Electric Vehicles Smart Charging: Strategies, Technologies, and Challenges

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Dear Colleagues,

This topic is related to the very academically popular but also practical subject of Electric Vehicles Smart Charging: Strategies, Technologies, and Challenges. In the last two decades, rapid development in both electric vehicle technology and successful commercialized applications has made the electrification of transportation become a reality. Our research community could dive deeper into the most recent smart charging solutions, studying improved charging efficiency and associated environmental benefits. The topic will also discuss EV-dedicated demand response programs, time-of-use pricing, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, and other innovative approaches aimed at optimizing EV charging patterns to reduce grid congestion and overall energy consumption. The challenges of emerging EV technologies cannot be ignored when we consider the barriers and obstacles hindering the widespread adoption of smart charging solutions, including issues related to infrastructure deployment, interoperability, regulatory frameworks, cybersecurity concerns, and consumer acceptance. We can only speculate boldly on the further potential growth of smart charging technologies and their role in the future of smart transportation, energy systems and smart cities. Therefore, this kind of topic may help highlight areas for further research and development, helping to overcome existing challenges and accelerate the transition to electric mobility in the next decade. We have initialized this topic because we can see that mature commercialized development for electric vehicles is expanding rapidly. The next decade will be an even more important period in terms of making the transition from fossil fuel vehicles to electric vehicles. This period is critical to electric vehicle development, and we now invite you to submit a paper to report, discuss and predict upcoming research and innovations within our publication on the subject Electric Vehicles Smart Charging: Strategies, Technologies, and Challenges.

Dr. Tao Chen
Dr. Hongxun Hui
Dr. Qianzhi Zhang
Dr. Zhao Yuan
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Batteries batteries	4.6	4.0	2015	22 Days	CHF 2700	Submit
Electronics electronics	2.6	5.3	2012	16.8 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Energies energies	3.0	6.2	2008	17.5 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Eng eng	-	2.1	2020	28.3 Days	CHF 1200	Submit
Smart Cities smartcities	7.0	11.2	2018	25.8 Days	CHF 2000	Submit
Vehicles vehicles	2.4	4.1	2019	24.7 Days	CHF 1600	Submit
World Electric Vehicle Journal wevj	2.6	4.5	2007	15.7 Days	CHF 1400	Submit

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