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Vehicles, Drives and Transportation Systems and Processes: Opportunities and Challenges in the Context of the Environment

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Energy and Environment".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2025 | Viewed by 890

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Department of Production Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Interests: maintenance; management; reliability; technical diagnostics; transport; sustainable development; ageing of people; quality of life; computer support; simulation; artificial intelligence

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Department of Production Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Interests: production engineering; technology; energy; production management; mining; renewables; human-machine relation; virtual reality
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Institute of Mining Technology, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland
Interests: computer-aided engineering design; green transformation; information flow analysis; maintenance management; ICT-aided training; ergonomics; virtual reality; occupational safety; process approach

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

An important current problem of our civilization is the occurrence of threats to the natural environment. These include the depletion of natural resources such as natural gas and oil. This fact forces societies to reflect and take action in various areas of human activity to limit or eliminate these dangers. These activities include research aimed at reducing energy and media consumption in the transport sector and the negative impacts of transport on the natural environment. The expected result of this research is to obtain means of transport and transport infrastructure that are as environmentally friendly as possible. Work on vehicles with various types of drives—combustion, electric, hybrid, or hydrogen—is becoming increasingly common.

We invite interested authors to submit articles focused on various stages of the life cycle of vehicles with various types of drives and transport processes and systems, in the context of their impact on the natural environment. We assume the following thematic scope:

  • Research on the harmful influence of transport (energy and media loss) on the natural environment;
  • Problems of energy and media consumption, storage, supply, and transformation on the stages of design, production, and maintenance of vehicles, as well as the use of computer support;
  • Innovative means and methods for reducing vehicle media and energy consumption;
  • Energy and media saving in vehicle fleet organization and management;
  • Sustainability in vehicle maintenance;
  • Capabilities of technical diagnostics of transport vehicles and systems to protect the environment;
  • Proecological technology assessment in transport;
  • Economically oriented energy and media consumption by vehicles;
  • Qualitative and quantitative models of rationalization of transportation processes and systems, taking into consideration the proenvironmental criteria;
  • Education and shaping behaviours of people (children, adults, and older people) in proenvironmental aspects of transport.

Dr. Andrzej Wieczorek
Dr. Kinga Stecuła
Dr. Magdalena Rozmus
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • transport
  • ecological vehicles
  • environmental protection
  • sustainability
  • sustainable vehicles maintenance
  • vehicles life cycle
  • transportation process/system
  • energy and media loss

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Prospective Assessment of Life Cycle, Quality, and Cost for Electric Product Improvement: Supporting Prototyping and Conceptualization by Employing CQ-LCA
by Dominika Siwiec and Andrzej Pacana
Energies 2025, 18(12), 3038; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18123038 - 8 Jun 2025
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The process of conceptualisation and prototyping of electric energy products is demanding due to the need for a multifaceted approach to product design. This task becomes even more complex during sustainable development, within which supporting techniques are sought. Energy conversion products such as [...] Read more.
The process of conceptualisation and prototyping of electric energy products is demanding due to the need for a multifaceted approach to product design. This task becomes even more complex during sustainable development, within which supporting techniques are sought. Energy conversion products such as electric motorcycles require special attention due to their impact on energy efficiency, environmental emissions, and operating and production costs. The research gap refers to the lack of a model to aggregate these aspects simultaneously. The objective of the research was to develop a CQ-LCA model (Cost–Quality–Life Cycle Assessment) supporting the creation of alternative product solutions and their evaluation in terms of the following: (i) environmental impact in the life cycle (LCA), (ii) quality, and (iii) production and/or purchase costs. The model was developed in seven main stages and tested for electric motorcycles and their ten prototypes, which are examples of modern products that convert electrical energy into mechanical energy. Using the EDAS method, the quality of electric motorcycle prototypes was calculated. Then, by the LCA method according to ISO 14040, the CO2 emissions were estimated and modelled adequately to quality change. Next, by the parametric model based on the static method and the cost value function, including the nominal least squares method, the cost was estimated adequately to quality and environmental change. The model provided a qualitative and quantitative interpretation of electric motorcycle prototypes (CQ-LCA), allowing for the consideration of product characteristics, such as engine power, charging time, and battery capacity, but also environmental impacts and costs. The originality is the provision of a multi-aspect morphological analysis, after which different scenarios of product solutions. The model can be useful for various commonly used energy-converting products. Full article
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