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V2X Communication submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3344 | Submission Open
Keywords: V2X communication; 5G and beyond for V2X; autonomous driving systems; security in V2X; V2X simulation
Crash Modeling and Risk Assessment for Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs)
edited by Xiao Wen, Hongliang Ding and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open
Keywords: crash data; risk perception; deep learning; surrogate safety measures; connected and automated vehicles
Sustainable Traffic and Mobility—2nd Edition
edited by , and Chunxiao Li
submission deadline 5 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4660 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart transportation; public transportation; travel behavior; shared mobility; environmentally friendly mobility
Vehicle Design Processes, 3rd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7629 | Submission Open
Keywords: design processes; vehicle design; design engineering; digital design; robotics; product data management; multi-domain design processes; vehicle dynamics; vehicle safety; vehicle ergonomics
Models and Algorithms for Railway Line Planning Problems
edited by Yuan Gao, Shuguang Zhan and Chuntian Zhang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4046 | Submission Open
Keywords: railway system; line planning; train scheduling; mathematical model; algorithm
Optimization and Management of Urban Rail Transit Network
edited by , Lishan Sun and Danni Cao
submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2552 | Submission Open
Keywords: train operation; crew operation; maintenance operation; emergency response; passenger forecasting; passenger analysis; energy forecasting; energy analysis; urban transit hub; integrative operation; integrative infrastructure; integrative service
Next-Generation Power Electronics and Charging Technologies for Electric Vehicles
edited by , Yuefeng Liao and
submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3360 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric vehicles (EVs); power electronic converters; thermal management; battery safety; smart charging; wireless power transfer; bidirectional charging / V2G / G2V; control strategies and modeling; power quality; renewable energy integration; energy storage systems
Trajectory Tracking of Autonomous Vehicles
edited by , Cetengfei Zhang and Quan Zhou
submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open
Keywords: autonomous vehicles; trajectory tracking; control strategy; sensor fusion; state estimation; V2X communication; multi-agent cooperative driving; reinforcement learning
Novel Solutions for Transportation Safety, 2nd Edition
edited by and Yao Cheng
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3824 | Submission Open
Keywords: vehicle safety; autonomous vehicle; data-driven approach; incident management
Intelligent Vehicle Infrastructure Cooperative System (IVICS)
edited by Tao Chen
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2357 | Submission Open
Keywords: Intelligent Vehicle Infrastructure Cooperative System (IVICS); intelligent vehicles; traffic control; machine learning
Accessible Electric and Autonomous Vehicles: Designing for Inclusion and Mobility
edited by Sivashankar Sivakanthan and Rory A. Cooper
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2983 | Submission Open
Keywords: user-centered design; accessible transportation; disabilities; assistive technology; accessibility
Distributed Control of UAVs
edited by Zhanshan Zhao and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV control; distributed control; multi-UAV systems; swarm intelligence; cooperative control
Advanced Vehicle Dynamics and Autonomous Driving Applications submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6796 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; automated vehicles; human-machine shared control; intelligent tire; intelligent transportation systems; path tracking control; robust control; torque vectoring; vehicle comfort; vehicle dynamics; vehicle platoon; vehicle safety; vehicle suspension; vehicle sustainability; V2V and V2I communication
Road Safety, Aberrant Driver Behaviour and Sustainable Transportation Planning
edited by , , Paul Roberts and
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5211 | Submission Open
Keywords: transportation systems; road safety; driver behaviour; Intelligent Transport Systems (ITSs); sustainable mobility; data-driven modelling; vehicle automation; connected vehicle systems
Tire and Suspension Dynamics for Vehicle Performance Advancement
edited by , Xueliang Gao and Shida Nie
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4447 | Submission Open
Keywords: tire modeling and dynamics; suspension modeling and dynamics; vehicle performance; suspension control; tire-road interaction; hardware-in- the loop test; tire sensing technology
Thermal Management and Energy Recovery Systems for Vehicle Batteries
edited by and Zu-Guo Shen
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal management systems; energy recovery technologies; vehicle batteries
Electric Vehicle Battery Technologies: From Present States to Future Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric vehicle batteries; battery management systems (BMS); battery safety and thermal management; state estimation; fault diagnosis; intelligent battery systems; multi-physics modeling
AI-Empowered Assisted and Autonomous Driving
edited by Xubin Sun and Weifeng Zhong
submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8962 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent train control; ADAS; autonomous driving; enforcement learning; deep learning; energy saving
Energy Management Strategy of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
edited by and Yang Tian
submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1233 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy management strategy; battery life optimization; real-time power distribution; intelligent control technology; vehicle– road– cloud collaboration; multi-objective optimization
Data-Driven Smart Transportation Planning
edited by Zuoxian Gan, Linchao Li and
submission deadline 22 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 645 | Submission Open
Keywords: data-driven planning; emerging mobility; explainable AI; travel behavior; policy interaction
Data-Driven Intelligent Transportation Systems
edited by , Sagar Dasgupta and Tanmay Das
submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1416 | Submission Open
