page
Tech Insider
Paid-subscription link
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Seeking Alpha
Set up your Portfolio

Competition & Critiques
LeviCar’s Critique of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop
Transparent view of Hyperloop – Thanks to NBC News
Open Letter to Elon Musk — 2013 Sept. 30
Original Concept — Hyperloop Alpha (pdf 58pp)
Current Hyperloop Pod-Contest Page
DoT News Report: Exploring the Landscape for Hyperloop Travel
Full Report: Hyperloop Commercial Feasibility Analysis
High Level Overview
Prepared by NASA for Volpe Center (DoT)    (pdf 47pp)
Reports from 2017
“Is Hyperloop more than just loopy hype?”
“Hyperloop, or Hyper Hype?”
“The Biggest Challenges That Stand in the Way of Hyperloop”
Videos with Background Info. on Hyperloop
Pneumatic and other Fast Trains,  2018 April 8 (10:49)
Hyperloop Explained,  2018 July 11 (11:54)
The Biggest Problem With Hyperloop – Why It Will Fail Hard,  2019 January 12 (16:22)
The grandaddies of the Hyperloop‑Alpha Vehicle, from the 1960s
Rhoades Hover Scooter
The Rhoades Hover Scooter
(Detailed article)
The Dobson Air Dart
Dobson Air-Dart
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ET3
ET3Evacuated Tube Transportation Technologies
“Space Travel on Earth”
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ET3 vs. Hyperloop
➀ Who Needs Hyperloop?
This Guy Is Building Something Bigger
➁ Vacuum trains: a high-speed pipe dream?
➂ Vactrain (Wikipedia Article)

PRT (Personal Rapid Transit)
aka ATN (Automatic Transportation Networks)
skyTran
High-Speed, Low-Cost, Green, Elevated, Personal Rapid Transit
News from Israel
News from Arabia
… & Tampa Bay, USA
Additional videos
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Urban Maglev by General Atomics
GA Urban MagLev
… faster, cleaner means of passenger transport in local communities and urban areas.
Technical Report from 2003
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MonoCab VRT Rapid Transit System (Australia)
“The FUTURE of Public Transport”
Mass Tram illustration
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JPods
JPods
“Sustainable Infrastructure”
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2GetThere
“Realizing Sustainable Mobility”
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BeamWays
BeamWays
“PRT combines the advantages of the car with those of transit”
Flyer (.pdf)
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LevPods Individual Transit System (LITS)
LevPods
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Magnovate
Magnovate
…helping lead the next generation of changes in transportation.

Tracked Personal Vehicles
TEV project logo
The transportation model for the 21st century
TEV project
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BiModal Glideway (detail)
BiModal Glideway
Solves Traffic Jams, Pollution, and Minimizes Oil Dependency.

… other Long-Distance Systems
Mass Tram America
(Inhabitat Magazine article)
Mass Tram illustration
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Interstate Traveler
Interstate Traveler
Building the World Wide Hydrogen Super Highway…

Government Projects
Federal High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program
HSIPR Map
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California High-Speed Rail Authority

Established Foreign Systems
JR-Central Logo
Central Japan Railway Company
Bullet Trains and Magnetic Levitation
The NorthEast Maglev (TNEM)
Advocates for Japanese System in the North-East Corridor
The NorthEast Maglev (TNEM)
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Transrapid Logo
Transrapid
Fixed-Electromagnet Magnetic Levitation

Oliver Cromwell What others are saying about LeviCar
Warts and all
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Comments on the LeviCar Proposal and Related Issues by Francis D. Reynolds, PE
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The International Maglevboard e.V.
(This webpage also has discussions on Hyperloop, Danby-Powell MagLev, and other advanced transportation proposals)

Other Lists of Advanced-Transportation Systems
Other Cool Ideas (by the TEV Project)
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Wikigrain — Bouchard Transportation

Documents
Josh Levin’s Blogs on EV World:

MagLev Vs Hyperloop

MagLev vs. Hyperloop — Technical Discussion

hexOgrid Transportation Network

How the Tragedy in the Bronx Would Not Have Happened with MagLev

Photo-Blog: New York Auto Show 2014

List of all Dr. Levin’s EVWorld blogs.

