A systematic literature review of the factors influencing the adoption of autonomous driving

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are the latest trend in the automobile industry. Although the concept has existed since the beginning of the last century, recent technological advancements have enabled the industry to attempt mass introduction of driverless vehicles. This paper reviews the literature to explore those factors that influence the successful adoption of AVs. Previous literature in the field was gathered and analyzed using a categorization method to identify factors that are essential to the successful adoption of AVs. A total of 14 factors. These factors were identified from 85 articles published in various journals such as: transportation research part A: policy and practice, rand corporation, yale journal of law and technology in the literature, which could be sorted into four readiness categories: technology (vehicle technology, safety and ethics), infrastructure (communication, technology of roads and traffic signs and cost of infrastructure), legal (liability, privacy and cybersecurity) and user acceptance (consumer acceptance, marketing and advertising, cost of AVs and trust). Stakeholders will need to work on these four areas to ensure successful mass adoption of AVs and decrease the chance of failure. The paper also recommends future research on these four categories and their 14 success factors to provide additional information on how the government can adopt autonomous driving.