Dear Colleagues,

Electric vehicles and renewable energy sources are expected to play a fundamental role in reducing huge amount of carbon emissions caused by both the transportation and power generation sectors. Consequently, a transition toward sustainable transport systems is becoming a crucial issue to be faced by the different players involved in these sectors. In this context, road vehicles, based on full electric or hybrid drives, represent a very interesting opportunity to solve various problems concerning liquid fossil fuel dependence. In addition, the electrochemical energy storage systems, utilized in their common use to power the electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles may, when connected to recharging stations, represent an additional great advantage for the main grid in terms of integration/interaction with the renewable energy generation sources, such as wind and solar energy, characterized by their natural power fluctuations. From this point of view, academia and the electric power systems industry are about to face technical and economic issues related to the massive integration of electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the electric grid, as electricity is becoming the preferred energy vector for the next new generation of road vehicles. Starting from a deep analysis of the above main issues, based on the status of the literature and ongoing research projects, this Special Issue presents a wide review of the new power technologies that allow the design of innovative transportation solutions towards sustainable transport.

Dr. Ottorino Veneri
Guest Editor

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• Propulsion Systems
• Batteries
• Super-Capacitors
• Hybrid Control Strategies
• Hybrid Architectures
• Smart Grid
• Fast Charging Stations