Laypeople’s Perspectives on Electromobility: A Focus Group Study

Zaunbrecher, Barbara S.; Beul-Leusmann, Shirley; Ziefle, Martina

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19743-2_22

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“…Focus groups are a common research method in technology acceptance research (Ziefle and Valdez, 2017;Park and Han, 2016;Pino et al, 2015;de Barcellos et al, 2014;Zaunbrecher et al, 2014;Wilkowska and Ziefle, 2011) and in transportation (Pudāne et al, 2019;Maréchal, 2016;Simons et al, 2014Simons et al, , 2013Coughlin, 2001;Yassuda et al, 1997). Prior interviews often help in structuring and designing focus groups (Sutton and Arnold, 2013).…”

Section: Research Methods and Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Long Road to Automated Trucking: Insights from Driver Focus Groups

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With the rapid progress of automated driving technology, self-driving vehicles are on the horizon. In this study, we look at what is likely to be the first implementation of a form of automated driving on public roads, i.e., truck platooning, where virtually connected trucks drive at short headways to save fuel and associated emissions. With progressing technology, we may see platoons with drivers resting while being in the truck or even platoons in which not all trucks require drivers. Hence, platooning technology has a significant impact on the jobs of truck drivers. Driver acceptance of this emerging technology is therefore an important factor in the implementation of platooning and, consequently, automated driving in general. In this study, we explore the range of perspectives that exist among drivers by conducting focus groups in the Netherlands. These discussions indicate that drivers foresee that platooning will eventually become a reality but believe it will have a negative impact on the quality of their work and their job satisfaction.

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The Long Road to Automated Trucking: Insights from Driver Focus Groups

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“…Within transport studies, focus groups are used to explore the reasoning and choices behind new or existing themes (Carvalho et al, 2016;Delbosc and Currie, 2016;Ferrer and Ruiz, 2018;Pudāne et al, 2018) or to test survey questions and triangulate findings with other methods (Pronello and Rappazzo, 2014;Shay et al, 2016). In relation to electric mobility, focus groups are used to test assumptions behind survey analyses and choice modelling (Cordera et al, 2018;Higgins et al, 2012;Melliger et al, 2018;Robinson et al, 2013) or conducted in combination with interviews or travel data (Bunch et al, 1993;Kurani et al, 1994;Ryghaug and Toftaker, 2014;Zaunbrecher et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, most of these studies on EVs or green vehicles draw on small sample sizes, a single region, or focus on EV drivers. For example, Zaunbrecher et al (2015) draw insights from three focus groups with 24 participants in Germany in 2012, and found that misconceptions about EVs persist and that responses were gendered. Flamm and Agrawal (2012) found that participants rarely thought about the environmental impact of their vehicle choice when they discussed the purchase of sustainable vehicles in 4 focus groups with 36 randomly sampled Californian participants.…”

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Public perceptions of electric vehicles and vehicle-to-grid (V2G): Insights from a Nordic focus group study

Kester

Rubens

Sovacool

et al. 2019

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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“…Graham-Rowe et al (2012), for instance, reported on the statements made by their interviewees at the end of an EV trial. Zaunbrecher et al (2014) collected perceptions and beliefs through focus groups. Egbue and Long (2012) and Noel et al (2020) instead asked respondents what barriers EVs currently face.…”

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