Abstract
It is widely accepted that electrical vehicles (EVs) for goods and people have a crucial role to play in energy transition towards carbon neutrality. Despite significant progress in recent decades, challenges remain in charging times of EV batteries and range anxiety of drivers, compared with vehicles powered by liquid fuels which are several times more energy dense than Li-ion batteries. This perspective article examines two solutions that have the potential to address the challenges: the conversion of diverse forms of wasted energy into electricity (e.g. vibration) and the reduction of battery power for the provision of ancillary services (e.g. cabin thermal comfort).
Original language | English |
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Article number | 124697 |
Journal | Energy |
Volume | 257 |
Early online date | 4 Jul 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Oct 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This paper is partially funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101017858 , and the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 101007976 . TZ and YD would like to acknowledge the support from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under Grant EP/V027050/1 (Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre - IDRIC) in the United Kingdom. HK would like to thank University of Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage & School of Chemical Engineering for a PhD studentship.
Keywords
- Multi-vector refuelling stations
- Electrical vehicles
- Energy recovery
- Thermal energy storage
- Future infrastructure
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanical Engineering
- Pollution
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- General Energy
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Building and Construction
- Fuel Technology
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Modelling and Simulation