Editorial: Trust in Automated Vehicles

Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 15, pp. 1404200

Abstract

Automated vehicles (AVs) promise to change the future of transportation, offering unprecedented benefits, from increased safety to enhanced efficiency. However, the realization of these advantages depends on user trust in the technology. While there is widespread agreement on the pivotal role of trust, numerous questions persist. In this Research Topic, we present 15 studies addressing some of the most important issues, in particular:What is trust and how should we measure it?2) How does trust affect in-vehicle user responses?3) How do HMIs affect trust towards AVs?What is trust how should we measure it? Of key importance in developing a good understanding of trust are the methods, measures,

Authors 7

1. Francesco Walker corresponding Aachen Cognitive Psychology

   Leiden University

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   Cognitive Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

2. Yannick Forster

   BMW (Germany) · BMW Group (Germany)

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   BMW Group, Munich, Germany

3. Sebastian Hergeth

   BMW (Germany) · BMW Group (Germany)

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   BMW Group, Munich, Germany

4. Johannes Kraus

   Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

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   Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

5. William Payre

   Coventry University

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   Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

6. Philipp Wintersberger

   TU Wien · University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

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   TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

   University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg, Austria

7. Marieke Martens

   Eindhoven University of Technology

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   Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands