Sustainable Development of Electric Vehicle

Dear Colleagues,

Energy security and environmental pollution issues caused by exhaust emissions from transportation vehicles using fossil fuel are motivations for researchers, companies, and institutions to develop alternative vehicles. Electric vehicles (EVs) are the new trend worldwide to replace traditional vehicles using fossil fuel, which allow us to reduce environmental pollution and avoid dependence on fossil fuels, such as gasoline and diesel. Battery, motor, and energy storage technologies, along with advanced control algorithms, contribute to improving the performance of EVs. Safety, performance, convenience, cost, and battery recycling technologies play important roles in the sustainable future of EVs. In addition, it is necessary to develop infrastructure, charging stations, and charging technologies that facilitate the wide application of EVs worldwide. Development and application of advanced control technologies along with artificial intelligence (AI) to improve performance and flexible operation of EVs are new challenges and also big opportunities to develop EVs further. This Special Issue covers present and future perspectives on EVs with respect to sustainability. We are pleased to receive new contributions from researchers, scientists, students from companies, universities, and research institutes all over the world to build an academic network for developing EVs in the future. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Advanced control algorithms applied to EVs;
• Power electronics for EVs;
• New technologies for developing motor and battery;
• Advanced materials used for EVs;
• Frame design and optimization;
• Topology technologies of EV components (motor, battery, converters, etc.);
• Energy efficiency and energy storage technologies;
• Renewable energy sources;
• EV charging technologies;
• Vehicle-to-everything communication (e.g., V2H, V2G, V2B);
• New technologies using AI for EVs;
• New technologies for smart cities, smart grids, and smart home supported for EVs;
• Autonomous technologies applied to EVs;
• Battery recycling technologies;
• EVs with economic and environmental issues;
• Technologies for safety.

Prof. Dr. Ocktaeck Lim
Guest Editor

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