Fast-Charging Station for Electric Vehicles: Challenges and Issues

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting submissions to a Special Issue on the “Fast-Charging Station for Electric Vehicles: Challenges and Issues”. Today, there is growing attention focused on more efficient and fast charging services for an increasing number of electric vehicles (EVs) to guarantee sustainable societal prosperity all over the world. Various types of EVs, as well as critical charging infrastructures, are de facto becoming important agents of reducing carbon footprints and fossil fuel consumption in most countries. However, EVs have always been suffering from two major bottlenecks, namely range anxiety and lacking ubiquitous charging service. In the future, extremely high EV penetration will lead to huge energy demand on distribution networks and need different modes of access to fast-charging stations, such as the home, workplace, and/or public charging. We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this topic, which focuses on discussing the key factors and challenges for planning EV fast charging infrastructure. It aims to lay a solid foundation for the methodology that can be used to improve the design and implementation of fast-charging service infrastructure. Papers are solicited and cover aspects of EV charging infrastructure and service, including the following topics and any other relevant topics that may not be directly specified.

• Planning of EV (fast) charging infrastructure;
• Fast charging standard and policy;
• EV smart charging scheduling;
• Fast charging hardware and equipment;
• Data analytics for charging infrastructure and service;
• Battery swapping and business model;
• EV charging demand forecasting;
• Power grid interaction of (fast-) charging stations;
• Charging pricing mechanism design;
• Smart charging for renewable energy integration;
• Power and transport network nexus;
• Business models for charging infrastructure development;
• Impact of charging demand on distribution network;
• Intelligent transportation system with fast charging station;
• Grid support for the fast-charging station;
• Distributed energy resource scheduling and aggregation.

Dr. Tao Chen
Dr. Xiangjun Quan
Dr. Yuanshi Zhang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. World Electric Vehicle Journal is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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