Transportation Electrification and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Technologies
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 11 December 2025 | Viewed by 275
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vehicle to grid; vehicle-to-building; building-vehicle-grid energy systems
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Dear Colleagues,
The rapid advancement of transportation electrification is transforming the landscape of mobility and energy systems. With the increasing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), there is a growing need to understand their impact on travel behavior, grid infrastructure, charging infrastructure, and overall energy management of facilities. This Special Issue aims to explore the multifaceted aspects of EVs that connect buildings, transportation, and grid, in particular for their role as distributed energy resources in the grid.
The aim of this Special Issue is to gather cutting-edge research, comprehensive reviews, and laboratory and field demonstrations on the various dimensions of transportation electrification, vehicle-to-grid integration, and value proposition of EVs in the grid. We seek contributions in the areas of travel behavior modeling, vehicle-to-grid (V2G), vehicle-to-building (V2B), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technologies. Additionally, we are interested in studies that investigate the potential of EVs to act as backup power sources for resilience and their management within charging infrastructures. This Special Issue is aligned with the journal’s scope and aims to provide a collection of at least 10 high-quality articles, with the potential for printing in book form.
Themes and Article Types for Submissions:
In this Special Issue, we welcome original research articles and reviews that cover, but are not limited to, the following themes:
- Analysis of travel behavior changes due to the adoption of EVs;
- technological advancements and implementation of V2G, V2B, and V2X;
- strategies for integrating EVs as distributed energy resources within the grid;
- management and optimization of EV charging infrastructure;
- role of EVs in enhancing grid resilience and providing backup power during outages;
- policy and regulatory frameworks supporting transportation electrification.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yingdong He
Dr. Bin Zou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- transportation electrification
- travel behavior modeling
- vehicle-to-grid (V2G)
- vehicle-to-building (V2B)
- vehicle-to-everything (V2X)
- electric vehicles (EVs)
- distributed energy resources (DERs)
- charging management
- resilience
- backup power
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