Do gender and age affect willingness to ride in driverless vehicles: If so, then why?

Stephen Rice and Scott R. Winter

Technology in Society, 2019, vol. 58, issue C

Abstract: In the past few years, there have been great strides in the development of technology for driverless vehicles. However, research into consumer perceptions of this technology has lagged behind the technology itself. A few reports have indicated that age and gender might have effects on consumers’ willingness to ride in driverless vehicles; however, to date, none of these studies has sufficiently explained why these effects occur. The current study seeks to address this gap with a causal mediation model using various scales and emotional responses as potential mediators.

Keywords: Affect; Mediation model; Automation; Driverless vehicles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2019.101145

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