Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Networks: Optimization and Control (Automation and Control Engineering)

This book explores new approaches towards the optimal switching of PHEVs between the electrical engine and the internal combustion engine (ICE), in order to optimize some utility functions of interest for municipalities (e.g., maintain the level of harmful emissions below some given thresholds in central areas, or close to sensitive points, like hospitals). The text focuses on the interface of cooperative and connected mobility and plug-in vehicles. It introduces new schemes are proposed that can be used to alleviate the inconvenience of the smart grid to charge a possibly massive number of Evs/PHEVS. The book reviews the most interesting control problems becoming prevalent in the EV-PHEV's context and provides innovative and non-conventional solutions that involve stakeholders related with the electric vehicles' business, with the goal of outlining further opportunities to make such vehicles gain favorable momentum.