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Electric Vehicles for Sustainable Transportation

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "E: Electric Vehicles".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 10665

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Pouria Ahmadi

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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Interests: sustainable transportation; fuel cell vehicles; energy–water nexus; optimization; MATLAB simulation; Energy; renewable energy technologies; thermal engineering; engineering thermodynamics; power generation; modeling; mathematical modelling
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Dr. Behnaz Rezaie

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Applied Energy Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 0902, Moscow, ID 83844-0902, USA
Interests: sustainable energy technologies; integrated energy systems; environment sustainability; thermal energy storage
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Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Rahim

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National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology (NIATT), Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 1022, Moscow, ID, USA
Interests: sustainable transportation; traffic operation and modeling; environmental impact of vehicle operation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Despite crucial environmental issues over excessive contribution by fossil fuel emissions, there is a quick progression in consuming fossil fuel globally (Our World in Data, 2017). Transportation accounts for about 30% of the total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Consequently, advancing sustainable transportation results in pollution reduction by that sector. Among the various methods of emission condensing, alternative fuels like compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, and electricity draw more attention. Meanwhile, electric vehicles (EVs) are expanding successfully in the market due to their zero tailpipe emissions and low dependency on fossil fuels. It is predicted that EVs are the key technology in sustainable transportation. Although EV development supports advancing sustainability, concerns also exist regarding infrastructure, battery degradation, market adoption, electricity generation, battery charging concerns, etc. Nonetheless, it is significant to investigate these concerns to propose technological solutions. In view of that, this Special Issue intends to present different ideas, frameworks, and technical solutions by various disciplines and multidisciplinary approaches to address the main challenges of EVs for a sustainable transportation.

The focus of Special Issue is mainly on EVs for sustainable transportation and includes, but is not limited, to the following topics:

Life cycle assessment (LCA) of EVs; thermal management of EVs; environmental impact of EVs; advances in batteries technologies; optimal allocation of EVs; battery degradation mechanism; new hybrid power trains for EVs; fuel cell EVs; EVs infrastructures; propulsion systems for EVs; EV safety and fault tolerance; consumer adoption of EVs; consumer perceptions from EVs; energy and economic policy in sustainable transportation; battery management systems (BMS); EVs’ impact on traffic operation; role of EVs in smart cities; EV effect on resources (energy, water, materials) management.

We would like to invite scholars and engineers to submit their research papers regarding EVs for sustainable transportation to this Special Issue. Some advantages for authors are an effective circulation of their work and active communication with intellectuals in field with the same interest.

Dr. Pouria Ahmadi
Dr. Behnaz Rezaie
Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Rahim
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • electric vehicles
  • electric vehicles pollution
  • sustainable transportation
  • electric vehicles traffic
  • smart cities
  • electric vehicles batteries
  • electric vehicles life cycle assessment
  • electric vehicles energy

