1st Workshop on “User Experience for Sustainability in the Age of Automated Driving and Electromobility”

Abstract

Automation and electromobility are disruptive technologies within the automotive industry at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century. Both technologies combined are inherent in high potential to lower fuel/energy consumption and increase overall efficiency and thus sustainability in the transportation sector. However, the acceptance of fuel-saving driving modes and of electrified drivetrains is of fundamental importance. Therefor Automotive HMIs offer the possibility to inform the passengers about the environmental impact of their driving behavior or habits of use and enable to persuade towards a more sustainable lifestyle. This workshop is designed for UX researchers, students and interested citizens that want to participate in a discourse and design process for future automotive UIs. Using brainstorming methods combined with clustering of the ideas we will find out which information provided at which time is adequate to cause a change of behaviour which then diminishes the environmental impact of driving.