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Working and being productive while commuting and travelling is a promising use case for automated and autonomous vehicles. Whereas different concepts have already been proposed how future interior concepts can support in-car work, user requirements for this use case were not investigated in detail. An online survey with n = 618 participants from all age groups between 18 and 65 years was used to investigate users’ perception and requirements for doing work in an autonomous, on-demand vehicle. The results show a high acceptability for the possibility to work during travel time. Many users expect that the vehicle provides infrastructure and equipment for working to be used with a mobile device. Privacy options are an important aspect for user satisfaction and should be considered for the design of shared vehicles. Based on the results, interior concepts supporting in-car work can be conceptualized and investigated in further research.
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This project has received funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research under project number 02P18Q640 (Research campus Arena2036: FlexCAR).
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Mathis, LA., Widlroither, H., Traub, N. (2021). Towards Future Interior Concepts: User Perception and Requirements for the Use Case Working in the Autonomous Car. In: Stanton, N. (eds) Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 270. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80012-3_37
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