“Do I really need it?”: An explorative study of acceptance and usage of in-vehicle technology

The vehicle is increasingly equipped with additional technology assisting and entertaining the driver. To improve the systems and increase their usage, it is important to understand what influences the acceptance of technology in the vehicle. An online survey was conducted assessing which systems drivers own and use in their vehicles today. For the equipped systems, the reasons why N = 304 drivers do not use their in-vehicle technology were qualitatively explored. An inductive content analysis revealed 13 categories in total. The three categories “Need”, “Context and Task”, and “Reliability” were associated with Perceived Usefulness while “Increased Effort” and “Aversion” were associated with Perceived Ease of Use (Venkatesh, 2000). In addition, the influencing factors are further extended with the “Preference for Own Action”, “Distrust”, “Safety”, “Knowledge”, and “Habit”. The findings reveal subjectively important antecedents of the acceptance of in-vehicle technology and provide new insights, especially on usage barriers. An Integrated Acceptance Model (IAM) is derived from the identified categories to inform future research and facilitate a holistic view on factors influencing technology acceptance.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2021.11.011
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847821002618
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• Authors:
  • Stiegemeier, Dina
  • Bringeland, Sabrina
  • Kraus, Johannes
  • Baumann, Martin
• Publication Date: 2022-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 65-82
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • Volume: 84
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1369-8478
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13698478

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceptance; Consumer preferences; Driver support systems; Technological innovations; Vehicle safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01834377
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 25 2022 5:29PM