Abstract
The electric vehicle progressively increases its sales and consequently its presence in the cities. Despite its advantages, the low noise levels of electric and hybrid vehicles could pose a risk to other road users. In order to determine how drivers of electric and hybrid motorcycles perceive this risk, a field study was carried out. A questionnaire was used to collect the information. Overall, electric vehicles increase the driving comfort of electric and hybrid motorcycle drivers. Although these drivers do not believe that problems could appear, they recognize that lack of noise could pose a greater risk to other road users.
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This study is part of a larger project (SPIP2015-01765) financed by the Spanish Department of Traffic (DGT). We are grateful to the City Council of Malaga, especially to the Area of Innovation and New Technologies, LIMASA, EMASA and the Malaga Local Police force.
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Pardo Ferreira, M.d., Rubio Romero, J.C., García Jiménez, M. (2020). Electric and Hybrid Motorcycle Drivers at Work, How Do They Perceive the Effects of the Lack of Noise of These Vehicles?. In: de Castro, R., Giménez, G. (eds) Advances in Engineering Networks. ICIEOM 2018. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44530-0_36
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