Electric Vehicles: Air Quality, Atmosphere, and Health
1Rolls-Royce Electrical, Singapore
2Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Malaysia
3Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Electric Vehicles: Air Quality, Atmosphere, and Health
Description
Transportation is an important requirement for society, however, it is the main cause of public health issues, air quality issues, climate changes, and other serious threats to the atmosphere. An increased number of the population are using vehicles that result in enormous emissions such as nitrogen oxides, particulate matter (PM), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This leads to the formation of ozone in the air which affects human health and results in devastating global circumstances. Recently, in most countries, the concentrations of PM2.5 and NO2 are above the mentioned level of WHO indications for the safety of human health. Since improving ambient air quality is significant in protecting global public health, an efficient way to reduce air pollution is by employing EVs.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are an emerging solution to maintain environmental sustainability and public health by means of mitigating the emissions in the atmosphere with the aid of emission-free electricity generation. Through the use of cleaner electricity in electric vehicles and charging, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) is a global demand in order to promote air quality, develop healthier communities, and control traffic-related pollutions where it is high. Emission factors can also help demonstrate that the impact of EVs will leverage a promising future. Advances in real-world emission control technologies and analysis are required, to aid in building policies to manage electric vehicles for efficient applications in society, and to mitigate the environmental hazards and effects on health. Thus, electric vehicles could transform transportation.
This Special Issue aims to manage air quality, the atmosphere, and global public health through the evolving electric vehicle technologies. We welcome original research and review articles.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Electrification of vehicles with sustainable batteries to improve air quality and health
- Current analysis and technologies to reduce ground-level ozone pollution with EVs for health safety
- EV-based sustainable transportation to mitigate tailpipe emissions for public health management
- EVs with renewable sources for environmental and health performance
- New technologies to reduce brake wear emissions and air pollutions
- New techniques in EVs for zero-emission mobility, health, and environmental applications
- Applications of EVs to eliminate toxic pollutants and assess impacts on public health
- Efficient strategies, environmental protection measures, and policies to develop EVs
- Advanced air quality modeling and reduction of power plant emissions for efficient decision-making
- Life cycle assessments and recycling processes of EV batteries to reduce environmental impacts