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  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
6,453 Views
18 Pages

28 April 2017

The economic operation of battery swapping stations (BSSs) is significant for the promotion of large-scale electric vehicles. This paper develops a linear programming model to maximize the daily operation profits of a BSS by considering constraints o...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,908 Views
20 Pages

As the electrification of heavy-duty trucks accelerates, conventional charging methods face challenges, including long charging durations and reduced transportation efficiency. This paper compares and evaluates various charging methods for electric h...

(This article belongs to the Section Charging Infrastructure and Grid Integration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,707 Views
21 Pages

8 January 2025

With the widespread adoption of renewable energy sources like wind power and photovoltaic (PV) power, uncertainties in the renewable energy output and the battery-swapping demand for electric heavy-duty trucks make it challenging for battery-swapping...

(This article belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,110 Views
20 Pages

22 February 2024

We propose and investigate a queueing model of a battery swapping and charging station (BSCS) for electric vehicles (EVs). A new approach to the analysis of the queueing model is developed, which combines the representation of the model as a stochast...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Operations Research and Optimization: Mathematical Methods and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,253 Views
19 Pages

Automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) in the horizontal area play a crucial role in determining the operational efficiency of automated container terminals (ACTs). To improve the operational efficiency of an ACT, it is essential to decrease the impact of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Intelligent Port Logistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,169 Views
15 Pages

17 March 2020

This study analyzes the performance of a queue length-dependent overload control policy using a leaky bucket (LB) scheme. This queueing model is applied to the operation of a battery swapping and charging station for electric vehicles (EVs). In addit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,401 Views
13 Pages

5 March 2024

Batteries are one of the most crucial energy storage devices today, and battery-energy management technology has an extremely significant impact on the performance and lifespan of batteries. The traditional design approach for battery-energy manageme...

(This article belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
903 Views
27 Pages

28 February 2026

In this paper, we propose a data-driven distributionally robust optimization (DRO) framework that ensures the economical and robust operation of solar photovoltaic (PV)-integrated battery charging swapping stations (BCSSs) for electric vehicles (EVs)...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,302 Views
24 Pages

18 October 2025

The rapidly growing demand of electric vehicle (EV) charging is one of the main challenges to modern electrical distribution systems. Accurate modelling of the EV charging load is crucial for charging load prediction and optimization. However, previo...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,448 Views
28 Pages

New Energy Vehicles and Charging and Battery-Swapping Infrastructure: Development Patterns, Policy Drivers, and the Evolution of Vehicle–Grid Interaction

  • Bo Zhao,
  • Zhihang Ren,
  • Zhibin Liu,
  • Peng Yang,
  • Zhiheng Liu,
  • Changpeng Hu,
  • Nahan Hao,
  • Xiaoyin Ding and
  • Lei Li

The rapid expansion of electric mobility is reshaping both transport infrastructure and power-system operation. This narrative and critical review examines the connected evolution of new energy vehicle (NEV) markets, charging and battery-swapping inf...

(This article belongs to the Section Charging Infrastructure and Grid Integration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,765 Views
16 Pages

6 March 2020

Swap charging (SC) technology offers the possibility of swapping the batteries of electric vehicles (EVs), providing a perfect solution for achieving a long-distance freeway trip. Based on SC technology, a shared SC system (SSCS) concept is proposed...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Transportation Systems for Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
256 Views
29 Pages

Against the background of the global low-carbon transformation, battery charging and battery swap (BaaS) have become two mainstream energy replenishment modes for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Existing studies lack comparative Stackelberg game an...

(This article belongs to the Section Marketing, Promotion and Socio Economics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,290 Views
29 Pages

14 September 2023

The maritime industry has introduced the concept of “green ports” as a means to achieve sustainable development by reducing carbon emissions. Within ports, trucks play a crucial role in transportation operations. However, there is limited...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,935 Views
11 Pages

To date, few studies have addressed the charging and discharging schedules of electric vehicle battery-swapping stations in China’s isolated microgrids. Given that battery-swapping is expected to become increasingly widespread, this study innov...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Energy Supply and Storage Systems for Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,433 Views
15 Pages

Demand-Adapting Charging Strategy for Battery-Swapping Stations

  • Benjamín Pla,
  • Pau Bares,
  • Andre Aronis and
  • Augusto Perin

This paper analyzes the control strategy for urban battery-swapping stations by optimizing the charging policy based on real-time battery demand and the time required for a full charge. The energy stored in available batteries serves as an electricit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Control, Modelling, and Management of Batteries)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,567 Views
18 Pages

Optimized Scheduling of an Integrated Energy System with an Electric Truck Battery Swapping Station

