World Electric Vehicle Journal, Volume 12, Issue 3

In the years to come, Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) are expected to substantially improve the road safety and environmental impact of the road transport sector. The information from the sensors installed on the vehicle has to be properly in...

A lithium titanate oxide (LTO) anode based battery has high power density, and it is widely applied in transportation and energy storage systems. However, the thermal performance of LTO anode based battery module is seldom studied. In this work, a he...

Dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) technology shows a vast development prospect for EV application, with advantages of reducing the demand for battery capacity and improving the user experience. However, the need to improve output performance lea...

This paper proposes a decentralized control approach using a co-simulation platform to monitor protective elements and provide complete protection scheme for distribution systems. Real time measurements are obtained by interfacing the system model in...

The global electric vehicle (EV) is expanding enormously, foreseeing a 17.4% increase in compound annual growth rate (CAGR) by the end of 2027. The lithium-ion battery is considered as the most widely used battery technology in EV. The accurate and r...

To address the power distribution problem that occurs in hybrid energy storage systems (HESSs) in electric vehicles, a fuzzy control distribution method is proposed in this paper, taking the vehicle demand power; supercapacitor power, P_SC;; and lithi...

In order to improve the stability of vehicle steering on low-adhesion road surfaces, this paper designed a hybrid robust control strategy, H₂/H_∞, for active front-wheel steering (AFS) based on robust control theory. Firstly, we analyzed the influence...

Electrified vehicles (xEV), especially the battery electric vehicle (BEV), are burgeoning and growing fast in China, aimed at building a sustainable, carbon-neutral future. This work presents an overview and quantitative comparison of the carbon-neut...

For electric vehicles (EVs) to realise the UK government’s goal of mass-market dominance, there are surmountable hurdles to resolve before car users accept this radical shift in motoring technology. This study focuses on recent EV adopters who experi...

A collaborative design for the uneven distributions of a flow channel, gas diffusion layer porosity and catalyst layer porosity are newly proposed to improve the utilization ratio of the membrane electrode assembly of the proton exchange membrane fue...

Four-wheel independent drive electric vehicles have become the latest development trend of electric vehicles due to their simple structure and high control accuracy. Aiming at the sliding problem of four-wheel independent driving electric vehicles in...

In this study, the back electromotive force (EMF) waveforms of a flux switching permanent magnet (FSPM) machine and variable flux memory permanent magnet (VFMPM) machine with same main dimension were researched. Firstly, the simulation result showed...

This article reviews the Volvo Low-Impact Heavy Green Transport Solution (LIGHTS) project, a multifaceted public–private partnership in Southern California, and provides some early insights and a model for successful fleet adoption of Class 8 battery...

Getting accurate lifetime predictions for a particular cell chemistry remains a challenging process, largely dependent on time and cost-intensive experimental battery testing. This paper proposes a transfer learning (TL) method to develop LIB ageing...

The construction of hydrogen refueling stations is an important part of the promotion of fuel cell vehicles. In this paper, a multi-period hydrogen refueling station location model is presented that can be applied to the planning and construction of...

In recent years, battery-swapping heavy-duty trucks have seen rapid growth in China. Summarizing from the practical experiences gained in this development, and starting from market research and analysis of the most typical city of application case, B...

Aiming at the accelerated aging problem that may occur during the use of high specific energy lithium-ion batteries, this article proposes a method to judge the accelerated aging of lithium-ion batteries. Taking the IC curve and DV curve as the start...

This paper proposes a desktop wireless power transfer system that can wirelessly supply power to electrical equipment in a certain space above the aluminum foil using only a high-frequency electric field. Compared with other wireless power supply sys...

With the promotion and financial subsidies of the new energy vehicle (NEV), the NEV industry of China has developed rapidly in recent years. However, compared with traditional fuel vehicles, the technological maturity of the NEV is still insufficient...

In the practical application of wireless power transfer (WPT), the identification of the secondary coil and the analysis of the space magnetic field of the coil will affect the matching scheme of the coil, which will further affect the performance of...

The global market of electric vehicles has become one of the prime growth industries of the 21st century fueled by marketing efforts, which frequently assert that electric vehicles are “very efficient” and “produce no pollution.” This article uses th...

In recent years, electric vehicles have achieved rapid development. Intelligence is one of the important trends to promote the development of electric vehicles. As a result, autonomous driving system is becoming one of the core systems of electric ve...

In order to solve the problems of difficulty and long times to pick up cars in complex traffic scenes, this paper proposes an intelligent networked car-hailing system in complex scenes based on multi sensor fusion and Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) technology...

In this paper, a kind of on-board liquid hydrogen (LH₂) cold energy utilization system for a heavy-duty fuel cell hybrid truck is proposed. Through this system, the cold energy of LH₂ is used for cooling the inlet air of a compressor and the coolant...

