Advances in Charging Systems and Charging Management Strategies for Battery Electric Vehicles

Dear Colleagues,

Elecrification in cities has gained a growing interest in the transport industry towards more electrified and energy-efficient drivetrains to improve air-quality. Thus, charging systems and infrastructure and their charging management strategies have a significant impact on battery systems in terms of aging, sizing and thermal management, and on the drivetrain in terms of efficiency, total cost of ownership (TCO) and power electronics interfaces (i.e., on/off chargers, DC/DC converters, etc.). Furthermore, the charging systems and their control systems should be optimally designed and controlled; taking into account their impact on the grid in terms of stability, power quality, etc.

Therefore, this Special Issue is focused on recent advances in charging systems and charging management strategies that address the above-mentioned aspects and go beyond the state-of-the-art.

Prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions/articles for review and for possible publication in this Special Issue. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• On/Off Charging Systems;
• Charging Management Strategies;
• Energy Management Strategies;
• New Architecture for EV and PHEV for both light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles;
• Energy Storage systems for fast charging capabilities;
• Battery Aging and State of Heath estimation (SoH);
• Vehicle-to- grid (V2G), vehicle-to-home (V2H), Grid –to-vehicle (G2V) technologies;
• Charging systems and grid quality

Prof. Dr. Omar Hegazy
Prof. Dr. Steven Wilkins
Guest Editors

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