  • Bin Liu,
  • Jie Chen,
  • Nan Zhang,
  • Jun Liu,
  • Yuchao Zhang,
  • Hongyin Bao,
  • Lili Liu and
  • Kang Chen

29 December 2023

Currently, the focus of integrated energy system scheduling research is the multi-objective’s optimized operational strategies that take into account the economic benefits, carbon emissions, and new energy consumption rates of such systems. The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 10th Anniversary of Processes: Recent Advances in the Optimisation and Control of Integrated Energy Systems and Energy Markets)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,874 Views
26 Pages

The global electric vehicle (EV) market has experienced sustained growth over the last decade; however, adoption within the commercial EV segment remains comparatively sluggish. This disparity is driven by three primary factors: the intrinsic limitat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,860 Views
20 Pages

30 June 2017

The greenhouse gases and air pollution generated by extensive energy use have exacerbated climate change. Electric-bus (e-bus) transportation systems help reduce pollution and carbon emissions. This study analyzed the minimization of construction cos...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,636 Views
36 Pages

26 November 2025

The electric vehicle routing problem (EVRP) is constrained by the limited driving range and time-consuming energy replenishment. These characteristics shift the focus of the EVRP from simple path optimization to an integrated optimization of routing...

(This article belongs to the Collection "Electric Vehicles" Section: Review Papers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,453 Views
21 Pages

Fault-Tolerant Battery Power Network Architecture of Networked Swappable Battery Packs in Parallel

  • Chung-Jen Chou,
  • Shyh-Biau Jiang,
  • Tse-Liang Yeh and
  • Chein-Chung Sun

14 May 2021

To improve the reliability and energy efficiency of battery swapping, we constructed a battery power network system with active redundancies and with multiple battery management controllers (one in each newly developed smart redundant battery pack)....

(This article belongs to the Topic Exergy Analysis and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
570 Views
15 Pages

A battery swapping station (BSS) is an enabling facility for battery swapping electric vehicles (EVs). To ensure the high quality of service (QoS) provided for EV customers while providing new batteries, the capacities of batteries and chargers in a...

(This article belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,845 Views
17 Pages

The rapid growth of electric vehicles (EVs) has significantly increased the demand for charging infrastructure, posing a challenge in balancing charging demand and infrastructure supply. The development of battery swapping and charging stations (BSCS...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Vehicle Technology Development, Energy and Environmental Implications, and Decarbonization: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,851 Views
17 Pages

Optimal Siting and Sizing of Electric Vehicle Energy Supplement Infrastructure in Highway Networks

  • Ding Jin,
  • Huayu Zhang,
  • Bing Han,
  • Gang Liu,
  • Fei Xue and
  • Shaofeng Lu

15 September 2023

The electric vehicle (EV) market is expanding rapidly to achieve the future goal of eco-friendly transportation. The scientific planning of energy supplement infrastructures (ESIs), with appropriate locations and capacity, is imperative to develop th...

(This article belongs to the Section Inventions and Innovation in Electrical Engineering/Energy/Communications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
60 Citations
13,411 Views
19 Pages

7 December 2021

The popularity of electric vehicles has been limited by factors such as range, long charging times and fast power failure in winter. In order to overcome these challenges, battery swapping stations (BSS) have been constructed and greatly promoted in...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Systems Engineering: Theory and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,275 Views
26 Pages

To effectively address the challenges of imbalanced equipment utilization, frequent congestion, and poor economic benefits faced by charging and swapping stations (ICSSs), this paper innovatively proposes a comprehensive scheduling strategy that comb...

  • Article
  • Open Access
403 Views
32 Pages

10 September 2026

The increasing penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) creates new challenges for coordinated planning of charging and battery-swapping infrastructure. This study aims to develop a joint location and capacity planning framework for electric vehicle ch...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Transportation and Traffic Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,792 Views
13 Pages

While the electrification of passenger vehicles is in full swing, for the decarbonization of heavy-duty trucks still various challenges exist. Especially the high energy consumption in combination with high daily driving ranges makes battery electric...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from The 33rd International Electric Vehicles Symposium and Exhibition (Portland, Oregon, USA))
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,126 Views
35 Pages

14 March 2026

The rapid growth of electric vehicles (EVs) is reshaping transport systems and accelerating the sustainable digital transformation of smart mobility. EV battery-swapping, delivered through platform-based, data-driven service networks, offers a low-ca...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Digital Transformation in Transport Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
7,321 Views
29 Pages

Optimal Sizing and Operation of Airport Infrastructures in Support of Electric-Powered Aviation

  • Lorenzo Trainelli,
  • Francesco Salucci,
  • Carlo E. D. Riboldi,
  • Alberto Rolando and
  • Federico Bigoni

3 February 2021

The adoption of hybrid-electric aircraft is expected to have a considerable impact on airport operations, with the need of new infrastructural requirements to support electric-powered fleets. In particular, battery-charging requirements shall play a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,320 Views
23 Pages

5 March 2025

HTs account for less than 7% of the automotive market in China, yet they contribute to more than 40% of the total carbon emissions from vehicles, with nitrogen oxide and particulate matter emissions exceeding 50% of the total vehicular emissions. BS...

