Recent advances in technology have improved the ability of vehicles to act autonomously, thereby enabling the implementation of these systems into the lives of the everyday consumers. For example, in the past three years several major vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, and technology companies have announced projects involving autonomous vehicles (AVs). While the notion of AVs has been popular within the military, the urgency to make them commonplace has gathered pace as companies outside the auto industry have illustrated the feasibility and benefits that AVs offer. However, in order to predict user adoption of these autonomous features, attitudes towards them must be understood. Thus, the purpose of the present work is to develop and validate a scale to quantify trust towards autonomous vehicles. The data was subjected to a factor analysis with Promax rotation, yielding two factors. A number of correlations between trust towards autonomous features and personality were also identified. Finally, differences in trust between autonomous levels were identified.
How Humans Trust Autonomous Vehicles: A Study in Measurement Development and Personality Differences
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