Advances in Interdisciplinary Sustainable Electrified Transport Systems
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 1981
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable transport with electric vehicles and transport applications for energy storage; logistics and freight transport operations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Across the world, there is increasing interest in and political support for the transition towards green energy-powered, sustainable electrified transport systems. These manifest across transport modes in the use of electric vehicles, light rail/tram systems, and electrified maritime vessels and aircraft. To truly draw on the synergies that can be created across different subject areas, an interdisciplinary approach to investigate these applications is desirable.
This Special Issue aims to draw out recent advances in interdisciplinary approaches to research problems in integrated electric transport systems, taking a holistic approach to explain the synergies from combining different energy storage approaches and transport applications across a variety of transport modes.
Original research articles and reviews are welcome in this Special Issue. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Applied, practical, and theoretical approaches to addressing sustainable electrified transport;
- Transport-related demonstrator systems;
- Synergies of electrified multi-modal transport applications;
- Integration of energy storage systems into electrified transport networks;
- Public transport applications for energy storage solutions;
- Autonomous and robotic transport systems;
- Electrified maritime and aviation transport solutions.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Erica Ballantyne
Prof. Dr. David Stone
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electrified transport
- EVs
- charging systems
- renewable generation for transport systems
- energy storage for transport
- sustainable transport and energy
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