Guest Editorial: Electro-Mobility for Urban Traffic and Transportation

Electro-Mobility (e-Mobility) represents the concept of utilizing electric power-train techniques, in-vehicle information, communication techniques and related equipment to enable wise electric propulsion of vehicles and fleets. It has been recognized as not only a major innovative field of innovation in the coming decades but also a dominant technology for urban mobility in the future. Motivated by the need to improve fuel efficiency, meet emission requirements and satisfy market demands for lower operational costs, a large number of concrete plans for e-Mobility have been conducted and great efforts have been made in many countries. However, the broad adoption of electric vehicles (including car and bus) by the public is still a challenging task today, due to high prices of the batteries and their long charging duration. More importantly, the seamless incorporation of e-Mobility into urban transport systems at this time still needs a series of advanced measures to ensure secure and safe operations of vehicles, rational developments of relevant standards, wise planning of urban infrastructure etc. Furthermore, it is also necessary to further analyze the potential effects of e-Mobility on individual daily mobility behavior, automotive supply chain and the long-term environmental protection of this technology accurately in quantification details. This covers a broad interdisciplinary area of research and development towards the success of the next generation of mobility solutions. The current Special Issue is focused on research ideas, articles and experimental studies related to “Electro-Mobility for Urban Traffic and Transportation” for Modeling, simulation, analyzing and forecasting for e-Mobility, and the various aspects of Electro-Mobility in related applications.