**About the Editors**

#### **Calin Iclodean**

Dr. Calin Iclodean is currently an associate professor at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, ˘ Romania, Department of Automotive Engineering and Transports. He obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2013, after studying for doctoral studies in Graz, - Austria, at AVL List GmbH. He graduated from the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, Department of Applied Electronics of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca in 1994, and has more than 25 years of working and business experience in IT&C. He is the author/co-author of 12 published books, including 3 books published by Springer Nature. Dr Iclodean's areas of research are as follows: electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, powertrain concept, electronic control units, in-vehicle communication network, energy efficiency, computer modeling, and simulation in the automotive field. His research has received financing from European Investment Bank, national and regional authorities, and economic private entities. He is also active in the field of peer-reviewed publications, where he is a member of a reviewer board for several journals indexed in the Web of Science. He is also a member of the topic editorial board for several journals indexed in the Web of Science and an academic editor for several Special Issues published in journals indexed in the Web of Science.

#### **Bogdan Ovidiu Varga**

Prof. Dr. Bogdan Ovidiu Varga is currently a professor at the Automotive Engineering and Transport Department, at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and is the coordinator of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicles course and the director of the Automotive Master Program Advance Techniques in Automotive Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca after studying in Germany (University of Hohenheim), Italy (Universita di Bologna), and Greece (National Technical University of Athens). Since 2011, he has ` been the technical juridical expert for the Romanian Ministry of Justice in the field of automotive, road, traffic, and equipment for vehicles control, and from 2013, he has worked as an associate member of Federation International des Experts in Automobile. His main research activity covers the areas of smart and green mobility: electric and hybrid vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, energy efficiency of the vehicles, autonomous vehicles, vehicle evaluation, and vehicle diagnosis. He has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals, including the *Energy* journal published by Elsevier and several patterns in the field of electric mobility.

#### **Felix Pfister**

Dr.-Ing. Dipl. Felix Pfister currently works for Business Development Powertrain IPG Automotive GmbH, and was previously Business Development Manager at AVL LIST GmbH. His interests include vehicle simulation platforms, ADAS, HIL, ECU control and simulation, vehicle dynamics, and virtual vehicle testing.