(This article belongs to the Section Process Control, Modeling and Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,373 Views
17 Pages

An Electric Vehicle Charging Method Considering Multiple Power Exchange Modes’ Coordination

  • Long Zeng,
  • Si-Zhe Chen,
  • Zebin Tang,
  • Ling Tian and
  • Tingting Xiong

4 July 2023

To achieve sustainable environmental development, numerous countries and governments have been vigorously promoting the proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) through a series of policy measures and economic subsidies. With the increasing number of...

(This article belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,498 Views
23 Pages

17 November 2025

Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), characterized by their inherently symmetrical propulsion configurations, are increasingly applied across diverse domains, yet their endurance remains fundamentally constrained by the high energy demand of f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications Based on Symmetry in Control Systems and Robotics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
373 Views
27 Pages

Joint Optimization of Energy Replenishment and Sailing Speed for Inland Electric Vessels Under Time-of-Use Pricing

  • Siqing Guo,
  • Yubing Wang,
  • Mingyuan Yue,
  • Lei Dai,
  • Hao Hu,
  • Shaosong Zhu and
  • Yuni Li

4 September 2026

Battery-powered propulsion offers a pathway for reducing inland shipping emissions. However, low battery energy density limits sailing range and may require energy replenishment during a voyage, thereby complicating energy and voyage planning for inl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Maritime Logistics: Shipping and Port Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,593 Views
20 Pages

19 July 2018

This paper presents and evaluates a control scheme and a power electronics architecture for a Wirelessly Enabled and Distributed Battery Energy Storage (WEDES) system. It includes several independent battery modules (WEDES-MX modules) that transfer b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
13,809 Views
25 Pages

29 April 2023

Faced with increasing environmental pollution due to traffic concentration in big cities, Vietnam, as well as many countries worldwide, has encouraged its people to use environmentally-friendly vehicles. Because the transport mode is dominated by two...

(This article belongs to the Topic Emerging Trends in Electric Vehicles, Smart Grids and Smart Cities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,486 Views
26 Pages

3 November 2025

While battery-powered propulsion represents a promising pathway for inland waterway freight, its widespread adoption is hindered by range anxiety and high investment costs. Strategic energy replenishment has emerged as a critical and cost-effective s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Research on the Sustainable Maritime Transportation (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
8,385 Views
23 Pages

A Chronological Literature Review of Electric Vehicle Interactions with Power Distribution Systems

  • Andrés Arias-Londoño,
  • Oscar Danilo Montoya and
  • Luis Fernando Grisales-Noreña

11 June 2020

In the last decade, the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) has been largely promoted. This development has increased challenges in the power systems in the context of planning and operation due to the massive amount of recharge needed for EVs. Fur...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microgrids: Planning, Protection and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,873 Views
18 Pages

2 January 2025

The grid ancillary service capability of bus swapping stations (BSSs) is significantly affected by environmental temperature fluctuations and the disorderly charging and discharging of batteries. This study addressed these challenges by developing a...

(This article belongs to the Topic Intelligent, Flexible, and Effective Operation of Smart Grids with Novel Energy Technologies and Equipment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,208 Views
22 Pages

Power Supply Analysis for a Historical Trolley Battery Trailer with Wireless Charging and Battery Swap Technologies

  • Karl Lin,
  • Shen-En Chen,
  • Tiefu Zhao,
  • Nicole L. Braxtan,
  • Xiuhu Sun,
  • Nathan Wells,
  • Mike Steward,
  • Ali Alhakim,
  • Soroush Roghani and
  • Lynn Harris

12 October 2025

Lithium-ion battery (LIB) wireless charging using inductive power transfer (IPT) represents a transformative pathway for transportation electrification. While applications in railway systems remain limited, early studies highlight significant promise...

