Electric Vehicles

Dear Colleagues,

Electric vehicles (EVs) are a promising technology for achieving a sustainable transport sector in the future, due to their very low to zero carbon emissions, low noise, high efficiency, and flexibility in grid operation and integration (vehicle-to-grid, V2G; vehicle-to-home, V2H; grid-to-vehicle, G2V). In recent years, full EVs (FEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) have gained a great deal of popularity thanks to advances in technology (components, hybrid energy systems, energy storage systems, power converters, control techniques, energy management systems and charging systems), which have made it possible to develop and market electric bicycles, motorcycles, cars, buses and tramways. 

This Special Issue is focused on the recent advances in EVs, and includes, but is not limited, to the following topics:

• Optimized design of EVs
• Propulsion systems for EVs
• Hybrid energy systems for EVs
• Energy storage systems for EVs
• Charging stations/systems for EVs: wired charging systems, wireless power transfer systems
• Applications: bicycles, motorcycles, cars, buses, trains, tramways
• Operation of EVs in smart grids/smart homes: Vehicle-to-grid (V2G), vehicle-to-home (V2H), grid-to-vehicle (G2V)
• Integration of EVs in smart grids/smart homes and impacts on grid
• Power electronics
• Advanced control techniques/energy management systems
• State-of-the-art reviews on EVs

Prof. Luis M. Fernández-Ramírez
Guest Editor

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