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Innovations and Challenges in Automotive Mobility and Automation Systems

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2026 | Viewed by 1034

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Calin Iclodean

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Department of Automotive Engineering and Transports, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Interests: virtual model for electric vehicles; autonomous vehicles; fuel cell vehicles; powertrain concept; electronic control unit; in-vehicle communication network; energy efficiency; computer modeling and simulation in the automotive field
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Dr. Dan Moldovanu

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Department of Automotive Engineering and Transports, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca Romania, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Interests: system control; electric vehicles; hybrid vehicles; urban mobility; MATLAB

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Automotive Mobility, Management and Automation (AMMA 2025) Congress, hosted by the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on 23–25 October 2025, offers an opportunity to present recent technical and/or scientific developments.

This Special Issue aims to compile recent research and technological advancements in the fields of automotive mobility, intelligent management, and automation systems. With the rapid evolution of connected, autonomous, and electric vehicles, the automotive industry is undergoing a transformative shift. This Special Issue therefore welcomes original contributions that address innovative technologies, cutting-edge methodologies, and practical applications that are shaping the future of mobility. The scope of this Special Issue include, but is not limited to, advancements in autonomous driving, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles, intelligent transportation systems, sustainable mobility solutions, and the integration of AI and machine learning in vehicle systems.

The Special Issue also explores challenges related to the assurance of ensuring safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance in the deployment of these technologies. While it features selected contributions from the AMMA 2025 International Congress, we welcome submissions from all researchers and practitioners who are pushing the boundaries of automotive innovation. This platform aims to foster knowledge exchange and collaboration among academics, industry experts, and policymakers, contributing to the global transition towards smarter, greener, and safer mobility solutions.

We encourage scholars from diverse disciplines to share their insights and shape the future of the automotive industry. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Calin Iclodean
Dr. Dan Moldovanu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • advanced engineering
  • software and simulation
  • cybersecurity in automotive
  • green vehicle solutions
  • hybrid and electric vehicles
  • manufacturing technologies and materials
  • powertrain and propulsion
  • road safety
  • traffic management and transportation engineering

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Optimizing the Energy Efficiency of Electric Vehicles in Urban and Metropolitan Environments According to Various Driving Cycles and Behavioral Conditions
by Călin-Doru Iclodean, Bogdan-Manolin Jurchis, Cristian-Marius Macavei, Edmond-Roland Volosciuc and Andrei-George Iclodean
Electronics 2025, 14(11), 2224; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14112224 - 29 May 2025
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Electric vehicles are transforming urban and metropolitan transportation, providing significant benefits to both the environment and society. However, the integration of electric vehicles necessitates a well-planned infrastructure, including a sufficient number of charging stations distributed at the local level, policies that encourage the [...] Read more.
Electric vehicles are transforming urban and metropolitan transportation, providing significant benefits to both the environment and society. However, the integration of electric vehicles necessitates a well-planned infrastructure, including a sufficient number of charging stations distributed at the local level, policies that encourage the purchase and operation of electric vehicles, and the active participation of local governments and the automotive industry. Investments in improved car technologies, as well as renewable energy sources, will be critical in the shift to more sustainable metropolitan regions that have reduced pollution. Computer simulation based on virtual models performs an important role in the optimization of urban and metropolitan traffic by allowing for the rapid prototyping of real vehicle models, as well as the implementation of a wide range of test scenarios in real time. Assisted driving functions are critical in adjusting optimal driving behaviors to each of the particular scenarios of urban and metropolitan traffic. The situations discussed in this study were derived from real-world traffic and implemented and simulated on virtual models in the CarMaker version 12 application. To calibrate electricity consumption in each of the metropolitan area’s sectors, driving cycles were embedded in the virtual model. These were allocated to component sectors based on the average travel speed and its variation. Full article
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A Coordination Layer for Time Synchronization in Level-4 Multi-vECU Simulation
by Hyeongrae Kim, Harim Lee and Jeonghun Cho
Electronics 2025, 14(8), 1690; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14081690 - 21 Apr 2025
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In automotive software development, testing and validation workloads are often concentrated at the end of the development cycle, leading to delays and late-stage issue discovery. To address this, virtual Electronic Control Units (vECUs) have gained attention for enabling earlier-stage verification. In our previous [...] Read more.
In automotive software development, testing and validation workloads are often concentrated at the end of the development cycle, leading to delays and late-stage issue discovery. To address this, virtual Electronic Control Units (vECUs) have gained attention for enabling earlier-stage verification. In our previous work, we developed a Level-4 vECU using a hardware-level emulator. However, when simulating multiple vECUs with independent clocks across distributed emulators, we observed poor timing reproducibility due to the lack of explicit synchronization. To solve this, we implemented an integration layer compliant with the functional mock-up interface (FMI), a widely used standard for simulation tool interoperability. The layer enables synchronized simulation between a centralized simulation master and independently running vECUs. We also developed a virtual CAN bus model to simulate message arbitration and validate inter-vECU communication behavior. Simulation results show that our framework correctly reproduces CAN arbitration logic and significantly improves timing reproducibility compared to conventional Linux-based interfaces. To improve simulation performance, the FMI master algorithm was parallelized, resulting in up to 85.2% reduction in simulation time with eight vECUs. These contributions offer a practical solution for synchronizing distributed Level-4 vECUs and lay the groundwork for future cloud-native simulation of automotive systems. Full article
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