E-transportation for Future Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

Driven by the global campaign against climate change, the market of electric-powered transportation systems has boomed across the world in recent years. In that context, batteries play an essential role in propelling electromobility. A significant transition toward electric transportation relies upon battery innovation and secure materials for its design and development. The expanding selection of electric vehicles (EV) brings about a critical interest in battery design. There are also various difficulties in providing an increasing supply of EV batteries.

Further, energy storage technologies can enhance the performance of the EV system. To achieve this, energy management between different sources plays a vital role. The main key elements that have led to the rapid growth and development of EVs are connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), location-based transportation, communication, and converter topologies. These emerging technologies will have a huge impact on mobility, safety, transportation, infrastructure for different modes of travel, market variations, and the economies of countries. While achieving these, significant challenges that will be faced include the development of new battery technologies, charging rates, discharging time issues, isolation problems, converter topologies, energy management, and the development of electric vehicles. Furthermore, questions related to the sustainability of e-transportation and associated technologies have also risen. This Special Issue aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from industry, research laboratorie, academia, and government to present challenges and opportunities related to the sustainability of transportation electrification systems.

The main goals of this Special Issue are as follows:

• To encourage researchers, academicians, and industry experts to prioritize electric vehicle systems.
• To disseminate high-quality research works and advancements in electric vehicles and battery technologies and infrastructure.

Dr. Thanikanti Sudhakar Babu
Guest Editor

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