Design of an Autonomous, Sustainable Sharing Mobility Solution Aimed to Mobility-Disabled Individuals

Abstract

Recent analysis has shown deteriorating traffic conditions in urban areas, caused by an increase in the motorization rate, which has risen to 66.6 vehicles per 100 inhabitants. As a result of the pandemic, individuality has grown, hence private vehicles are becoming more prevalent whilst public transport and sharing are negatively affected. Therefore, European policies have encouraged and innovated more sustainable mobility. Thus, the developed project aims to achieve more efficient mobility and more sustainable environments, towards social and economic well-being. The proposed means of transport aims to appeal to an audience with a reduced ability to drive a car as intended. The IDeS methodology was applied to develop a self-driving, urban micro mobility vehicle, aimed to give enough room and equipment for people with moving disabilities. The innovation of the IDeS method is state-of-the-art and ought to satisfy current product needs, which leads to an innovative micromobility vehicle and portrays a design for a car that will help to close the gaps in urban mobility. These design processes, which are distinguished by the fusion of several industrial techniques, enabled the development of a plan that addresses current mobility issues for disabled people and opens to new mobility prospects.

Design of a concept vehicle for future-oriented urban mobility using design-driven methodologies

“…The SDE methodology, on the other hand, enters the field at the design stage, i.e., when, having carried out the initial analyses with the help of the QFD and defined the architecture of the product and service, one finds oneself shaping the product in the best and most coherent way possible. This scientific method turns out to have long been used in industry by well-known international design firms, and being born and developed in the internal corporate environment there is little literature from which to study it [ 7 , 8 ]. This involves the subdivision of various tasks carried out gradually by the design team, allowing them to arrive at a high-quality end result in a scientific and repeatable manner.…”