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Techno-Economic Dimensioning of Hybrid Energy Storage Systems for Heavy-Duty FCHEVs Considering Efficiency and Aging

  • Jorge Nájera,
  • Jaime R. Arribas,
  • Enrique Alcalá,
  • Eduardo Rausell and
  • Jose María López Martínez

Dimensioning the energy storage systems for a heavy-duty fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle is not straightforward. This study proposes a methodology to address this challenge, aiming to maximize efficiency while mitigating the aging effects on the en...

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This study investigates the prospects for implementing hydrogen mobility in Bulgaria within the broader context of transport decarbonization. Using a three-dimensional framework—policy, technology, and geography—it combines analysis of Eu...

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The successful integration of autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies into future mobility systems depends not only on technological maturity but also on user acceptance and perceived value. While existing research has identified several demographic det...

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31 Pages

This paper investigates the coordination between logistics and policy decisions for electric vehicle (EV) exports under the Belt and Road Initiative. Focusing on the two modes—maritime shipping and the China Railway Express (CR Express)—a...

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192 Views
28 Pages

Comparative Performance Analysis of Isolated and Non-Isolated DC–DC Converters to Advance Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructures

  • Priyanshu Kumar,
  • Gopisetti Manikanta,
  • Mohammed Hasmat Ali,
  • Pulakraj Aryan,
  • Nandini K. Krishnamurthy and
  • Anubhav Kumar Pandey

The continued growth of electric vehicle (EV) deployment has placed increasing emphasis on the development of charging infrastructure that is efficient, reliable, and compliant with safety requirements over a wide range of power levels. In EV chargin...

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In complex urban traffic scenes, reliable pedestrian trajectory prediction is essential for Automated and Connected Electric Vehicles (ACEVs) and active safety systems. Despite recent progress, many existing approaches still suffer from limited long-...

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131 Views
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To address the limited capability of conventional hydro-pneumatic suspensions in coordinated damping–stiffness regulation, this paper proposes a new semi-active hydro-pneumatic suspension (SAHPS) system based on a dual-valve shock absorber. A d...

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254 Views
21 Pages

To address the waste of mechanical energy from suspension vibrations during vehicle operation, this study proposes a vehicle suspension vibration energy harvester based on the piezoelectric effect and nonlinear magnetic coupling. It aims to recover t...

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105 Views
19 Pages

An Evaluation of Opportunities Arising from Hydrogen Retrofitting of Commercial Vehicles in Urban Areas: A Case Study

  • Giuseppe Napoli,
  • Antonino Salvatore Scardino,
  • Luciano Costanzo and
  • Salvatore Micari

This article investigates the feasibility of hydrogen-based retrofitting solutions for light commercial vehicles operating in urban freight transport. The analysis is based on a mission-driven methodology applied to a representative urban case study...

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204 Views
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Reliable prediction of energy consumption for electric motorcycles in sub-Saharan Africa requires models that reflect local riding conditions and measured component behaviour. This paper presents a validated, physics-based simulator for the Roam Air...

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584 Views
29 Pages

Norway reached a Battery Electric Vehicle market share of 96% in 2025. The fleet share reached 33%. Other countries are 5–10 years behind Norway. The extraordinary Norwegian development is the result of a 35-year-long complex process involving...

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282 Views
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This paper presents an innovative approach to modified electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for real-time health monitoring of galvanic cells, particularly batteries and fuel cells in high-dynamic applications such as vehicles. Traditional me...

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A New Approach to In-Wheel Motor Solutions for Electric Vehicles

  • Valentin Popovici,
  • Ioana Ramona Grigoraș,
  • Edward Rakosi,
  • Tudor Marian Ulian,
  • Gheorghe Manolache,
  • Alexandru Gabriel Popa and
  • Ștefan Petrovan

The In-Wheel Motor represents a non-conventional propulsion architecture in which the electric motor is integrated into the wheel, offering advantages such as improved energy efficiency, individual torque control, and drivetrain simplification. In th...

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332 Views
34 Pages

Because of their great energy density and efficiency, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are essential to renewable energy systems and electric vehicles. Effective battery management requires precise estimation of the state of health (SoH) and state of cha...

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215 Views
28 Pages

Indonesia’s long-term climate strategy targets net-zero emissions by 2060. In this context, this paper develops a simulation for the Java–Madura–Bali (Jamali) grid to quantify the joint impact of electric vehicle (EV) uptake and roo...

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249 Views
21 Pages

Modeling Street-Level Energy and Emissions: The Role of Vehicle Traffic

  • Miguel Campino,
  • Luís Sousa,
  • Patrícia Baptista and
  • Gonçalo O. Duarte

The transportation sector accounts for 25% of CO2 global emissions. Europe aims for carbon neutrality by 2050 through new light-duty vehicle technologies and stricter regulations, though these efforts may be insufficient. This work aims to assess a s...

