Nudging with colors to promote electric vehicle rentals

Wai Ching Wilson Au, Pearl M.C. Lin and Fiona Chi

Annals of Tourism Research, 2024, vol. 109, issue C

Abstract: The symbolic meaning of colors plays a crucial role in individual decision-making. Two experiments were conducted to explore how color influences tourists' rental decisions of electric vehicles. The first study employs a 3 (color hue) × 3 (color lightness) experimental design and analyses 300 responses to reveal that light-green and light-blue vehicles were perceived as most environmentally friendly. The second study conducts a single-factor scenario-based experiment with 600 participants. Light-green vehicles enhance perceived environmental friendliness and encourage rentals, while light-blue vehicles reduce decision-making time by evoking mental imagery. This research is innovative in applying color-based nudges into the context of sustainable self-driving tourism, contributing to nudging theory and color psychology. The findings help tourism businesses make electric vehicles more appealing.

Keywords: Color; Nudging; Self-driving tourism; Electric vehicle; Environmental friendliness; Mental imagery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2024.103843

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