Advanced Automotive Technologies and Sustainable Road Transport: Real-World Emissions, Electrification, Energy Modeling, and Data-Driven Mobility
A Special Issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417) belonging to the section "Transportation and Future Mobility".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2027 | Viewed by 1408
Editors
Interests: emission; exhaust gases
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Interests: sustainable urban mobility; mobility management; first/last mile logistics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite researchers to contribute to this Special Issue on advanced automotive technologies and sustainable road transport. This issue aims to present recent scientific developments addressing the transition toward cleaner, smarter, and more energy-efficient mobility systems. Particular attention will be given to the integration of real-world vehicle testing, electrification, traffic and energy modeling, artificial intelligence, and transport-system optimization in support of decarbonization goals.
The automotive and transport sectors are undergoing rapid transformation driven by environmental regulations, the expansion of electric and hybrid vehicles, digitalization, and the need for evidence-based mobility planning. New methods based on portable emissions measurement systems, on-board diagnostics, battery diagnostics, microsimulation, and machine learning are enabling more accurate assessment of vehicle emissions, energy use, traffic impacts, and operational efficiency under real driving conditions.
This Special Issue welcomes original research and review papers focused on innovative vehicle technologies, sustainable transport solutions, low- and zero-emission mobility, predictive modeling, and intelligent transport tools. Interdisciplinary contributions linking vehicle engineering, transport planning, energy analysis, and environmental performance assessment are especially encouraged.
Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Real-world vehicle emissions and energy consumption analysis using PEMS, OBD, and road data;
- Electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in real operating conditions;
- Battery diagnostics, degradation, safety, and state-of-health estimation in Evs;
- AI and machine learning methods for emission, energy, and traffic prediction;
- Microsimulation of road traffic linked with emission and energy models;
- Decarbonization strategies for the road mobility ecosystem and automotive sector;
- Sustainable urban mobility, public transport transition, and zero-emission transport systems;
- Intelligent transport systems, digital twins, and data-driven mobility management;
- Vehicle–infrastructure interaction at intersections, roundabouts, and urban nodes;
- Environmental assessment of emerging automotive technologies and transport operations.
Dr. Maksymilian Mądziel
Dr. Tiziana Campisi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable transport
- automotive innovation
- real-world emissions
- electric vehicles
- PHEV
- energy modeling
- machine learning
- traffic microsimulation
- decarbonization
- smart mobility
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