ABSTRACT
Recently, there has been increasing attention around the health problems of transport-induced pollution, particularly in urban areas. It is incumbent upon the transport sector to reduce its carbon emissions by reducing the use of fossil fuels and improving urban life. Within the framework of sustainable development, it is important to balance between the positive role of transport and the negative factors relating to environmental and health issues. Electrification of the transport sector in terms of using electric vehicles (EVs) will create new challenges in terms of demands for energy; to charge an electric vehicle is not the same as to refuel a vehicle. The literature contains several studies that describe how electrification of the transportation sector could reduce carbon emissions while securing access to the right amount of power, but few studies have focused on the effect of EVs charging technologies on the structural design of roads. This chapter covers how dynamic charging of EVs affects the performance of the road structure and how to verify the long-term performance of charging technologies in terms of accelerated loading testing.
