Sustainability and Efficiency of E-mobility in the Current Global Context – the Perspectives of SDGs and Circular Economy

Dear Colleagues,

In the context of the current social, economic, and technological status of the world, the extent to which various models of development reassess the significance of energy, with a particular emphasis on energy efficiency and resilience, piques the attention of all categories of stakeholders to a significant degree. The latest turbulent political and economic events that the world must face, particularly in the context of the economic and financial crisis, the COVID 19 pandemic and new potential viruses, and military events in Eastern Europe generating a worldwide gas crisis, have highlighted new challenges related to the energy sector, with implications at the economic, social, technological, and environmental levels. 

It is necessary for research to make reasoned decisions on the most sensitive topics pertaining to the energy dynamics and environments in general and the suitable energy models in particular. Energy security is one of the issues, and it has historically been linked to the availability of fuel sources, which are mostly fossil and, more lately, regenerative. 

The existing energy variable can no longer be analyzed in a productive and effective manner unless it is put in an integrative logic, being interrelated with environmental issues, resource conservation, and decarbonization. 

A comprehensive analysis of the three major pillars of sustainability—society, economy, and the environment—is necessary for the development of sustainable strategies for the effective use of energy resources. In this context, energy efficiency in transportation within a gas crisis and circular economy, as well as the major issues of sustainability—such as global warming and shifts in energy sector employment—necessitates a focus on electric mobility (e-mobility), which is a rapidly developing and essential sector.

There are many studies concentrating on the technical or environmental elements of e-mobility (Leal Filho et al., 2021; Hasan et al., 2020; Willing et al., 2017; Coppola and Arsenio, 2015), but few that provide a full sustainability evaluation that considers all three pillars or the impact on the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

When it comes to the energy business, the broad adoption of e-mobility is predicted to generate structural changes, such as job shifts in the petroleum supply chain and gains in tax revenue and profitability in the power production sector.

The potential environmental and economic advantages of e-mobility technologies are still up for debate (Reichmuth, 2020; Canzler and Knie, 2016) at environmental and economic levels, with governmental actions being critical in this situation. The broad use of e-mobility might help optimize potential environmental advantages by adopting sustainable energy development plans for governments and renewable energy sources.

In view of the above, the proposed Special Issue aims to include the following (among others) topics and questions of interest in the impact of e-mobility adoption on the economic efficiency, sustainability, circular economy, and SDGs:

1. Life-cycle sustainability assessment;
2. Models of development;
3. SDGs and their trends;
4. Energy sector challenges;
5. E-mobility and impact on SDGs;
6. Sustainability and e-mobility;
7. E-vehicles and circular economy;
8. E-mobility and efficiency;
9. Technology and innovation ;
10. E-mobility technologies;
11. Innovation promotion;
12. Service and process innovation;
13. Sustainable transportation;
14. New business models at macrolevel circular economy;
15. New business models at microlevel circular economy;
16. Sustainable transition;
17. Rgenerating environment;
18. Process reengineering;
19. Value chain;
20. Resources input minimisation;
21. Waste prevention maximisation;
22. Production–consumption system optimisation;
23. Resilient infrastructure;
24. Inclusive and sustainable industrialisation;
25. People–planet–prosperity from an e-mobility perspective;
26. Sustainable, human-centric, resilient, and efficent economy from an e-mobility perspective.

Prof. Dr. Catalina Soriana Sitnikov
Prof. Dr. Anca Bandoi
Prof. Dr. Leonardo Geo Manescu
Prof. Dr. Denisa Rusinaru
Guest Editors

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• economy
• sustainability
• technology
• e-mobility
• SDGs sustainable development
• sustainable economy
• efficient economy
• environmental compliance
• gas crisis
• economic and financial crisis
• new business models for e-mobility