Exploring the future: A meta-analysis of autonomous vehicle adoption and its impact on urban life and the healthcare sector
Nadia Adnan
Abstract
• Transformative Technology: Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are reshaping urban life and transportation, extending their impact to healthcare and shipping services. • Comprehensive Analysis: A meta-analysis, using the PSS framework, examines 72 studies with a sample size of 32,540, revealing key factors influencing AV adoption. • Modulating Factors: Relationships affecting AV adoption are influenced by automation levels, vehicle ownership, and cultural nuances. • Incentive Scarcity: The study identifies a scarcity of incentives for widespread public AV acceptance, emphasizing the need to address concerns. • Healthcare Revolution: AV integration in healthcare presents a groundbreaking opportunity, facilitating swift and precise medical supply transportation, revolutionizing patient care. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) represent a paradigm-shifting advancement with the potential to transform urban life, transportation, and safety standards. Their impact transcends conventional mobility, permeating industries like healthcare and shipping services. AVs operate autonomously, devoid of direct human intervention, and mark a pivotal juncture in transportation evolution. Our comprehensive meta-analysis employed the PSS (Product Related, Social Related, and Security Related) framework to discern the converging and diverging factors influencing individuals’ proclivity towards adopting AV technology. Scrutinizing 72 studies from 54 articles, with a cumulative sample size of 32,540, our research identified critical determinants of AV adoption: perceived usefulness, attitude, trust, safety, hedonic motivation, and social influence. Noteworthy, our study unveiled that these relationships were subject to modulation by factors like automation levels, vehicle ownership, and cultural nuances. Significantly, our findings shed light on a relative scarcity of incentives for widespread public acceptance of AVs. Our study provides empirical insights and theoretical contributions that offer valuable guidance for practitioners and policymakers navigating this transformative technological landscape. These recommendations are poised to steer the evolution of AV technology towards a more widely accepted and integrated future. In healthcare, integrating autonomous vehicles is a groundbreaking opportunity to elevate patient care and medical services. AVs can facilitate swift, precise transportation of critical medical supplies, enabling timely responses to emergencies and ensuring the availability of vital resources in remote or underserved areas. This advancement holds the potential to revolutionize healthcare delivery, ultimately saving lives and enhancing the overall well-being of communities.