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Department of Automobiles and Transport, National University of Science and Technology “POLITEHNICA” Bucharest, Pitești University Center, Târgul din Vale St 1, 110040 Pitești, Romania
Department of Road Vehicles and Transports, University of Pitesti, 110040 Pitesti, Romania
Prof. Dr. Silviu Ionita
Department of Electronics, Computers and Electrical Engineering, National University of Science and Technology “POLITEHNICA” Bucharest, Pitești University Center, Târgul din Vale St 1, 110040 Pitești, Romania
Department of Electronics, Computers and Electrical Engineering, National University of Science and Technology “POLITEHNICA” Bucharest, Pitești University Center, Târgul din Vale St 1, 110040 Pitesti, Romania
Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Management, National University of Science and Technology “POLITEHNICA” Bucharest, Pitești University Center, Târgul din Vale St 1, 110040 Pitesti, Romania
Prof. Dr. Rodica Niculescu
Department of Automobiles and Transport, University of Pitesti, 110040 Pitesti, Romania
Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Management, National University of Science and Technology “POLITEHNICA” Bucharest, Pitești University Center, Târgul din Vale St 1, 110040 Pitesti, Romania
Faculty of Mechanics and Technology, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest—Pitești University Centre, Targu din Vale, Pitesti, Romania
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Mobility Engineering and Sustainability

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Dear Colleagues,

This Topic will bring together a collection of scientific contributions presented at the CAR2026 – The 36th SIAR International Congress of Automotive and Transport Engineering (https://siarcongress.eu), which will be held from 5 to 7 November 2026 in Pitești, Romania. SIAR (Society of Automotive Engineers of Romania) is a non-governmental professional society whose main objective is to contribute to establishing a framework conducive to optimal collaboration between specialists from academia and research, industry and business in order to achieve its mission of promoting knowledge and progress in automotive and transport engineering. CAR2026 is a long-established scientific event initiated by the Pitești University Centre of “Politehnica” Bucharest in 1978.

Mobility engineering (i.e., automotive and transport engineering) is paramount for human civilization. Considering its impact on the environment, it is essential to pursue a sustainable approach in this field to mitigate the negative effects and ensure long-term ecological balance. Thus, the focus of CAR2026 is “Mobility Engineering and Sustainability”.

This Topic, dedicated to CAR2026 International Congress, reflects the core themes of the conference, with contributions that address the following:

  • Accident Research and Analysis
  • Active and Passive Safety
  • Advanced Engineering Methods (CAx)
  • Advanced Materials, Manufacturing Technologies and Logistics
  • Advanced Transport Systems and Road Traffic
  • Heavy and Special Vehicles
  • Hybrid & Electric Vehicles
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Transmission Systems
  • Vehicle Electronics and Software

Any other paper presented on a topic not quoted above, but with scientific interest for the general theme of the congress, will be taken into consideration.

A particular strength of this issue lies in its multi- and inter-disciplinary scope, which is a reflection of the mobility engineering field. As the worldwide scientific community continue to seek sustainable pathways for ensuring mobility, we can only hope that the findings and ideas presented in this issue will be useful for the standard “Academia–Industry–State” trinomial.

We are grateful to all contributors, reviewers and organizing partners of CAR2026. They will all make possible the organisation of CAR2026, and hence, the publication of this Topic.

Prof. Dr. Adrian Clenci
Prof. Dr. Ştefan Lucian Tabacu
Prof. Dr. Silviu Ionita
Prof. Dr. Nicu Bizon
Prof. Dr. Eduard Laurenţiu Niţu
Prof. Dr. Rodica Niculescu
Prof. Dr. Nicolae-Doru Stănescu
Prof. Dr. Adriana-Gabriela Schiopu
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Keywords

  • automotive engineering
  • transport engineering
  • mobility engineering
  • sustainability
  • vehicle electronics and software

Participating Journals

Journal Name Impact Factor CiteScore Launched Year First Decision (median) APC
Energy Storage and Applications
esa 		- - 2024 15.0 days * CHF 1000 Submit
Future Transportation
futuretransp 		1.7 3.8 2021 21.7 Days CHF 1200 Submit
Machines
machines 		2.5 4.7 2013 17.6 Days CHF 2400 Submit
Sustainability
sustainability 		3.3 7.7 2009 17.9 Days CHF 2400 Submit
Vehicles
vehicles 		2.2 5.3 2019 21.4 Days CHF 1800 Submit

* Median value for all MDPI journals in the second half of 2025.


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Multi-Objective Eco-Routing Optimization for Timber Transportation Considering Carbon Emissions and Ecological Disturbance
by Dongtao Han and Yuewei Ma
Sustainability 2026, 18(8), 3706; https://doi.org/10.3390/su18083706 - 9 Apr 2026
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Forest harvesting transportation planning must balance operational efficiency with environmental sustainability, because timber transportation can cause both soil disturbance and carbon emissions. However, most vehicle routing studies primarily focus on economic objectives such as distance or cost minimization, whereas environmental impacts are often [...] Read more.
Forest harvesting transportation planning must balance operational efficiency with environmental sustainability, because timber transportation can cause both soil disturbance and carbon emissions. However, most vehicle routing studies primarily focus on economic objectives such as distance or cost minimization, whereas environmental impacts are often considered separately. The integrated optimization of ecological disturbance and carbon emissions remains limited in forest transportation planning. To address this gap, this study formulates a multi-vehicle routing optimization model for timber transportation that simultaneously minimizes transportation distance, makespan, soil disturbance, and CO2 emissions within a hierarchical forest road network. An enhanced evolutionary algorithm, Eco-Constrained Lévy-flight Local Search NSGA-II (ECLS-NSGA-II), is proposed to improve convergence and maintain environmentally favorable routing solutions. Simulation experiments comparing ECLS-NSGA-II with NSGA-II, MOPSO, MOEA/D, and WS-GA demonstrate that the proposed method achieves superior performance across all objectives, producing shorter routes, lower completion times, and reduced CO2 emissions while maintaining minimal ecological disturbance. Additional experiments on randomly generated networks further confirm the robustness of the proposed approach. These results indicate that the proposed framework provides an effective methodological tool for environmentally sustainable timber transportation planning in forest operations. Full article
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