(This article belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
634 Views
24 Pages

In practice, the emerging shared electric bicycles battery-swapping systems face weather disturbances and time-window lateness, which can reduce travel efficiency and degrade operational reliability. To facilitate the operation reliability and manage...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Intelligent Control and Optimization for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,313 Views
23 Pages

Research on Interval Optimal Scheduling Strategy of Virtual Power Plants with Electric Vehicles

  • Taoyong Li,
  • Jinjin An,
  • Dongmei Zhang,
  • Xiaohong Diao,
  • Changliang Liu and
  • Weiliang Liu

The operation process of a virtual power plant is affected by many uncertainties, and how to ensure its comprehensive operation quality is a pressing challenge. For the virtual power plant incorporating electric vehicles, the interval number is used...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Electric Vehicle Technology towards Low Carbon Future: Advanced Powertrain, Energy Management and Grid Interaction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
342 Views
24 Pages

Regional EV Charging Load Forecasting Based on SCLD and FCW

  • Taoyong Li,
  • Huiming Zhang,
  • Jincheng Liu,
  • Bin Li,
  • Xiaoxuan Tang and
  • Wenting Zha

Against the backdrop of global energy transition and the continuous growth in electric vehicle (EV) market penetration, accurate forecasting of EV charging load is critically important for guaranteeing the safe and stable operation of power grids. Mo...

(This article belongs to the Section Charging Infrastructure and Grid Integration)
  • Review
  • Open Access
108 Citations
16,990 Views
14 Pages

Autonomous Battery Swapping System and Methodologies of Electric Vehicles

  • Feyijimi Adegbohun,
  • Annette von Jouanne and
  • Kwang Y. Lee

19 February 2019

The transportation industry contributes a significant amount of carbon emissions and pollutants to the environment globally. The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has a significant potential to not only reduce carbon emissions, but also to provide...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Processing Systems for Electric Vehicles)
  • Review
  • Open Access
65 Citations
20,708 Views
27 Pages

Power Sources for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A State-of-the Art

  • Yavinaash Naidu Saravanakumar,
  • Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan,
  • Farah Syazwani Shahar,
  • Wojciech Giernacki,
  • Andrzej Łukaszewicz,
  • Marek Nowakowski,
  • Andriy Holovatyy and
  • Sławomir Stępień

31 October 2023

Over the past few years, there has been an increasing fascination with electric unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) because of their capacity to undertake demanding and perilous missions while also delivering advantages in terms of flexibility, safety, a...

(This article belongs to the Topic Design, Simulation and New Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)
  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
17,663 Views
29 Pages

Global Analysis of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy Sources Solutions

  • Sihem Nasri,
  • Nouha Mansouri,
  • Aymen Mnassri,
  • Abderezak Lashab,
  • Juan Vasquez and
  • Hegazy Rezk

Recently, the rapid increase in the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has been driven by considerable technological advancements and a growing focus on environmental sustainability. As consumers and governments increasingly recognize EVs as a viabl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Vehicles and Charging Facilities for a Sustainable Transport Sector)
  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,731 Views
21 Pages

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Energy Resources: A Review

  • Prince Aduama,
  • Ameena S. Al-Sumaiti and
  • Khalifa H. Al-Hosani

16 February 2023

Recent motivation to cut greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change has led to increasing transportation electrification. However, electric vehicle proliferation comes with a number of challenges such as battery capacities and the range anxiet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design, Planning and Evaluation of Flexible Power Systems)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
13,442 Views
20 Pages

Automated Drone Battery Management System—Droneport: Technical Overview

  • Lukáš Bláha,
  • Ondřej Severa,
  • Martin Goubej,
  • Tomáš Myslivec and
  • Jan Reitinger

28 March 2023

The popularity of using vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial systems continues to rise. Although the use of these devices seems to be almost limitless, the main drawback is still the battery capacity and the need to replace or recharge it se...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Conceptual Design, Modeling, and Control Strategies of Drones-II)
  • Review
  • Open Access
49 Citations
14,060 Views
20 Pages

Heavy-duty trucks (HDTs) are responsible for considerable fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the road transportation sector due to their heavier weight, and significantly more miles travelled in comparison with other vehicles. Reg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,694 Views
17 Pages

Electric vehicles play a key role for developing an eco-sustainable transport system. One critical component of an electric vehicle is its battery, which can be quickly charged or exchanged before it runs out. The problem of electric vehicle dispatch...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,045 Views
18 Pages

Stan4SWAP: Towards Efficient Standards for Light Electric Vehicle Battery Swap

  • Peter Van den Bossche,
  • Arjen Mentens,
  • Guillaume Mario Dotreppe and
  • Valery Ann Jacobs

Light electric vehicles within the L category are expected to play a significant role in promoting sustainable urban transport, advantageous for both society and the environment. The batteries in these vehicles are well suited for swapping, necessita...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue EVS38—International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition (Gothenburg, Sweden))

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