ABSTRACT
The early stages of the research project described in this book began with the initial aim of guiding the design of in-vehicle driver support systems for vehicles with unconventional drivetrains (i.e. hybrid and electric vehicles). Drawing on the theory behind ecological interface design (EID), it was suggested that the method would be suitable for application in the design of in-vehicle systems for low-carbon vehicles. If one were to follow EID as described by its originators (see Chapter 5) one would first perform a work domain analysis (using the abstraction hierarchy, abstraction decomposition space or both). Indeed, at the start of this project, this was the intention; to model the work domain of the low-carbon vehicle in order to inform the design of an in-vehicle system that safely helps the driver maximise the utility of the potentially limited-range vehicle. As this research project progressed, however, it changed in two primary ways.
