Advances in Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles: Trends, Challenges and Prospects
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: autonomous vehicles; cooperative services; assistance systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Among the pillars on which the vehicles of the future will be based are electrification and automation. These two aspects of vehicle development have significant technological implications and still present significant challenges that require research and development.
In the case of electrification, different forms of energy storage can be used depending on the type of vehicle to achieve greater efficiency, storage density, safety, etc. The physical configuration of the powertrain and its control strategies can also be optimized to achieve greater autonomy and operating ranges that allow for extended component lifespans.
Automated driving presents clear challenges related to environmental perception, with the need to achieve precise situational awareness and robust and explainable decision-making. New sensors, algorithms for processing information obtained from them, and sensor fusion are some areas of development related to information capture. Furthermore, artificial intelligence has demonstrated an ability to make decisions within complex driving scenarios.
For this reason, this Special Issue will consider all kinds of cutting-edge technological developments related to the electrification and automation of road vehicles. We welcome the submission of original research articles and reviews on research areas including (but not limited to) the following:
Electric powertrains.
Batteries.
Control strategies.
Electric motors.
Fuel cells.
Sensor fusion.
Perception algorithms.
Decision algorithms.
Automation architectures.
Dr. Felipe Jiménez
Dr. José María López
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electric vehicle
- batteries
- powertrain
- automated vehicle
- perception
- decision-making
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