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MagLev SuperTurnpike

Explanation of LeviCar’s Hexagrammoid Grid
Sample hexOgrid map of NJ
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Sci-Am 20 World-Changing Ideas
LeviCar’s entry into Scientific American’s World-Changing Ideas (WCI) contest (Video 4:59)

Original Scientific American article that inspired LeviCar (pdf 10pp)
Related article by one of the Sci-Am authors
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LeviCar’s Poster Presentation at WEEC, the World Energy Engineering Congress, 2009 Nov. 5
WEEC Logo
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The first published article about LeviCar:  “The Perfect Synthesis”  EV World, 2004 September 13.
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The MagLev Vacation — Read the engaging story of one of the first families to use LeviCar to go on a Florida vacation in the year 2017.
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Four Planets
“Press Releases” based on the “Four Planets”

Extras
Motivational-Quotes Page
Photo Montage of Some People who are Quoted

Today's Quote: “The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide, … we can probably make it work the way that we want to.”
   — Alan Curtis Kay, American computer innovator (1940–   )
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Create the Future Contest
The 2021 Create-the-Future Contest is now closed to new entries.  LeviCar did not enter the contest this year.
For 2019-20, LeviCar had three entries in TechBrief’s Create the Future contest, but did not win.
➀ High-Throughput End-Loaded MagLev Passenger Vehicles (2020)
➁ Soft-Sided Transportation Tubes (SSTTs) — an Alternative to Hyperloop (2020)
➂ The Future of MagLev: How the Magnetic-Levitation Turnpike will Revolutionize Ground Transportation (2019)
2020’s Winners
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“Original” LeviCar Web Page
Old Car

Older DoT reports on the Future of Transportation
Obama-era reports that had been subject to public comment
Beyond Traffic 2045
Beyond Traffic 2045
Five-year Transit Research Plan

Paean to Nikola Tesla
Young Tesla in Wikipedia
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943)
The Movie
(Trailers:
 Vimeo 4:35;
 Vimeo 1:49)
Tesla’s Tower
Oatmeal Portrait of Tesla
The Man
The Motorcar
Oatmeal picture of Tesla Sedan
The Manifesto
The Wonder World to be Created by Electricity (1915)
 . . . and Musk
Musk Cartoon
TSC Logo
The Museum
(Newsletter)
(List of older newsletters)
Upcoming Events
plus Mark Twain
Twain at Tesla's Lab
Many thanks to Matthew Inman and The Oatmeal, for publicizing Nikola Tesla, initiating the effort to save his laboratory as a museum, and for getting Elon Musk to donate One Million Dollars.  (You can help, too!) Oatmeal Logo for Tesla Museum
Tesla Tower with root
The Tesla Files:  Tesla’s Infamous Tower
Youtube (40:21)
Series Link
Episode Links
Membership Levels:  Family $35   Individual $25   Senior/Student $15   Corporate $300 
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Tesla Science Foundation
Tesla Talk
Starting a Tesla Club at Your School
Tesla Science Foundation

15-Second Micro Book Review
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
I read it cover-to-cover, over a thousand pages, and found it hopelessly out-of-date, elitist, and immoral, and some of the dialogue was hard to understand. To me, it shows the dangers of Libertarianism.  Some of Ms. Rand’s basic tenets have since been contradicted by scientific research.  —  Joshua Zev Levin, Ph.D.
Article about Libertarianism

EV Services
ASME Infographic:  New Charging Options for Electric Vehicles
EV World / S-Electric
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EV World / S-Electric
S☆Electric / EV World
Subscription Electric Cars
Try before you Buy
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Consumer Services from Plug In America
EV Support Program
SMUD Special Deal
“Everything you need to know to drive electric.”
Shopping Assistant
PlugStar
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Consumer Services from EDTA
Electric Drive’s Consumer Website
Go Electric Drive
Electric Drive’s Consumer Website
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Home Charging
Contact Page
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Interactive Guide to EV Charging Stations
Automobile energy costs for each state
Choose Energy Road Trip
Choose Energy Main Page
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Electrify America
Electrify America
We’re Leading the Charge of Fast Charging
Membership and Pricing
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Charge Point
The Electric Revolution Is Here.
ChargePoint
Find Stations
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WeCharg
… the Airbnb or Uber of Electric Vehicle Charging
Contact Page   E-Mail   Phone: 888‑273‑2440   International: +1 970‑631-4474
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EV Home Charger Experts
Product Reviews
Our Guides
About Us
A Complete Guide to Electric Cars
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EV charger 101:
It’s not just plug-and-play
  (Thanks to New Atlas)  
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Envision Solar
Sustainable Technology Innovations for EV Charging
Envision-Solar
Contact
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Bankrate-logo
Bankrate’s guide to Electric‑Car Insurance
Investor’s guide to electric vehicle ETFs
Contact Form
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Pricing of Electricity by Country
ElectricRate
Compare Electric Companies and Rates with Ease

Fun Stuff
Alate MagLev Train
Amazing Soviet Visions for the Future of Transportation
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A ducted-fan airship with a guide rail.  Too slow, too cumbersome, and too wasteful of energy.
(Youtube video 1:57)
Strange Air Ferry
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Self-Driving-Car Milestones
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Multi-Mode Vehicle from the ’50s
Howdy Doody's Air-O-Doodle
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Exploded view of ICE
Test drive of a petrol car
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LeviCar Song
(Lyrics only)  
A Whole New Ride
There’s a new kind of car,
Green and clean and efficient.
When’s the last time that you went
Door-to-door, so speedily?


