Application of Kansei Engineering in Electric Car Design

Abstract:

Under the background that Chinese automakers are in need of effective approaches in designing electric cars, Kansei engineering enables the designers to apply quantitative analysis from the perspective of user analysis so that they can quickly identify key design elements and build correspondence between the design images and the shape elements. The paper uses cases study to illustrate the application of Kansei engineering in the design of the electric cars.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 437)
• Pages: 985-989
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.437.985
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Fan Zhang*, Jian Wang
• Keywords: Design, Electric Car, Kansei Engineering

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