Ergonomic design of electric vehicle instrument panel: A study case on Universitas Indonesia's national electric car

Abstract

An electric car is an environmentally friendly car that becomes an alternative substitute for a conventional car. Similar to a conventional car, it is also completed with an indicator panel on its dashboard which is a display to present information to connect machine and human on a real time. However, there are some differences information required between electric car's indicator panel and the conventional car's indicator panel. This research is conducted to find the proper design and also to complete information requirements of indicator panel of an electric car, and the object of this research is The Universitas Indonesia's National Electric Car. This research conducted based on two major aspects, that is consumer's preferences, using conjoint analysis to obtain top three design, and also ergonomic, by testing three combinations of indicator panel design which produced by conjoint analysis using eye tracking method, in order to enhance the value of indicator panel for Universitas Indonesia's National Electric Car and also to meet consumer's preferences and needs. This research found the best design combination that has the least number of fixations and saccades eye movement, also the least response time.