Vehicle Electrification and the Environment
A special issue of World Electric Vehicle Journal (ISSN 2032-6653).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 November 2022) | Viewed by 7611
Special Issue Editors
Interests: data analysis; energy economics; environmental economics; econometric experimental economics; macroeconomics
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Interests: energy transition; sustainable energy consumption and economic growth nexus; environmental economics; sustainable energy economics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, because of our world's environmental problems, there is a need to change the energy production/consumption paradigm and accelerate the worldwide energy transition process. One of the ways to achieve this process is through electrification of the transport sector. The electrification of this sector can help to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including carbon dioxide (CO2) and non-CO2 gases such as methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), partially fluorinated hydrocarbons (HFC), perfluorinated hydrocarbons (PFC), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). To a greater or lesser extent, these gases are harmful to the environment as they trap heat in the atmosphere, causing global warming. Therefore, purely battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) become a crucial part of the solution to mitigate climate change.
These issues are why all major automotive brands and governments have supported those kinds of vehicles. Moreover, the production and consumption of this kind of vehicle have increased rapidly in the last few years. Thus, it is valuable to understand the impact of the electrification process of urban transport, and the production of this kind of vehicle, on the environment. Consequently, this Special Issue will primarily focus on identifying and analyzing the effects of the vehicle electrification process on the environment.
This special issue looks for contributions to achieve that objective. The topics include:
- Vehicle electrification and energy consumption;
- Electric vehicles and smart grids;
- Environmental, economic, policy, or social consequences of electric vehicles;
- Impact of BEVs and PHEVs on fine particulate matter (PM5), CO2 emissions, and GHGs;
- Electric car production and the environment;
- Electric car adoption and diseases caused by environmental degradation.
Dr. Matheus Koengkan
Dr. José Alberto Fuinhas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electric vehicles
- renewable energy
- CO2 emissions
- PM2.5 emissions
- smart grids
- environmental degradation
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