Special Issue on Advanced Approaches and Applications for Electric Vehicle Charging Demand Management

The papers in this special issue focus on advanced approaches and applications for electric vehicle charging. Due to the concern of carbon emission, pollution, and oil depletion, transportation electrification has drawn more and more attention in both industrial and academic sectors. As one type of rapidly increasing power demands, electric vehicle (EV) charging loads have unique characteristics, as they are typically equipped with battery storage and moving capability. With those energy storage equipment, EV charging loads obtain flexibility in the temporal dimension by strategically schedule their charging and discharging states in different time periods. Meanwhile, with the mobility feature of vehicles, EV charging demands get flexibility in the spatial dimension by optimally finding their charging and discharging locations. Considering the unique characteristics of charging behaviors, EV charging demands can be utilized as flexible demand resources to enhance the operation and planning efficiency for both power system and transportation system.