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A Novel Optimal Power Control for a City Transit Hybrid Bus Equipped with a Partitioned Hydrogen Fuel Cell Stack
by Gino D’Ovidio, Antonio Ometto and Carlo Villante
Energies 2020, 13(11), 2682; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13112682 - 26 May 2020
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The development of more sustainable and zero-emissions collective transport solutions could play a very important measure in the near future within smart city policies. This paper tries to give a contribution to this aim, proposing a novel approach to fuel cell vehicle design [...] Read more.
The development of more sustainable and zero-emissions collective transport solutions could play a very important measure in the near future within smart city policies. This paper tries to give a contribution to this aim, proposing a novel approach to fuel cell vehicle design and operation. Traditional difficulties experienced in fuel cell transient operation are, in fact, normally solved in conventional vehicle prototypes, through the hybridization of the propulsion system and with the complete fulfillment of transients in road energy demand through a high-capacity onboard energy storage device. This makes it normally necessary to use Li-ion battery solutions, accepting their restrictions in terms of weight, costs, energy losses, limited lifetime, and environmental constraints. The proposed solution, instead, introduces a partitioning of the hydrogen fuel cell (FC) and novel optimal power control strategy, with the aim of limiting the capacity of the energy storage, still avoiding FC transient operation. The limited capacity of the resulting energy storage systems which, instead, has to answer higher power requests, makes it possible to consider the utilization of a high-speed flywheel energy storage system (FESS) in place of high energy density Li-ion batteries. The proposed control strategy was validated by vehicle simulations based on a modular and parametric model; input data were acquired experimentally on an operating electric bus in real traffic conditions over an urban bus line. Simulation results highlight that the proposed control strategy makes it possible to obtain an overall power output for the FC stacks which better follows road power demands, and a relevant downsizing of the FESS device. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Vehicles for Sustainable Transportation)
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What Influences Chinese Consumers’ Adoption of Battery Electric Vehicles? A Preliminary Study Based on Factor Analysis
by Wei Wei, Ming Cao, Qianling Jiang, Sheng-Jung Ou and Hong Zou
Energies 2020, 13(5), 1057; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13051057 - 27 Feb 2020
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The rapid development of automobile industry in China did improve people’s quality of life. However, it has also damaged the ecological environment. The emission of a large amount of automobiles is one of the serious air pollution sources. In recent years, the shortage [...] Read more.
The rapid development of automobile industry in China did improve people’s quality of life. However, it has also damaged the ecological environment. The emission of a large amount of automobiles is one of the serious air pollution sources. In recent years, the shortage of petrochemical energy, the rapid rise of harmful particles in the air (e.g., PM2.5 and PM10), and the increasing worse atmospheric environment are becoming obstacles to China’s sustainable development. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are recognized as an ideal alternative to conventional cars. This study aims to explore the factors that can promote consumers’ adoption of BEVs and to construct domains of these factors. Firstly, an open web questionnaire and semi-structured interviews were conducted to widely collect factors that promote consumers’ purchase of BEVs. Then, questionnaire survey and exploratory factor analysis were used to construct domains of promoting consumers’ purchasing willingness. A total of six factors that promote consumers’ adoption of BEVs were obtained. Finally, the research results can provide references for the Chinese government and the BEV manufacturers in the development and promotion of EVs. Full article
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Using a System Dynamics Modelling Process to Determine the Impact of eCar, eBus and eTruck Market Penetration on Carbon Emissions in South Africa
by Nalini Sooknanan Pillay, Alan Colin Brent, Josephine Kaviti Musango and Francois van Geems
Energies 2020, 13(3), 575; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13030575 - 25 Jan 2020
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The complexities that are inherent in electricity value chains are non-linear in nature and they require unconventional modelling methods, such as system dynamics. This paper provides an overview of the system dynamics method applied for obtaining an understanding of the impact of electric-bus, [...] Read more.
The complexities that are inherent in electricity value chains are non-linear in nature and they require unconventional modelling methods, such as system dynamics. This paper provides an overview of the system dynamics method applied for obtaining an understanding of the impact of electric-bus, -car, and -truck market penetration on carbon emissions in South Africa, through the development of the electric mobility simulator (eMobiSim). Two scenarios were tested. The World Reference scenario was based on a market penetration of 22% eCars, 19% eTrucks, and 80% eBuses and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) scenario was based on 2.38% eCars, 1.79% eTrucks, and 12% eBuses. The results indicate that the World Reference scenario is the most optimistic, with a 12.33% decrease in carbon emissions in the transport sector and an increase of 4.32% in the electricity sector. However, if the economic structure that is specific to South Africa is to be considered and the GDP scenario is run, then there would only be a 1.77% decrease of carbon emissions in the transport sector and an increase of 0.64% in the electricity sector. Although the eCar market penetration produces the highest reduction in carbon emissions, the volumes that are required are large and other factors, such as price parity and affordability in the various income deciles, would have to be considered in determining whether this volume is achievable. Full article
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