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296 Views
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State-of-Charge Estimation on Lithium-Ion 18650 Under Charging and Discharging Conditions: A Statistical and Metaheuristic Approach

  • Ryan Yudha Adhitya,
  • Noorman Rinanto,
  • Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo,
  • Sapto Wibowo,
  • Nuryanti,
  • Fendik Eko Purnomo,
  • Muhammad Rizani Rusli,
  • Sarosa Castrena Abadi,
  • Chandra Wiharya and
  • Nurul Zainal Fanani
  • + 2 authors

Battery management systems are essential in electric vehicles and renewable energy applications, especially in terms of ensuring optimal battery health and performance and regarding the state of charge (SOC) in batteries consisting of many cells. The...

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220 Views
24 Pages

The efficiency of power transfer is a critical issue for wireless charging applications in electric vehicles. The misalignment between the transmitter coil and the receiver coil in wireless charging leads to a significant reduction in efficiency. Thi...

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161 Views
18 Pages

A Cooperative Optimization Method for Speed Planning and Energy Management of Fuel Cell Buses at Multi-Signalized Intersections

  • Wei Guo,
  • Fengyan Yi,
  • Jiaming Zhou,
  • Jinming Zhang,
  • Shuo Wang,
  • Hongtao Gong,
  • Shuaihua Wang,
  • Zongjing Huang and
  • Chunrui Liu

Urban bus operations under signalized traffic conditions are characterized by frequent stop-and-start behaviors which significantly degrade fuel economy, especially for fuel cell buses (FCB). In this paper, a collaborative optimization method is prop...

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41 Pages

Modulated twelve-voltage-vector model predictive current control (MPCC), which applies two or three voltage vectors per control period, exhibits superior steady-state performance compared to modulated six-active-voltage-vector MPCC and conventional M...

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236 Views
34 Pages

The rapid development of autonomous vehicle technologies represents a major transformation in contemporary transportation systems; however, their successful integration depends not only on technological maturity but also on societal acceptance. This...

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244 Views
23 Pages

Aiming at the challenge of simultaneously optimizing ride comfort and wheel grounding performance for mining dump trucks under severe road conditions, this paper proposes a hydro-pneumatic suspension parameter design method based on an improved multi...

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234 Views
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This study employed an integrated experimental–computational methodology to investigate the critical role of the layer-stacking sequence in the acoustic performance of multi-layer porous materials for vehicle NVH applications. The acoustic prop...

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49 Pages

Admissible Powertrain Alternatives for Heavy-Duty Fleets: A Case Study on Resiliency and Efficiency

  • Gurneesh S. Jatana,
  • Ruixiao Sun,
  • Kesavan Ramakrishnan,
  • Priyank Jain and
  • Vivek Sujan

Heavy-duty vehicles dominate global freight movement and primarily rely on fossil-derived diesel fuel. However, fluctuations in crude oil prices and evolving emissions regulations have prompted interest in alternative powertrains to enhance fleet ene...

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253 Views
22 Pages

For hybrid energy storage systems requiring efficient energy management to achieve optimal power allocation between the power battery and supercapacitor, this study proposes an optimal energy management method integrating whole-process particle swarm...

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257 Views
26 Pages

Electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable energy generation are widely regarded as key drivers of low-carbon transformation in the transportation and energy sectors due to their emission reduction potential and environmental benefits. However, the inhere...

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253 Views
19 Pages

Accurate forecasting of citywide electric vehicle (EV) charging load is critical for alleviating station-level congestion, improving energy dispatching, and supporting the stability of intelligent transportation systems. However, large-scale EV charg...

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368 Views
21 Pages

Large-scale collection and annotation of sensitive facial data in real-world traffic scenarios face significant hurdles regarding privacy protection, temporal consistency, and high costs. To address these issues, this work proposes an integrated meth...

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494 Views
26 Pages

Solar Charging—Lessons Learned from Field Observation

  • Joseph Bergner,
  • Nico Orth,
  • Lucas Meissner and
  • Volker Quaschning

Although the combination of solar power and electric vehicles is widely considered beneficial, practical applications reveal substantial variance. To determine the proportion of solar energy used for charging and to identify the main drivers of a hig...

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266 Views
18 Pages

Lithium-ion batteries are pivotal in powering modern technology, from electric vehicles to portable electronics. However, their safety is challenged by the risk of thermal runaway, a critical failure mode leading to catastrophic consequences such as...

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298 Views
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Use of Lithium-Ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles for Second-Life Applications: Technical, Legal, and Economic Perspectives

  • Jörg Moser,
  • Werner Rom,
  • Gregor Aichinger,
  • Viktoria Kron,
  • Pradeep Anandrao Tuljapure,
  • Florian Ratz and
  • Emanuele Michelini

This perspective provides a multidisciplinary assessment of the use of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles (EVs) for second-life applications, motivated by the need to improve resource efficiency, reduce environmental impacts, and support a...

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309 Views
33 Pages

Connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) platoons face the dual challenge of maintaining longitudinal formation stability while ensuring lateral safety in dynamic traffic environments, yet existing control approaches often address these objectives in i...

