Recent Advances in Electric Vehicle Technologies and EV Charging Infrastructure

Dear Colleagues,

Among many others, the transportation sector is seen as one of those areas which, despite efforts from countries all over the world within recent decades, still significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. As many different countries and manufacturers already released their phase-out plans for combustion engine vehicles and promoted strategies to push electric- and hydrogen-based transportation over the next 15-20 years, it is obvious that there are still various technological challenges remaining that need to be tackled in order to achieve the intended goals of the Paris Agreement from 2015/2016. During COP 26 in Glasgow, it was even mentioned that focusing only on the transformation “from normal cars to electric cars” is not enough.

Therefore, this Special Issue is focused on all technologies and recent advances in the EV and EV charging sector as well as hybrid solutions including hydrogen technology. This includes, besides many other applications, also advances in the private, public transportation, carriage of goods, aviation, marine and shipping, and cycling sectors.

This Special Issue is focused on new efforts in the field of power electronics and electrical machines for cars, vans, trucks, mopeds, bikes and dedicated charging infrastructure, novel control concepts, rapid prototyping as well as hardware in the loop approaches for emulated testing of both charging stations and vehicles, EMI related issues, smart sensors, cost reduction of EVs and related equipment, life cycle assessment of different dedicated technologies, standards, reliability and safety, the role of renewable energy systems for EV charging, as well as small- and large-scale demonstrators and demonstration projects.

Dr. Markus Makoschitz
Dr. Stefan Leitner
Dr. Johannes Stöckl
Guest Editors

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