Acceptance Factors for Younger Passengers in Shared Autonomous Vehicles

Once highly automated vehicles become available, the vehicle does not need to be operated by a driver, as a result that the controller of the vehicle will be transformed from drivers to passengers. What can be predicted is, the transition will exert a great influence upon the public transportation, especially in shared vehicle like taxi. With regard to the automated vehicles, younger individuals have been investigated to be more interested in using automated vehicles. However, will the novel type of vehicles be accepted by passengers? In this article, we try to build a model to study the acceptance of autonomous driving shared taxis (hereinafter referred to as SAVS), and accordingly report a survey assessing the acceptance of autonomous driving shared taxi technology among young people (N = 158). The survey results show that more than half of drivers are skeptical of SAVS, but their acceptance may vary considerably. Our paper intends to help shed light on the variance and exhibit relevant acceptance factors for future SAVS usage.