Google Trends showed that public interest in “driverless cars” has increased ten times compared to a decade ago. At the same time, people may have concerns about this disruptive technology. In this study, we studied the public acceptance of autonomous vehicles in China, conducted surveys, and developed a game for participants to better understand automated driving technology, including its regulations, safety, efficiency, and related economic and environmental issues. Our research showed that Chinese generally have positive attitudes and an overall higher acceptance rate about self-driving cars. We also demonstrated games can be a somewhat useful tool to improve public acceptance of self-driving cars.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Song, Zhecheng
• Ma, Zhifei
• Zhao, Jieping
• Liu, Yongcheng

Subject

• Innovation
• Learning
• Sustainability
• Industry
• Project-Based Learning
• Community
• Environment
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 26611
• E-project-073021-160454

Keyword

• Self-Driving Cars
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Game Simulation
• Automated Driving Technology
• Public Acceptance
• Game Design

Advisor

• Huang, Xinming
• Liang, Jianyu

Year

• 2021

Sponsor

• Tusimple

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2021-07-30

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-09-29