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Focusing on technical, policy and social/societal practices and innovations for electrified transport for personal, public and freight purposes, this book provides a state-of-the-art overview of developments in e-mobility in Europe and the West Coast of the USA. It serves as a learning base for further implementing and commercially developing this field for the benefit of society, the environment and public health, as well as for economic development and private industry. A fast-growing, interdisciplinary sector, electric mobility links engineering, infrastructure, environment, transport and sustainable development. But despite the relevance of the topic, few publications have ever attempted to document or promote the wide range of electric mobility initiatives and projects taking place today. Addressing this need, this publication consists of case studies, reports on technological developments and examples of successful infrastructure installation in cities, which document current initiatives and serve as an inspiration for others.

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Fostering Sustainable Mobility in Europe: the Contributions of the Project "E-Mobility North Sea Region".- EV Policy Compared: an International Comparison of Governments´ Policy Strategy Towards E-mobility.- An Analysis of the Standardization Process of Electric Vehicle Recharging Systems.- Addressing the Different Needs for Charging Infrastructure: an Analysis of Some Criteria for Charging Infrastructure Set-up.- Results of the Accompanying Research of the "Modellregionen Elektromobilität" in Germany for Charging Infrastructure.- Large Scale Deployment of Public Charging Infrastructure: Identifying Possible Next Steps Forward.- Rolling out E-Mobility in the MRA-Electric Region.- Electrifying London: Connecting with Mainstream Markets.- Technology Trajectory and Lessons Learned from the Commercial Introduction of Electric Vehicles in North East England.- Stuttgart Region - from E-mobility Pilot Projects to Showcase Region.- Launching an E-carsharing System in the Poycentric Area of Ruhr.- Cohousing and EV Sharing: Field-tests in Flanders.- New Electric Mobility in Fleets in the Rural Area of Bremen/Oldenburg.- To Cluster the E-Mobility Recharging Facilities (RFs).- An Architecture Vision for an Open Service Cloud (OSC) for the Smart Car.- Inductive Charging Comfortable and Nonvisible Charging Stations for Urbanised Areas.- Information and Communication Technology for Integrated Mobility Concepts such as E-Car sharing.- Thermal Management in E-Carsharing Vehicles - Preconditioning Concepts of Passenger Compartments.- Towards the Integration of Electric Vehicles into the Smart Grid.- Strategies to Increase the Profitability of Electric Vehicles in Urban Freight Transport.

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Professor Walter Leal (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DL, DLitt, DEd) is a Senior Professor and Head of the Research and Transfer Centre "Applications of Life Sciences" at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany and at London Metropolitan University Business School.

Richard Kotter is an economic and political geographer with a natural/environmental science and environmental management background, and publishes and reviews academically in the areas of transport geography, environmental transformations, and economic development and innovation.

He also teaches in these fields at undergraduate and post-graduate level, including to engineers, at Northumbria university, as well as a guest lecturer elsewhere in Europe.

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