Motor vehicles are the backbone of global transport. In recent years, due to the rising costs of fossil fuels and increasing concerns about their negative impact on the natural environment, the development of low-emission power supply systems for veh...
This article is devoted to the ecological comparison of electric and internal combustion engine vehicles throughout their entire life cycle, from mining to recycling. A scientifically based approach to a comprehensive environmental assessment of the...
In the context of a global shift towards renewable energies and climate change mitigation, the market for electric vehicles has experienced a remarkable upswing, with battery electric vehicles (BEVs) leading this transformative wave. The appeal of BE...
Due to the large quantities of carbon emissions generated by the transportation sector, cleaner automotive technologies are needed aiming at a green energy transition. In this scenario, hydrogen is pointed out as a promising fuel that can be employed...
Battery electrical vehicle (BEV) ownership has increased in recent years. There is a general concern over the life cycle of the batteries used in such vehicles. This study provides a comprehensive overview of electric vehicles, encompassing their tec...
Regarding the goals for achieving carbon neutrality by 2025, the transportation sector is one of the main causes of various environmental burdens, such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and resource depletion, so reducing the environmental impact of...
Transitioning to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) is thought to substantially curb emissions, promoting sustainable development. However, the extent of the problem extends beyond tailpipe emissions. To facilitate decision-making and planning of future i...
In order to reduce vehicle emitted greenhouse gases (GHGs) on a global scale, the scope of consideration should be expanded to include the manufacturing, fuel extraction, refinement, power generation, and end-of-life phases of a vehicle, in addition...
Exergy is a thermodynamic concept that ponders the quality of energy. It evaluates the irreversibilities of a machine, demonstrating its capacity to perform work associated with energy conversion. This article focuses on directing public policies and...
To achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, decarbonization targets for the global automotive industry are required. We assess the quantity of light-duty vehicles (LDVs) with internal combustion engines (ICEs) that can be manufactured within...
Firefighting units in the Slovak Republic are well prepared for extinguishing fires of vehicles with internal combustion engines. However, the expansion of electromobility is also coming to Slovakia. It is essential to pay attention to this topic fro...
Car-sharing services are developing at an ever-increasing pace. Taking into account the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and pursuit of the sustainable development of transport, implementing electric cars in car-sharing fleets is being proposed....
As many countries transition to electric vehicles (EVs) to reduce tailpipe emissions from internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs), both vehicle types continue to generate non-exhaust particulate matter (PM), including tire wear, brake wear, road...
Although electric vehicles (EVs) have been regarded as promising to reduce tailpipe emissions and energy consumption, a mixed traffic flow of EVs and internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) makes the energy/emissions reduction objective more diff...
Green logistics is an approach aimed at reducing the environmental impact of transport, storage, and distribution practices, through low-emission vehicles, optimized routes, clean energy tech in warehouses, and efficient waste management. These solut...
Hydrogen mobility embodies a promising solution to address the challenges posed by traditional fossil fuel-based vehicles. The use of hydrogen in small heavy-duty road vehicles based on internal combustion engines (ICEs) may be appealing for two fund...
A notable trend in the modern automotive market is the increased interest in hybrid cars. Hybrid cars combine a standard internal combustion engine with an electric motor solution. Research into increasing the energy efficiency of a conventional unit...
The transition from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles toward hybrid and battery electric vehicles is reshaping both automotive engineering and the sensory experience of driving, yet its neurophysiological consequences remain underexplored. Th...
The Greater Bay Area (GBA) accounts for a high percentage of pollution due to the large number of internal combustion engines. In the past few decades, there has been a significant increase in internal combustion engines vehicles while electric vehic...
The hydrogen drive is a promising zero-emission solution in transportation that can be realised through hydrogen internal combustion engines or hydrogen fuel cells. The hydrogen combustion engine’s advantage lies in the simplicity and greater m...
Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) are considered to have higher energy efficiency and advantages to better control CO2 emissions compared to Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles (ICEVs). However, in the context that a large amount of thermal power is s...
This study examines the implementation of a waste heat recovery system on an electric hybrid vehicle. The selected waste heat recovery method operates on organic Rankine cycle principles to target the overall fuel consumption improvement of the inter...
In this article, we introduce a flexible and reliable technique to simulate and optimize the characteristics of a Dynamic Electrical Vehicle (DEV). The DEV model is a discrete event-based modeling technique used in electrical vehicle research to impr...
Hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines present a promising pathway for reducing carbon emissions in urban transportation by allowing for the reuse of existing vehicle platforms while eliminating carbon dioxide emissions from the exhaust. However...
