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Dear SIM,

Announcing the inaugural issue of the Journal of Sustainable Mobility

The Journal of Sustainable Mobility

General Editor: Michael Zhang

Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Published in association with Nottingham Trent University, UK, Cranfield University,

UK, and the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), China

ISSN 2053-2350 (online) Published twice annually

www.greenleaf-publishing.com/jsm

"It is surprising it has taken so long for a journal to emerge that deals specifically

with sustainable mobility . . . The Journal of Sustainable Mobility is long overdue."

Dr Paul Nieuwenhuis, Cardiff University, UK; author of The Business of Sustainable

Mobility

We are pleased to announce the inaugural issue of the Journal of Sustainable Mobility.

The Journal of Sustainable Mobility is the first of its kind, bridging cutting-edge

engineering and technology developments with social science applications to create

an interdisciplinary forum to debate and further the development of green transport

for the future.

Focusing on the sustainable developments of the automotive industry and road transport

management systems, the Journal of Sustainable Mobility explores the links between

transportation, technological management and innovation, energy use, and sustainable

development and responsible business, presenting academic research alongside practical

application in order to inform policy and practice.

Topics covered include:

* low-carbon vehicles technologies,

* renewable/clean/green technologies;

* biofuels and other sources of renewable energy;

* transportation management systems;

* vehicle emission controls;

* sustainable transport policies and governance

The Journal of Sustainable Mobility is published by Greenleaf in association with

Nottingham Trent University, Cranfield University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

JSM is associated with the Annual International Symposium on Sustainable Mobility.

The journal was launched on May 28 at the Second International Symposium on Sustainable

Mobility, held at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China.

Editor-in-Chief Dr Michael Zhang is Reader in International Strategy at Nottingham

Business School. He said:

"The continued collaborative effort from the three institutions (NTU, Cranfield,

and CAS) means we will be holding the symposium annually. As the Chair of the symposium

and Editor-in-Chief of JSM I am delighted to see it happening at a time when the

world is witnessing increases in population, in the numbers of vehicles in use,

and in the annual CO2 emissions and CO2 concentration in the atmosphere.

The contribution to those increases from large emerging economies cannot be overstated.

I hope that both the annual symposium and JSM will become the home for researchers,

policymakers, and businesses to exchange ideas, share knowledge, stimulate learning,

and shed light on the evolving paradigm change of sustainable mobility."

JSM is essential reading for academics, practitioners, policy-makers and others

interested in the latest research and thinking on sustainable transport and mobility.

Visit http://bit.ly/jsminfo for more information.

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Issue 1 Table of Contents

Introducing the Editorial Advisory Board

Michael Zhang, Paul Nieuwenhuis, Francis Assadian, Siwei Cheng

Editorial: Paradigm Change of Mobility in the Twenty-first Century 

Michael Zhang and Baback Yazdani, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Mechatronics in Sustainable Mobility: Two Electric Vehicle Applications 

Stefano Longo, Daniel J. Auger and Francis Assadian, Cranfield University, UK

The Effect of Matrix and Reinforcement Material - Selection on the Tensile Properties

of Hybrid Composites   

Francesco Silva, Sophia Sachse and Huijun Zhu, Cranfield  University, UK Krzysztof Pielichowski and Agnieszka Leszczyn´ska Cracow University of Technology, Poland, James Njuguna, Robert Gordon University, UK

Challenges of the New Energy Vehicle Industry in China 

Lingling Zhang, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Zili Feng, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Weili Teng, Nottingham Trent University, UK, Minjun Shi, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Electric Cars in the Rural Context: Developments in Wales   

Daniel Newman, Cardiff University, UK, Peter Wells, Cardiff Business School, UK Paul Nieuwenhuis, Cardiff Business School, UK

Research Note: Collaborative Architectures for Sustainable Mobility: City Traffic Scenario 

Evtim Peytchev, Nottingham Trent University, UK

The Rise and Fall of Fisker Automotive: A Cautionary Case Study 

Paul Lienert, Michigan State University, USA

Book review: The business of sustainable mobility: From vision to reality

Tabani Ndlovu, Nottingham Business School, UK

About the Journal of Sustainable Mobility: http://bit.ly/jsm_pdf

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Call for Papers

We are inviting calls for contributions to a Special Issue of The Journal of Sustainable

Mobility based on the theme of the Second Internation Symposium on Sustainable Mobility:

Sustainable Mobility in China and its Implications for Emerging Economies. To read

the full Call for Papers and for submission details please visit our website: http://bit.ly/jsmcall

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