E-Mobility in Europe

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.

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.