Mobility is an essential part of our lives. The ability to move freely is central to meeting our social and economic needs. For this reason we have embraced the car over the past century perhaps more than any other technology or consumer pr- uct. Today there are around 900 million vehicles on the worlds roads with another 60,000,000 new vehicles produced each year worldwide. The scale of the auto- tive industry is significant and far reaching. For example, it is estimated that around two thirds of worlds oil output goes to transportation whereby road - hicles alone consume around 40% of the...

This volume aims to draw special attention to the research and practice focused on new technologies and approaches capable of meeting the challenges to sustainable mobility. It features incremental and radical technical advancements that are able to meet social, economic and environmental targets in both local and global contexts.