Intelligent Power Electronics and Control for Next-Generation Electric Vehicle Drives
A Special Issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292) belonging to the section "Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2027 | Viewed by 246
Editors
Interests: control systems; power systems; power electronics; electric machines; smart grid; renewable and distributed energy resources; power quality and energy management; real-time simulations
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2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
Interests: modeling and control of nonlinear dynamic systems; adaptive and intelligent control theory; soft-computing and machine intelligence
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The continued development of electric vehicles and electrified mobility is placing increasing demands on efficient, intelligent, and robust power-electronic drive technologies. Modern electric vehicle drive systems require advanced power electronics combined with sophisticated control and monitoring strategies to achieve superior efficiency, high dynamic performance, enhanced reliability, and extended vehicle range across wide operating conditions.
This Special Issue addresses recent research advances in intelligent power electronics and control for electric vehicle drive systems, covering traction inverters, motor drives, onboard power conversion, and integrated electrified powertrains. Particular attention is given to novel converter architectures, the application of wide-bandgap semiconductor devices, advanced modulation and switching techniques, AI-assisted and adaptive control methods, and fault-tolerant strategies tailored for EV environments.
By integrating contributions from the fields of power electronics, electric drives, and control systems, this Special Issue aims to showcase innovative solutions that enable high-performance, energy-efficient, and resilient electric vehicle drive technologies, supporting the transition toward sustainable and next-generation electrified transportation systems.
Topics of Interest
- Intelligent electric motor drives and advanced EV traction systems
- High-efficiency power-electronic converters and inverters for EV applications
- Wide-bandgap (SiC/GaN) devices in electric vehicle drive and powertrain systems
- Advanced switching, modulation, and gate-drive techniques for EV inverters
- AI-driven, adaptive, optimal, and model-predictive control for EV drives
- Energy-efficient and torque-optimized control (MTPA, FW, MTPV) for EV traction motors
- Integrated motor–inverter–drive systems for electric vehicles
- Power-electronic interfaces for onboard chargers, DC–DC converters, and auxiliary EV systems
- Condition monitoring, health diagnostics, and prognostics of EV drives and power electronics
- Fault-tolerant control and resilient operation in electric vehicle drive systems
- Thermal management and reliability of power electronics in EV powertrains
- Digital twins for electric vehicle drives and power-electronic systems
- Real-time control implementation, HIL simulation, and embedded platforms for EVs
- Sensorless control and advanced sensing techniques for EV traction drives
- Control and power electronics for hybrid and multi-motor electric vehicle architectures
Dr. Mohamad Alzayed
Dr. Hicham Chaoui
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electric vehicle drives
- intelligent power electronics
- EV traction inverters
- advanced motor control
- wide-bandgap semiconductors
- AI-enabled control
- model-predictive control
- high-efficiency electric drives
- fault-tolerant EV systems
- energy-optimized control
- electrified transportation
- integrated powertrain systems
- condition monitoring and diagnostics
- digital twins for EVs
- real-time embedded control
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