Vehicle and Mobility Technologies for Sustainable Transport: Energy, Emissions and Life-Cycle Impacts

Dear Colleagues,

Land transport is being reshaped by decarbonisation policies, electrification, alternative fuels, connected and automated vehicles, and data-driven mobility services. However, the environmental benefits of these developments cannot be assessed solely through vehicle tailpipe emissions. A comprehensive evaluation must account for real-world energy use, regulated and non-regulated emissions, vehicle production and end-of-life impacts, battery and material flows, infrastructure interactions, and system-level changes in travel behaviour and traffic operation.

This Special Issue, “Vehicle and Mobility Technologies for Sustainable Transport: Energy, Emissions and Life-Cycle Impacts”, welcomes original research and review articles on the environmental implications of vehicle and mobility technologies. Topics include conventional, hybrid, battery-electric, fuel-cell, and alternative-fuel vehicles; real-world energy consumption and emissions; non-exhaust emissions; life-cycle assessment; battery, material and recycling impacts; laboratory and field measurements; simulation and digital-twin approaches; intelligent transportation systems; eco-routing; traffic management; connected and automated mobility; and AI- or data-driven methods for environmental assessment and optimisation.

The aim is to provide scientifically robust evidence for transport solutions that reduce energy demand, greenhouse-gas emissions, air pollution, and life-cycle environmental burdens while maintaining safe, accessible, and efficient mobility.

Dr. Jarosław Seńko
Guest Editor

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