LeviCar is … A system for personal transportation, using modular automobiles that are driven locally on regular roads, and …
that also can travel at 300 m.p.h. on a Magnetic-Levitation (MagLev) rail system for longer distances.
RoboTrail is … A similar system for freight transportation, using tractor-trailer rigs to transport cargo containers locally, and …
using that same MagLev network to transport those same containers for long distances.
Magnetic Levitation Rail is …
(MagLev Rail for short)      
A technology for using magnetism to raise (levitate) a vehicle above a rail to that there is no
mechanical friction (only air drag), and using electrical forces from the rail to propel the vehicle forward.
Superconducting MagLev is … A form of MagLev Rail, first developed in the 1960s by the late Drs. James R. Powell and Gordon T. Danby, using
superconducting magnets, and usually on elevated rails (300 m.p.h.), or over existing rail (150 m.p.h.).
LeviCar and RoboTrail can: make long-distance transport vastly more energy-efficient and safer;
and, unlike conventional railroads, travel non-stop, and also climb steep hills and mountains easily.
LeviCar can: make medium- and long- distance travel much easier;  increase the reliability of cars,
simplify their maintenence; and assist in the use of automated-highway systems.
LeviCar and RoboTrail cannot: generate clean energy by themselves (except for putting solar cells on the rails);  nor
can they easily cross oceans, except at certain "choke points", like the Bering Straits and at Gibraltar.
RoboTrail can: provide air-freight speed at lower cost than highway shipping.
LeviCar can: provide ordinary people with “private rail cars” that go at airplane speeds.
LeviCar and RoboTrail constitute:On-Demand High-Speed Rail (OD-HSR), with no schedules, minimal waiting, and no in-between stopping*
that can slow down conventional HSR.  (*except for rest stops)
hexOgrid is …An arrangement of MagLev rails in a pattern of overlapping six-pointed stars.  It allows for gentle 60° change-of-direction,
rather than the sharper 90°; and also allows for depots to be within 10 miles (16 km) of any point in built-up areas.
The MagLev SuperTurnpike combines … Traditional Powell-and-Danby MagLev with LeviCar, RoboTrail, and hexOgrid.
All these …bring the Third Industrial Revolution to the Transportation Sector.


Text last updated:  2022 April 20
Links last updated:  2022 June 6
Code last updated:  2021 October 9

Partial Update History
2021/03/18 — Updated "LinkMagic" for new hosting
2021/01/21 — Changed the Newsletter Form
2020/09/20 — Links to most-recent Newsletter, List of
                          Newsletters; and Subscription form
2020/08/20 — Links to 2 most-recent Newsletters
2019/07/30 — New layout of non-Mobile LeviCar.com
2019/07/22 — Added hexOgrid and SuperTurnpike to “Primer”
2019/05/21 — Added TARDDIS Beta Link
2019/05/13 — Used Wayback Machine for Dead Links
2019/05/02 — New version of T.A.R.D.D.I.S.
2018/09/16 — New form to sign up for newsletter
2018/09/11 — Adds % codes to Mailto:s
2018/09/03 — Added link to Newsletter
2018/03/11 — Added Click to get "Frag-Tag"
2018/01/18 — Starting adding Source Symbols
2017/10/11 — Fully integrated "TARDDIS"
2017/04/14 — "LinkMagic" changed for "internal" hyperlinks
2017/02/14 — Rearranged "Associations"
2016/10/29 — Reformatted Upcoming Events
2016/10/20 — Removed fraudulent events from WASET
2016/10/05 — Dates in Bold when event is Current
2016/07/15 — Added Silent Earth
2016/06/10 — Added “Green Living Guy”
2015/11/24 — Added link to “Educational … Institutions”
2015/08/23 — Added Fragment Tags (#hashtag) & Mouseovers
2015/07/29 — Added labels for Newly added Events
2015/02/17 — Links to PROACCTIVE
2014/12/16 — Added TradeMark ()
2014/10/02 — New Wardenclyffe newsletter
2014/07/28 — Added Song
2014/05/26 — Added SAE
2014/05/26 — Added Illustration for hexOgrid
2014/05/20 — Link to Original Sci-Am article
2014/05/19 — Added D&P Paper, and section on Conferences
2014/05/18 — Added JPods, Tesla, & Atlas Shrugged
2014/05/16 — Added Links to Conferences
2014/05/12 — Finished Interim Version
2014/05/12 — CSS for links
2014/03/05 — Auto-detect of Phone/Tablet/Desktop
2013/12/29 — First release version of new format
2013/12/09 — Started modularizing for new format
2013/09/29 — Added Hyperloop and hexOgrid
2013/01/27 —
Added book
2012/02/24 — New Version
2006/08/13 — Old Version
2006/04/01 — First web version
2003/08/13 — First write-ups
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