Why early adopters engage in interpersonal diffusion of technological innovations: An empirical study on electric bicycles and electric scooters

Seebauer, Sebastian

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2015.04.017

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“…From interviews with 39 high---end adopters it has emerged that the reasons for adoption of AFVs are either due to performance, technological or environmental motivations. This supports literature that has previously indicated that these are potential reasons for adoption Hidrue et al, 2011;Lane and Potter, 2007;Seebauer, 2015;Turrentine et al, 2011). What was surprising in this study was that running costs are not a reason for adoption, which is contrary to some previous studies (Caperello et al, 2015;Dumortier et al, 2015;Hardman et al, 2016b;Tal and Nicholas, 2013;Turrentine et al, 2011).…”

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Barriers to the adoption of fuel cell vehicles: A qualitative investigation into early adopters attitudes

Hardman

Shiu

Steinberger‐Wilckens

et al. 2017

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs) are now approaching wider spread consumer adoption, with some of the largest OEMs having released or about to release commercial products. However, research into consumer perceptions of FCVs has been extremely limited to date. This paper investigates automotive early adopter attitudes toward FCVs by performing interviews with high-end BEV owners. This sample was chosen as based on a preceding study it was expected that these adopters would have a greater level of awareness and knowledge of FCVs compared to the general population. It was expected that this would lead to more insightful results. In this study 5 consumer barriers to FCV adoption emerge. These are; the lack of hydrogen infrastructure, the source of hydrogen, the inability of FCVs to be recharged from home, cost issues and also concerns about hydrogen safety. This paper goes on to make recommendations on how to solve these consumer barriers stating that; hydrogen infrastructure needs to be pre-developed, hydrogen should be sustainably generated, FCVs should have the ability to be partially charged at home, hydrogen fuel will need to be subsidised in the early market, vehicles need to be positioned in the correct markets, and safety concerns can be mitigated partly through education and outreach. Finally this paper finds that consumers do desire the range of a FCV and there is also consumer demand for FCVs ability to provide emergency backup power. was therefore hypothesised that high-end BEV adopters would have good awareness and knowledge of FCVs and would be similar to the types of people that will adopt FCVs in the future. Making comparisons between the Tesla Model S which has a 285 mile range and FCVs is also valuable. When FCVs become more commercially viable BEVs with ranges of 200 miles and above will be more numerous. Tesla, Ford, Audi,

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Barriers to the adoption of fuel cell vehicles: A qualitative investigation into early adopters attitudes

Hardman

Shiu

Steinberger‐Wilckens

et al. 2017

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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“…On the one hand, the measurement items were adopted from the original TAM or its extension, the TAM 3. On the other hand, scales were refined using established TAM studies in the field of automotive technologies [19,[23][24][25]38,[51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63]. This is especially true for the items relating to the attitude towards environmental protection and the innovativeness, as those have scarcely been integrated in TAM research [19,[51][52][53].…”

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Comparing Technology Acceptance for Autonomous Vehicles, Battery Electric Vehicles, and Car Sharing—A Study across Europe, China, and North America

Müller

2019

Sustainability

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The automotive industry today faces three major transitions: the emergence of autonomous driving, electric powertrain replacing the internal combustion engine, and changes in possession of automobiles, e.g., increased usage of car sharing. As all three transitions are fostered by technologies that drive digital transformation of automobiles, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by Davis represents the underlying research model of this paper. Hypotheses are developed and tested for a sample of 1177 participants using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). Group differences are investigated for three markets: Europe, North America, and China. The paper confirms the underlying assumptions of the Technology Acceptance Model in the context of automobiles. Further, it illustrates influential societal norms and individual experiences for technology acceptance. In addition, compound effects for technology acceptance are found, e.g., the perceived enjoyment of electric driving affects the acceptance of autonomous driving and car possession behavior. The novel approach to integrate three different technologies within the Technology Acceptance Model requires unifying items to a level which makes them comparable, limiting the results for each individual technology. For practice, automotive manufacturers obtain advice on how to foster technology acceptance. For society, the paper uncovers the role of societal norms for technology acceptance in the context of automobiles. Policy makers can obtain insights on how to successfully increase technology acceptance, e.g., for environmental purposes. Conclusively, the paper applies the Technology Acceptance Model for three developments in the context of automobiles, thereby extending current research using the Technology Acceptance Model.

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“…While e-bikes may also replace walking or conventional biking, the evidence from the available field studies suggests that purchasing an e-bike results in considerable substitution of car usage [2,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. However, while e-bike sales have shown rapid growth rates, e-bikes still represent a niche product that appeals mostly to the 'dark green' or 'early adopter' segments [2,3,6,[11][12][13][14].…”

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E-bike trials’ potential to promote sustained changes in car owners mobility habits

Moser

Blumer

Hille

2018

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Why early adopters engage in interpersonal diffusion of technological innovations: An empirical study on electric bicycles and electric scooters

Cited by 39 publications

References 38 publications

Barriers to the adoption of fuel cell vehicles: A qualitative investigation into early adopters attitudes

Barriers to the adoption of fuel cell vehicles: A qualitative investigation into early adopters attitudes

Comparing Technology Acceptance for Autonomous Vehicles, Battery Electric Vehicles, and Car Sharing—A Study across Europe, China, and North America

E-bike trials’ potential to promote sustained changes in car owners mobility habits

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