Electric Vehicle Battery Technologies: From Present States to Future Systems
A special issue of Vehicles (ISSN 2624-8921).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 160
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electric vehicle; lithium-ion battery
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid development of electric vehicles (EVs) has positioned battery technology as key to achieving high energy efficiency, safety, durability, and sustainability. In recent years, significant progress has been made in battery materials, system integration, thermal management, state estimation, and fault diagnosis, as well as in terms of emerging application scenarios—such as fast charging, extreme climates, large-scale energy storage, and intelligent transportation.
This Special Issue, entitled Electric Vehicle Battery Technologies: From Present States to Future Systems, aims to provide a comprehensive platform for reporting recent advances and emerging trends in EV battery technologies. We particularly welcome contributions that bridge fundamental mechanisms with system-level applications, and that explore how current technologies may evolve toward next-generation, intelligent, and highly reliable battery systems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advanced lithium-ion and post-lithium battery materials;
- Battery thermal management and electro-thermal-mechanical coupling mechanisms;
- Battery state estimation (SOC, SOH, SOP, and SOS);
- Fault diagnosis, safety assessment, and early warning of thermal runaway;
- Battery management systems (BMS) and intelligent control strategies;
- Battery technologies for extreme operating conditions;
- Integration of batteries with vehicle energy management.
We sincerely invite you to contribute your latest research and share your insights with the broader research community.
Prof. Dr. Zeyu Chen
Dr. Nan Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electric vehicle batteries
- battery management systems (BMS)
- battery safety and thermal management
- state estimation
- fault diagnosis
- intelligent battery systems
- multi-physics modeling
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