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188 Views
23 Pages

Path-Tracking Control for Intelligent Vehicles Based on SAC

  • Zhongli Li,
  • Jianhua Zhao,
  • Xianghai Yan,
  • Yu Tian and
  • Haole Zhang

In response to the deterioration of path-tracking accuracy and driving stability encountered by intelligent vehicles under dynamically varying operating conditions, a multi-objective optimization strategy integrating soft actor-critic (SAC) reinforce...

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267 Views
26 Pages

A Regenerative Braking Strategy Based on Driving Condition Recognition for Heavy-Duty Commercial Vehicles

  • Weilong Mo,
  • Hongxia Zheng,
  • Yongqiang Lv,
  • Haohao Yuan,
  • Xiangsuo Fan,
  • Defeng Peng and
  • Huajin Chen

This paper proposes a collaborative optimization strategy of regenerative braking in heavy-duty electric logistics vehicles under complex driving conditions to improve energy recovery efficiency. Based on the actual operational data of 18-ton electri...

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275 Views
22 Pages

To address the low-speed starting noise in a small electric vehicle, this study proposes and validates a systematic diagnostic and optimization methodology. A novel objective testing method, based on energy tracking and matching, is first employed fo...

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163 Views
10 Pages

The Construction Site of Tomorrow: Results of 3 Years of Field-Testing Electric Excavators

  • Willem Christiaens,
  • Harm Weken,
  • René van Gijlswijk and
  • Michiel Zult

“The Construction Site of Tomorrow” is a 3-year collaboration of a consortium of seven contractors, two knowledge institutes, and the construction machinery supplier on the deployment of heavy-duty electric excavators. The practical exper...

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333 Views
24 Pages

Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in portable devices and electronic vehicles (EVs) due to their excellent performance. Because of their internal chemistry, these batteries have non-linear characteristics, their parameters being dependent on temp...

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654 Views
25 Pages

Autonomous vehicles, often described as “computers on wheels,” must collect extensive data, including personal information, and employ data analysis to enhance their self-learning capabilities. In this process, users’ personal infor...

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258 Views
22 Pages

Thermally Triggered Interfacial Debonding for Lid-to-Frame Disassembly in Electric Vehicle Battery Packs

  • Vasco C. M. B. Rodrigues,
  • Mohammad Mehdi Kasaei,
  • Eduardo A. S. Marques,
  • Ricardo J. C. Carbas,
  • Robin Szymanski,
  • Maxime Olive and
  • Lucas F. M. da Silva

The rise in electric vehicles (EVs) with lithium-ion batteries supports net-zero goals, but the increasing demand will inevitably generate more battery waste. Current pack designs often rely on permanent joining techniques, which hinder disassembly a...

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258 Views
32 Pages

Over-the-Air updates have emerged as a critical competitive frontier in the Software-Defined Vehicle era. While offering value creation opportunities, automakers face strategic uncertainty regarding pricing models (e.g., subscription vs. one-time pur...

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227 Views
21 Pages

Study on Simulation and Debugging of Electric Vehicle Control System

  • Shaobo Wen,
  • Jiacheng Xie,
  • Yipeng Gong,
  • Zhendong Zhao and
  • Sufang Zhao

With the rapid advancement of intelligent technologies in electric vehicles, various control technologies and algorithms are emerging. Most existing research, however, is limited to simulations of single modules such as suspension, braking, and batte...

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163 Views
22 Pages

Standardized driving cycles often inadequately represent the driving patterns specific to a particular city, and variations in vehicle types within the same city further contribute to discrepancies in driving cycles. This study seeks to characterize...

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374 Views
22 Pages

Mechanics of Lithium-Ion Batteries: Aging and Diagnostics

  • Davide Clerici,
  • Francesca Pistorio and
  • Aurelio Somà

This work provides an overview of the mechanics of lithium-ion batteries, both from the aging and diagnostics perspective. Battery diagnostics based on mechanical measurements exploit the strong correlation between electrode lithiation and its deform...

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A Spatio-Temporal Model for Intelligent Vehicle Navigation Using Big Data and SparkML LSTM

  • Imad El Mallahi,
  • Jamal Riffi,
  • Hamid Tairi,
  • Mostafa El Mallahi and
  • Mohamed Adnane Mahraz

The rapid development of autonomous driving systems has increased the demand for scalable frameworks capable of modeling vehicle motion patterns in complex traffic environments. This paper proposes a big data spatio-temporal modeling architecture tha...

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Efficient operation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations is vital in the development of green transportation infrastructure. To address the challenge of balancing profitability, resource utilization, user behavior, and grid stability, this pape...

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174 Views
21 Pages

The rapid diffusion of electric vehicles (EVs) is reshaping mobility markets and creating new opportunities for embedded financial services. This study examines consumer acceptance of embedded EV insurance, which refers to coverage bundled directly a...

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169 Views
17 Pages

The built-in V-shaped permanent magnet motor can effectively utilize reluctance torque to improve torque density, but there is also a problem of large torque ripple causing high vibration noise. This article proposes a rotor structure with four magne...

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World Electr. Veh. J. - ISSN 2032-6653