Most motor vehicles have historically utilized Internal Combustion Engines powered by a fossil fuel. Despite the technological advancements in fuel-efficient engines, further improvements are required to reduce the effect of fuel costs and global war...
Electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining more and more traction as a viable option in the automotive sector. This mode of transportation is currently on track, according to current trends, to totally replace internal combustion engine (ICE) cars in the no...
Since around the year 2000, following the introduction of electric vehicles (EVs) to the market, some people have expressed concerns about the level of magnetic flux density (MFD) inside vehicles. In 2013, we reported the results of MFD measurements...
The environmental sustainability of passenger-car electrification depends not only on powertrain technology but also on vehicle size, material intensity, energy-system decarbonisation, and end-of-life management. This study applies prospective life c...
The automobile industry is shifting from internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) or electric vehicles (EVs) extremely fast. Our calculation regarding the most popular private car brand in Bangladesh, Toyota, sho...
Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) play an important role in the needed transition away from fossil fuels and Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles (ICEVs). Although transport planning models and routing problem solutions exist for BEVs, the assumption t...
Low-emission zones, known in Poland as clean transport zones, grant or deny access according to a vehicle’s Euro standard, age and fuel. These administrative labels, however, are only loosely connected to what an internal combustion engine (ICE...
Light weighting by material substitution is a key to reducing GHG emissions during vehicle operation. The GHG benefits are a salient factor in selecting lightweight materials for vehicles. Although the literature has performed lightweight material se...
This paper focuses on the estimation of energy consumption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) by means of models derived from traffic flow theory and vehicle locomotion laws. In particular, it proposes a bi-level procedure with the aim to calibrate (or updat...
In electric-powered cars, the production of which is increasing, the HVAC system is responsible for most of the noise inside the car’s cabin, causing significant discomfort for passengers. Moreover, the noise produced by the HVAC affects the pe...
This article presents a straightforward and effective way of adding the Internet of Vehicles function to vehicles with different drive systems. By equipping the vehicle with a transmission device that communicates with the vehicle’s on-board di...
The environmental safety of a car is currently one of the most important indicators of vehicle competitiveness and quality in the consumer market. Currently, assessment of the ecological properties of vehicles is based on various criteria. In the cas...
Vehicle emissions, as a source of air pollution and greenhouse gases, have a significant impact on the environment and climate change. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have the potential to reduce air pollution and GHGs. However, BEVs often attract t...
The Martian topography needs to be investigated in greater detail for human habitations, and this can be accomplished faster using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In this regard, the RQ-11B Raven appears suitable for remote sensing and topography-ma...
The accelerated digitization of the third decade of the twenty-first century poses a challenge both for science and for practice. The study presents partial results of continuous research on online reputation management of entities operating in the e...
There is an important debate about the appropriate policy measures for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transport sector. Strong expansion of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) following a ban on the registration of new vehicles with inte...
There has been a progressive global increase in the usage of electric vehicles in this dispensation. This is mostly due to the need to decarbonise the transport sector and mitigate the concerns of climate change and depleting oil reserves of which So...
Commercial electric vehicles (EVs) have increasingly gained interest from urban freight companies in the past decade due to the introduction of economic and policy drivers. Although these factors promote urban freight electrification, some barriers h...
Eco-driving is a key strategy for reducing energy consumption and emissions in electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. However, research gaps remain regarding its effectiveness across different driving environments, veh...
Emissions from the transportation sector are significant contributors to climate change and health problems because of the common use of gasoline vehicles. Countries in the world are attempting to transition away from gasoline vehicles and to electri...
The transportation industry has led efforts to fight climate change and reduce air pollution. Autonomous electric vehicles (A-EVs) that use artificial intelligence, next-generation batteries, etc., are predicted to replace conventional internal combu...
Vehicle technologies are commonly evaluated using energy consumption, operating cost, and environmental impact as separate indicators, which can lead to conflicting technology rankings. This study applies the Triple-E Efficiency (η3e) framework t...
The increasingly stringent CO2 emissions standards require innovative solutions in the vehicle development process. One possibility to reduce CO2 emissions is the electrification of powertrains. The resulting increased complexity, as well as the incr...
This study investigates the annual carbon emission disparities between privately-owned electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) by developing a usage-phase life cycle assessment (LCA) model, with a focus on the synergis...
The regulation of vehicular CO2 emissions determines the permissible emissions of vehicles in units of g CO2/km. However, these values only partially provide adequate information because they characterize only the vehicle but not the emission of the...
Although electric drives can locally reduce the environmental impact of traffic, the penetration rates of battery electric vehicles (BEV) are far below expectations, not least because the charging infrastructure network is still considered insufficie...
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