The national goal of the federal government of Germany is to have one million fully electric vehicles in use until year 2020. Since an average tour of vehicles in inner-city logistic is about 80km, it is promising that such logistic companies use electric vehicles for their tours. However, there are some reasons for doubts in companies: unknown behaviors, inaccurate range forecasts, and high co...

This contribution wishes to contribute to the present controversies and discussions about smart cities by sketching a framework for the affective smart city.

The European Parliament has continuously supported these goals. It is a common understanding that this change will require a transition from monopolised hierarchically controlled Power networks to customer oriented Smart Grids operating in deregulated energy markets. However, this poses several regulatory, organizational and technical challenges to be identified and addressed. To that end sever...