Internal Combustion Engines for Future Mobility

Dear Colleagues,

The internal combustion engine (ICE), invented at the end of nineteen century, has been diligently powering industries and transportations, and has contributed lots to the development of mankind. Up to now, it is still one of the most efficient, effective, and compact machines which could directly transfer chemical energy to kinetic energy. Facing high pressure reductions in carbon emission, sharply reduced reservations of traditional fossil resources, as well as intelligent developing trend of vehicle, research on new concept power system, and advanced technologies of ICE, have received much attention. The Special Issue "Internal Combustion Engines for Future Mobility" will collect papers on newly emerged creative power system, novel technologies of ICE in hybrid vehicles, intelligent ICE, as well as techniques of improving overall efficiency.

On summary, we expect researchers to contribute their ideas on following topics in this issue, although other valuable discussion on ICE could also be touched:

• Review of developing trend of ICE technologies;
• New concept power system;
• Controlling and intelligenceof ICE;
• ICE techniques fitting future’s smart transporting scenarios;
• Structural integrity and downsizing design techniques of ICE;
• Novel technologies of ICE to reach higher efficiency;
• Technologies of ICE in HEV applications;
• Compact, high efficiency techniques of ICE coupled with generator;
• Special application of ICE toward future mobility.

Prof. Dr. Huihua Feng
Prof. Dr. Boru Jia
Guest Editors

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