Advances in Battery Electric Vehicles

Dear Colleagues,

To accomplish the envisioned goal of a carbon-free society, the traditional automotive industry is aggressively transitioning to its electrified counterpart. The prominence of battery electric vehicles powered by clean and sustainable sources is therefore evident. However, a comprehensive and successful transition is possible only if several technical, infrastructural, societal, and economic challenges are properly addressed. In this context, this Special Issue aims to provide a genuine platform for researchers and practitioners from academia and industry associated with the emerging field of battery electric vehicles.

The issue accepts a broad range of approaches for sharing scientific and research findings: surveys on modern technologies, recent research trends, original results, feasibility reports, etc. Authors can effectively share their simulation results, theoretical and conceptual design, ideas and innovations, experimental results, etc.

The potential topics include but are not limited to:

• Material design for conventional and contemporary batteries;
• Electrochemical processes and electrolyte for batteries;
• Novel ideas and futuristic trends towards solid-state and sodium-ion batteries;
• State of charge estimation using data-driven and classical approaches;
• Diagnostic and prognostic modeling for health monitoring;
• Battery management systems;
• Modelling, implementation, and analysis of vehicular design;
• Safety standards;
• Marketing and economics;
• Modern trends towards electric charging infrastructure;
• Thermal management systems for batteries;
• Standards and protocols;
• Recycling of battery packs;
• Design, analysis, control, and implementation of motor drives;
• Dimensioning and design of battery packs.

Dr. Mohamed Becherif
Dr. Mehroze Iqbal
Dr. Amel Benmouna
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Batteries is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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