Assessing the characteristics and outcomes of perceived usefulness and ease of use for autonomous vehicle adoption

IF 3.5 2区工程技术 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI:10.1016/j.trf.2025.03.014

Wei Peng, Kathryn Robinson-Tay

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Abstract

Autonomous vehicles have the potential to improve public safety and change the transportation landscape, but their public acceptance is not sufficiently understood. Grounded in the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this research proposed and validated measurement models to identify the primary factors of perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (EU) associated with autonomous vehicles. Also, we proposed a path model to examine the relationships between PU, EU, individual differences, and acceptance. This cross-sectional study sampled 323 U.S. adults from an online panel. The result showed that PU was explained by the safety, transportation functions, societal impact, epistemic value, and emotional value of autonomous vehicles. EU was explained by complexity, observability, and desire for trial. In the path model, knowledge showed a negative relationship with PU but a positive one with EU. PU was related to trust, adoption intention, and support for research and policy. EU was related to PU, car authority identity, and trust. We discussed the theoretical implications of our findings and practical applications related to this emerging technology.

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评估自动驾驶汽车采用的感知有用性和易用性的特征和结果

自动驾驶汽车有可能改善公共安全，改变交通格局，但公众对它们的接受程度还不够了解。本研究以技术接受模型（TAM）为基础，提出并验证了测量模型，以确定与自动驾驶汽车相关的感知有用性（PU）和感知易用性（EU）的主要因素。此外，我们还提出了一个路径模型来检验PU、EU、个体差异和接受度之间的关系。这项横断面研究从一个在线小组中抽取了323名美国成年人。结果表明，自动驾驶汽车的安全性、交通功能、社会影响、认知价值和情感价值可以解释PU。欧盟被解释为复杂性、可观察性和对试验的渴望。在路径模型中，知识与PU呈负相关，与EU呈正相关。PU与信任、采用意愿、研究和政策支持有关。EU与PU、汽车权威认同、信任相关。我们讨论了我们的发现的理论意义和与这一新兴技术相关的实际应用。

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Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Multiple-

CiteScore

7.60

自引率

14.60%

发文量

239

审稿时长

71 days

期刊介绍： Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour focuses on the behavioural and psychological aspects of traffic and transport. The aim of the journal is to enhance theory development, improve the quality of empirical studies and to stimulate the application of research findings in practice. TRF provides a focus and a means of communication for the considerable amount of research activities that are now being carried out in this field. The journal provides a forum for transportation researchers, psychologists, ergonomists, engineers and policy-makers with an interest in traffic and transport psychology.