Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles Energy Management

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite original research or review articles to a Special Issue of Energies on the topic of “Plug‐in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Energy Management”.

Currently, there is a high dependence on fossil fuels in the transport sector, which causes high CO2 and NOx emissions. The promotion of plug‐in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and electric vehicles (EV) is a feasible solution to cope with this problem. PHEV are a generation of automobiles that can significantly reduce the consumption of fuel by taking advantage of cheaper renewable and non‐renewable energy sources and energy storage systems, such as batteries, supercapacitors, flywheels, etc.

Thus, PHEVs can contribute significantly to reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions. Nevertheless, the technology associated has not yet been sufficiently developed. New energy management systems, new PHEV powertrain configurations and power converters, and technologies related to electric charging stations, and new solutions for integration and operation in smart grids are some examples of the improvements in this field.

This Special Issue is focused on recent advances and emerging technologies in Plug‐in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Energy Management and includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Novel powertrains and technology for PHEV
• Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV)
• New energy storage system for PHEV
• New topologies of power converters for PHEV
• New topologies of power converters for charging station
• Electric charging stations
• Hybrid charging station
• EV charging scheduling
• Modeling and control of PHEV and charging stations
• Intelligent control and energy management systems for PHEV and charging stations
• Operation of PHEVs in smart grids/smart homes: Vehicle‐to‐grid (V2G), vehicle‐to‐home

(V2H), grid‐to‐vehicle (G2V)

• Integration of PHEVs in smart grids/smart homes and impacts on grid
• State‐of‐the‐art reviews on PHEV and energy management systems

Prof. Dr. Pablo García-Triviño
Prof. Dr. Carlos Andrés García-Vázquez
Guest Editors

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