Keywords: data-driven transportation; intelligent transportation systems; connected and automated vehicles; multi-source transportation data; machine learning in transportation; mobility data analytics; transportation system optimization; transportation big data
Advanced Control Strategies for Vehicle Dynamics and Aerodynamics
edited by Lingwei Zeng, , Hao Zhou and
submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 905 | Submission Open
Keywords: vehicle dynamics; passive and active aerodynamics; flow control; computational fluid dynamics; stability and handling; machine learning; collision safety
Vehicle Lightweight Material Design and Manufacturing Technology
edited by Geng Luo, De'an Meng and
submission deadline 7 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open
Keywords: metamaterials; AI; manufacturing technology; additive manufacturing; multi-scale simulation
Computer Vision Applications in Autonomous Vehicles submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 882 | Submission Open
Keywords: vision-based perception for autonomous driving; object detection and tracking in traffic scenes; semantic and panoptic scene understanding; visual localization and mapping (V-SLAM); corner and extreme scenario perception; multi-modal sensor fusion with vision; learning-based lane and road structure detection; vision-driven motion prediction and intent recognition; simulation and synthetic data for vision systems; safety; robustness; and reliability of vision-based system
Advanced Steering and Chassis Control for Autonomous Vehicles
edited by Guobiao Shi and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open
Keywords: autonomous vehicles; steering control; chassis control; coordinated control; steer-by-wire; robust control; adaptive control; AI-based Control; fault-tolerant control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent and Connected Mobility)
Vehicle Systems and Road Infrastructure Integration for Smarter Transportation Systems submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3857 | Submission Open
Keywords: vehicle systems; road infrastructure; life-cycle analysis; smart mobility; energy harvesting and energy-efficient road design solutions; smart city planning; adaptive traffic management; smart and connected transportation systems; internet of vehicles (IoV); digital solutions for integrated vehicle-road projects
Planning and Operations for Modern Railway Transport Systems
edited by Yao Chen, Yongxiang Zhang and Jungang Shi
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1601 | Submission Open
Keywords: network; line and route planning; resource scheduling; timetable optimization; disruption management; real-time train operations; resilience in railway transport
Trustworthy and Explainable AI for Vehicle Perception and Driver Monitoring submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open
Keywords: trustworthy AI; generative AI; vision– language-models (VLA); end-to-end (E2E); driver monitoring systems; human– machine interface (HMI)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent and Connected Mobility)
Application of Machine Learning in Electric Vehicles
edited by , and
submission deadline 2 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 919 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; electric vehicles; battery management; energy optimization; intelligent transportation systems
Intelligent Vehicular Networks and Communications
edited by Yong Liao, and Pei Liu
submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent and connected vehicles; V2X (vehicle-to-everything) communication; ISAC (integrated sensing and communication); edge intelligent; URLLC (ultra-reliable & low-latency communication); network architecture; collaborative sensing; resource allocation; communication security; smart transportation
Emerging Solutions and Technologies for Smart Mobility and Vehicle Safety in Transportation, 2nd Edition submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open
Keywords: road safety; travel behavior; smart mobility; transportation systems; cooperative; connected and automated mobility; intelligent connected vehicles; vehicular communication technologies; autonomous vehicles
The Application of Deep Learning in Intelligent Vehicle Perception Systems
edited by Lie Yang and Xiangkun He
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11201 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; intelligent vehicle perception systems; sensors; autonomous vehicles; decision-making
Reliability Analysis and Evaluation of Automotive Systems, 2nd Edition
edited by Lihui Zhao and Christoph Bleicher
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1092 | Submission Open
Keywords: failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA); fault tree analysis (FTA); reliability testing; prognostics and health management (PHM); risk assessment; failure prediction; maintenance strategies; warranty analysis; quality control; reliability modeling and simulation
Intelligent Mobility and Sustainable Automotive Technologies, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open
Keywords: automotive engineering; artificial intelligence in the automotive industry; software-defined vehicles; autonomous driving; connected vehicles; vehicle-to-everything (V2X); digital twins; hydrogen mobility; electrified mobility; sustainable mobility
(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent and Connected Mobility)
Battery Technologies, Management, and System Integration for Vehicle Electrification
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable battery technologies; vehicle electrification; advanced battery materials; next-generation battery chemistries; battery lifecycle assessment; battery recycling and second-life applications; battery management and safety; electric and hybrid vehicles
Advanced Vehicle Powertrain Control and Energy Management Strategies
edited by , and Jie Li
submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 518 | Submission Open
Keywords: vehicle powertrain; intelligent control technology; energy management strategy; distributed-drive electric vehicle; vehicle– road– cloud collaboration; autonomous vehicles; multi-objective optimization
Emerging Transportation Safety and Operations: Practical Perspectives, 3rd Edition
edited by , Bhaven Naik, and
submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open
Keywords: traffic safety; surrogate measures; injury severity; crash severity; connected/automated vehicle safety; safety methods; intelligent transportation systems
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