Automobile safety driving technology is a hot topic in today’s society, which is very significant to the social transportation system. Vehicle driving behavior monitoring is the foundation and core of safe driving techniques. The research on existing...

Deep learning has made great advances in the field of image processing, which allows automotive devices to be more widely used in humans’ daily lives than ever before. Nowadays, the mobile robot navigation system is among the hottest topics that rese...

The gas diffusion layer (GDL) plays an important role in the mass transfer process during proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) operation. However, the GDL porosity distribution, which has often been ignored in the previous works, influences the...

Due to depleting fossil fuel reserves coupled with a climate crisis, sustainability is gaining ground, and electric vehicles (EVs) are emerging to be the new face of this field. However, the idea of EVs will be genuinely sustainable only if they are...

The hydrogen storage tank is a key parameter of the hydrogen storage system in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs), as its safety determines the commercialization of HFCVs. Compared with other types, the type IV hydrogen storage tank which consists o...

Permanent magnet torque motor (PMTM) is widely used in aerospace, computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools, and industrial robots with many advantages such as high torque density, strong overload capacity, and low torque ripple. With the upgrad...

The strong electromagnetic interference produced by the electric drive system is the main factor that leads to the strong radiated emission of electric vehicles. It is very important to study the influence of the electric drive system on vehicle-radi...

In order to study the stability of a vehicle with inserts supporting run-flat tires after blowout, a run-flat tire model suitable for the conditions of a blowout tire was established. The unsteady nonlinear tire foundation model was constructed using...

The transmission cable and power conversion device need to be buried underground for dynamic wireless charging of an expressway, so cable insulation deterioration caused by aging and corrosion may occur. This paper presents an on-line insulation moni...

This study investigates an adaptive differential control system for 4WID (4-wheel-independent-drive) electric vehicles. The novel adaptive system will maneuver the independently operating hub motors without the help of any conventional steering mecha...

This study set out to extract the charging characteristics of an electrical vehicle (EV) from massive real operating data. Firstly, an unsupervised learning method based on self-organizing map (SOM) is developed to deal with the power supply side dat...

Electrification is a potential solution for transport decarbonization and already widely available for individual and public transport. However, the availability of electrified commercial vehicles like waste collection vehicles is still limited, desp...

The state of charge (SOC) of a lithium-ion battery plays a key role in ensuring the charge and discharge energy control strategy, and SOC estimation is the core part of the battery management system for safe and efficient driving of electric vehicles...

Hydrogen production with a proton exchange membrane (PEM)electrolyzer utilized with renewable energy power is considered to be an efficient and clean green technique, but the poor oxygen evolution performance results in high energy consumption and lo...

To cope with the frequent blackouts in recent years and improve the resilience of the distribution network, a two-stage multi-period coordinated load restoration strategy for the distribution network based on intelligent route recommendation of elect...

The corporate average fuel consumption (CAFC) and new energy vehicle (NEV) credit policy (2021–2023) was officially released in June 2020. As a mandatory regulation for automobile manufacturers to produce new energy vehicles, its impact on the output...

Energy shortage and environmental pollution issues can be reduced considerably with the development and usage of electric vehicles (EVs). However, electric vehicle performance and battery lifespan depend on a suitable battery arrangement to meet the...

It is significant to assess the hydrogen safety of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) in parking garages with a rapidly increased number of FCVs. In the present work, a Flame Acceleration Simulator (FLACS), a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) module using fi...

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) generates electricity through hydrogen and oxygen chemical reaction with the generation of much heat. According to the working temperature of PEMFC, the thermal resistance and internal relative pressure chan...

The consumer adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has become most popular. Numerous studies are being carried out on the usage of EVs, the challenges of EVs, and their benefits. Based on these studies, factors such as battery charging time, charging i...

Lithium-ion power batteries have been widely used in transportation due to their advantages of long life, high specific power, and energy. However, the safety problems caused by the inaccurate estimation and prediction of battery health state have at...

Conclusive evidence has demonstrated the critical importance of highly automated driving systems and regenerative braking systems in improving driving safety and economy. However, the traditional regenerative braking system cannot be applied to highl...

Lithium-ion batteries which are used in electric vehicles cannot be charged to their maximum capacity at the end of the charging period, a situation which is caused by inconsistency between the battery cells. This paper takes the 18650 ternary lithiu...

A significant disadvantage of battery electric vehicles compared to vehicles with internal combustion engines is their sharply decreased driving range at low temperatures. Two factors are primarily responsible for this decreased range. On the one han...

High-frequency common-mode voltage generated by inverters causes severe negative effects, particularly in silicon carbide (SiC) Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs)-driven motors. Additionally, common suppression strategies wo...

The health assessment for energy storage batteries matters in the context of carbon neutrality. Dual closed-loops capacity framework integrated with a reduced-order electrochemical model including triple side reactions is put forward, realizing param...