Rahman, M.M.; Thill, J.-C. What Drives People’s Willingness to Adopt Autonomous Vehicles? A Review of Internal and External Factors. Sustainability2023, 15, 11541.
Rahman, M.M.; Thill, J.-C. What Drives People’s Willingness to Adopt Autonomous Vehicles? A Review of Internal and External Factors. Sustainability 2023, 15, 11541.
Rahman, M.M.; Thill, J.-C. What Drives People’s Willingness to Adopt Autonomous Vehicles? A Review of Internal and External Factors. Sustainability2023, 15, 11541.
Rahman, M.M.; Thill, J.-C. What Drives People’s Willingness to Adopt Autonomous Vehicles? A Review of Internal and External Factors. Sustainability 2023, 15, 11541.
Abstract
This article presents a state-of-the-art literature review to understand people’s perceptions and opinions of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) and the factors that influence AV adoption. A strategic literature search was conducted to select articles for this review. Most of the articles were published within the last five years and they used a household questionnaire survey to collect data. Mostly, they used statistical and econometric methods to evaluate the factors that affect people’s intentions to adopt AVs. The results show that psychological factors often appear as the most important internal factors of people’s willingness to adopt AVs. Additionally, other internal factors such as the socioeconomic profile of individuals and their household, and knowledge and familiarity with AV technologies would affect AV adoption tendencies. User attributes also indirectly affect AV adoption by influencing the psychological factors of users. We identify several critical external factors such as opportunities (e.g., safety and security, low congestion, energy use) and challenges (e.g., system failure, privacy breach, and legal issues), while another influential group includes transportation factors (e.g., travel mode, distance, and time), urban form (e.g., urban/rural, density, land use diversity), affinity to new technology, and the institutional regulatory environment. We discuss some recommendations for policy makers, auto industries, and private stakeholders to formulate policies and strategies to increase market share of AVs. Finally, we identify some limitations of previous studies and provide a blueprint for future research on AV adoption.
Keywords
Autonomous vehicle; self-driving car; public perceptions; willingness to use; human factors; new technologies
Subject
Social Sciences, Transportation
Copyright:
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