Electric mobility has recently received much attention from politics, media, car companies and electric utilities. This article discusses technical aspects, chances and barriers of electric mobility. Compared to internal combustion engines, electric vehicles have several potential advantages:...

The Energiewende in Germany aims at increasing the share of fluctuating renewable energy drastically. With this, new challenges for the electricity system arise. Different types of storage and other flexibility options are available to cope with these challenges. This paper discusses different...