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Contents Preface to ”Emerging Technologies for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Fuad Un-Noor, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Lucian Mihet-Popa, Mohammad Nurunnabi Mollah and Eklas Hossain A Comprehensive Study of Key Electric Vehicle (EV) Components, Technologies, Challenges, Impacts, and Future Direction of Development Reprinted from: Energies 2017, 10, 1217, doi: 10.3390/en10081217 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Angel Alejandro Juan, Carlos Alberto Mendez, Javier Faulin, Jesica de Armas and Scott Erwin Grasman Electric Vehicles in Logistics and Transportation: A Survey on Emerging Environmental, Strategic, and Operational Challenges Reprinted from: Energies 2016, 9, 86, doi: 10.3390/en9020086 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 GertBerckmans,MaartenMessagie, Jelle Smekens,NoshinOmar, LieselotVanhaverbeke, JoeriVanMierlo CostProjectionofStateof theArtLithium-IonBatteries forElectricVehiclesUpto2030 Reprintedfrom:Energies2017,10, 1314,doi: 10.3390/en10091314 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 MuhammedAlhanouti,MartinGießler,ThomasBlankandFrankGauterin NewElectro-ThermalBatteryPackModelofanElectricVehicle Reprintedfrom:Energies2016,9, 563,doi: 10.3390/en9070563 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 ZuchangGao,ChengSiongChin, JoelHayKingChiew,JunboJiaandCaizhiZhang Design and Implementation of a Smart Lithium-Ion Battery System with Real-Time Fault DiagnosisCapability forElectricVehicles Reprintedfrom:Energies2017,10, 1503,doi: 10.3390/en10101503 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 JufengYang,BingXia,YunlongShang,WenxinHuangandChrisMi Improved Battery Parameter Estimation Method Considering Operating Scenarios for HEV/EVApplications Reprintedfrom:Energies2017,10, 5,doi: 10.3390/en10010005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 HuiruZhaoandNanaLi Optimal Siting of Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Based on FuzzyDelphi andHybrid Multi-CriteriaDecisionMakingApproaches fromanExtendedSustainabilityPerspective Reprintedfrom:Energies2016,9, 270,doi: 10.3390/en9040270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 MarcoE.T.GerardsandJohannL.Hurink RobustPeak-ShavingforaNeighborhoodwithElectricVehicles Reprintedfrom:Energies2016,9, 594,doi: 10.3390/en9080594 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Ching-MingLai Development of a Novel Bidirectional DC/DC Converter Topology with High Voltage ConversionRatio forElectricVehiclesandDC-Microgrids Reprintedfrom:Energies2016,9, 410,doi: 10.3390/en9060410 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 v