World Electric Vehicle Journal, Volume 14, Issue 9

Electric vehicles (EVs) are inducing revolutionary developments to the transportation and power sectors. Their innumerable benefits are forcing nations to adopt this sustainable mode of transport. Governments are framing and implementing various gree...

The proliferation of autonomous vehicles (AVs) emphasises the pressing need to navigate challenging road networks riddled with anomalies like unapproved speed bumps, potholes, and other hazardous conditions, particularly in low- and middle-income cou...

The accurate identification of a driver’s braking intention is crucial to the formulation of regenerative braking control strategies for electric vehicles. In this paper, a braking intention recognition model based on the sample entropy of the...

Over the years, attention to climate change has meant that international agreements have been drawn up and increasingly stringent regulations aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the marine sector have been issued. A possible alternative tec...

In the current context of the ban on fossil fuel vehicles (diesel and petrol) adopted by several European cities, the question arises of the development of the infrastructure for the distribution of alternative energies, namely hydrogen (for fuel cel...

The transit service in a city should be the most efficient, least polluting, most accessible, and sustainable means of transportation for its citizens. However, serious shortcomings have been detected, mainly in medium-sized cities in developing coun...

For unmanned electric drive chassis parameter optimization problems, an unmanned electric drive chassis model containing power systems and energy systems was built using CRUISE, and as the traditional genetic algorithm is prone to falling into the lo...

Electric vehicle (EV) technology has revolutionized the transportation sector in the last few decades. The adoption of EVs, along with the advancement of smart grid technologies and Renewable Energy Sources (RES), has introduced new concepts in the a...

Energy management strategies are crucial for improving fuel economy and reducing the exhaust emissions of hybrid tractors. The authors study a series diesel-electric hybrid tractor (SDEHT) and propose a multi-operating point Fuzzy PID control strateg...

The multi-power source coupled transmission system is a high-performance and energy-saving potential power transmission system, and most of the commonly used pure electric vehicles in the market that use multi-power source coupled drive adopt the mot...

This paper presents a new control strategy for vehicle stability based on brake-by-wire. However, there are few studies in the literature that compare the stability of a vehicle by systematic experimentation with or without controllers. In this paper...

In modern electrode manufacturing for lithium-ion batteries, the drying of the electrode pastes consumes a considerable amount of space and energy. To increase the efficiency of the drying process and reduce the footprint of the drying equipment, a l...

Fog, haze, or smoke are standard atmospheric phenomena that dramatically compromise the overall visibility of any scene, critically affecting features such as the illumination, contrast, and contour detection of objects. The decrease in visibility co...

Zero-emission trucks for regional and long-haul missions are an option for fossil-free freight. The viability of such powertrains and system solutions was studied conceptually in project ESCALATE for trucks with GVW of 40 tonnes and beyond through va...

To enhance the safety and stability of lane change maneuvers for autonomous vehicles in adverse weather conditions, this paper proposes a quadratic programming−based trajectory planning algorithm for lane changing in rainy weather. Initially, i...

The present study reports a critical review of NIO′s business model considering the evolving landscape of the electric vehicle market and servicing. The objective of this study is to develop a comprehensive framework that facilitates the identi...

In this study, a multibody system (MBS) computational framework is developed to determine the exact location of the contact point and wear prediction resulting from the pantograph–catenary interaction. The railroad vehicle models in the MBS com...

The driving smoothness of vehicles is heavily influenced by their suspension system, and implementing active suspension control can effectively minimize the vibration movement of the vehicle and ensure a comfortable driving experience. An 8-DoF activ...

Compared with batteries, ultracapacitors have higher specific power and longer cycle life. They can act as power buffers to absorb peak power during charging and discharging, playing a role in peak shaving and valley filling, thereby extending the cy...

In recent years, artificial intelligence and machine learning have captured the attention of researchers and industrialists in order to estimate and predict the state of batteries. The quality of data must be good, and the source of data must be the...

In order to counter the problems of cracks and large area fractures in the welding points of quick-replacement battery boxes for electric vehicles (which may lead to the concentration of stress), in this study, a fatigue analysis of the welding point...

In autonomous driving systems, high-speed and real-time image processing, along with object recognition, are crucial technologies. This paper builds upon the research achievements in industrial item-sorting systems and proposes an object-recognition...

To address traffic congestion in urban expressways during the transition from wide to narrow sections, this study proposed a car-following strategy based on deep reinforcement learning. Firstly, a car-following strategy was developed based on a twin-...

Multiple object tracking (MOT), as a core technology for environment perception in autonomous driving, has attracted attention from researchers. Combing the advantages of batch global optimization, we present a novel online MOT framework for autonomo...

To solve the problem of smooth switching between the car-following model and lane-changing model, the Intelligent Driver Model (IDM) for a single lane was used to study the driver’s behavior switching mechanism of normally following, generating...

During wireless charging of the traction battery of electrically powered vehicles, the active area between the ground and vehicle assemblies must be monitored for inductive power transfer. If metallic foreign objects enter this area, they interact wi...

The charging and discharging process of batteries generates a significant amount of heat, which can adversely affect their lifespan and safety. This study aims to enhance the performance of a lithium-ion battery (LIB) pack with a high discharge rate...

Building an autonomous driving system requires a detailed and unified semantic representation from multiple cameras. The bird’s eye view (BEV) has demonstrated remarkable potential as a comprehensive and unified perspective. However, most curre...

Currently, autonomous vehicles, non-autonomous vehicles, and VIP (emergency) autonomous cars are using intelligent road management techniques to interact with one another and enhance the effectiveness of the traffic system. All sorts of vehicles are...

Permanent magnet motors have become an important component of industrial production, transportation, and aerospace due to their advantages of high torque density, high power density, high reliability, low losses, and high efficiency. Permanent magnet...

The wind power (WP) has strong random volatility and is not coordinated with the load in time and space, resulting in serious wind abandonment. Based on this, an orderly charging and discharging strategy for electric vehicles (EVs) considering WP con...

Aiming at the stability of a medium-voltage DC network based on a modular multilevel converter (MMC), this paper proposes an admittance stability criterion considering the influence of current-limiting inductors at the medium voltage side, which prev...

When an intelligent vehicle changes lanes, the state of other vehicles may change, which increases the risk of collision. Therefore, real-time local path replanning is needed at this time. Based on model predictive control (MPC), a lane-change trajec...

The steering knuckle is a crucial component of student racing vehicles, designed by the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE). Developing a lightweight (LW) vehicle that meets the requirements of the student formula car presents a challenge....

Jordan has set priority plans to mitigate climate change impacts, where Jordan moves towards low emissions by promoting the Electric Vehicle and Hybrid-Electric Vehicle (EV/HEV) market. Therefore, there will be a pressing need for professionals in th...