… intention to use automated vehicles in public transport and were positive towards the
characteristics of the automated vehicle but rated the effectiveness of the vehicle more negatively in …

… Both distrust and overtrust can be relevant barriers for the success of automated vehicle
technology; however, we expect changing priorities with increasing levels of automation. Dickie …

… play the greatest role (respectively) in spurring both early and late adopters to adopt
automobility, whereas middle-range adopters are most motivated by instrumental motivations. …

… Such vehicles are defined on five levels where the last level “full automation” means a …
people who might be unable to afford a vehicle and would thus again become early adopters. …

… Also, early adopters tend to place more value than later adopters on the symbolic attributes
of an electric car. Additionally, Petschnig et al. (2014) develop an adoption model for AFVs in …

… not possess a driving license and thus do not have kilometers driven”; and 22 had not heard
of automated vehicles before the survey. Thus, we considered these responses as invalid. …

… and other vehicles (3). Automated vehicles may be autonomous (ie, with vehicle sensors
only), or … NHTSA has defined five levels of automation, which start at Level 0 (ie, that of basic, …

… In particular, fully automated vehicles are being considered … early and potential adopters
of partially and fully automated … The earliest existing fully automated vehicles are low-speed …

… automatic vehicles, and they are still on the sidelines, especially for highly automated
vehicles. Therefore, shortly, technological upgrading of high-level automated vehicles and the …

… Parents were given a description of an early adopter of technology and then were asked if
they considered themselves to be an early adopter. A description of AVs was given to define …