Moving towards Greener Road Transportation: A Review
Road transportation accounts for about 20% of the total GHG emissions in the EU. Nowadays, the substitution of conventional fossil fuel-based ICEs with electric engines, or their hybridization, operating along with Energy Storage Systems, seems to be the most appropriate measure to achieve reduction...
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| description | Road transportation accounts for about 20% of the total GHG emissions in the EU. Nowadays, the substitution of conventional fossil fuel-based ICEs with electric engines, or their hybridization, operating along with Energy Storage Systems, seems to be the most appropriate measure to achieve reductions in both fuel consumption and GHGs. However, EVs encounter crucial challenges, such as long charging time and limited driving range. Hence, the transition to the mass adoption of EVs requires considerable effort and time. However, significant steps have been taken in the hybridization of road vehicles, with the aid of renewables and energy recovery/saving systems. In this context, this paper presents a comprehensive literature review of modern green technologies for GHG reduction that are applicable to road transportation, such as on-vehicle energy harvesting and recovery (e.g., thermal, kinetic, etc.) systems and the incorporation of RES into EV charging stations. The impact of road vehicles on the environment is discussed in detail, along with the EU roadmap towards the decarbonization of transportation. Next, methods and techniques for fuel consumption and GHG reduction are systematically presented and categorized into on-vehicle and off-vehicle ones. Finally, a future outlook on more environmentally friendly road transportation is presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dd52ede5c8d94cfba84a11b35d46465a2023-11-18T09:52:36ZengMDPI AGClean Technologies2571-87972023-06-015276679010.3390/cleantechnol5020038Moving towards Greener Road Transportation: A ReviewNick Rigogiannis0Ioannis Bogatsis1Christos Pechlivanis2Anastasios Kyritsis3Nick Papanikolaou4Electrical Machines Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace Kimmeria-Xanthi, 67132 Xanthi, GreeceElectrical Machines Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace Kimmeria-Xanthi, 67132 Xanthi, GreeceElectrical Machines Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace Kimmeria-Xanthi, 67132 Xanthi, GreeceEnvironmental Physics, Energy and Environmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Environment, Ionian University, Panagoula-Zakynthos, 29100 Zakynthos, GreeceElectrical Machines Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace Kimmeria-Xanthi, 67132 Xanthi, GreeceRoad transportation accounts for about 20% of the total GHG emissions in the EU. Nowadays, the substitution of conventional fossil fuel-based ICEs with electric engines, or their hybridization, operating along with Energy Storage Systems, seems to be the most appropriate measure to achieve reductions in both fuel consumption and GHGs. However, EVs encounter crucial challenges, such as long charging time and limited driving range. Hence, the transition to the mass adoption of EVs requires considerable effort and time. However, significant steps have been taken in the hybridization of road vehicles, with the aid of renewables and energy recovery/saving systems. In this context, this paper presents a comprehensive literature review of modern green technologies for GHG reduction that are applicable to road transportation, such as on-vehicle energy harvesting and recovery (e.g., thermal, kinetic, etc.) systems and the incorporation of RES into EV charging stations. The impact of road vehicles on the environment is discussed in detail, along with the EU roadmap towards the decarbonization of transportation. Next, methods and techniques for fuel consumption and GHG reduction are systematically presented and categorized into on-vehicle and off-vehicle ones. Finally, a future outlook on more environmentally friendly road transportation is presented.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8797/5/2/38transportation sectorElectric Vehicle (EV)road transportationEV chargingcharging infrastructureRenewable Energy Sources (RES) |
| spellingShingle | Nick Rigogiannis Ioannis Bogatsis Christos Pechlivanis Anastasios Kyritsis Nick Papanikolaou Moving towards Greener Road Transportation: A Review Clean Technologies transportation sector Electric Vehicle (EV) road transportation EV charging charging infrastructure Renewable Energy Sources (RES) |
| title | Moving towards Greener Road Transportation: A Review |
| title_full | Moving towards Greener Road Transportation: A Review |
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| title_short | Moving towards Greener Road Transportation: A Review |
| title_sort | moving towards greener road transportation a review |
| topic | transportation sector Electric Vehicle (EV) road transportation EV charging charging infrastructure Renewable Energy Sources (RES) |
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