Research On The Hybrid Electric Sedan's Interior Design Based On Users' Lifestyle

Hybrid electric sedan is the most mature representation of automobile research and development on energy saving and environmental protection at present. Interior design of hybrid electric sedan is focused on and attached importance to as the closest part related to the users. The interior of vehicle, as space, should satisfy abundant deep-seated demands of different psychological outcomes and emotional experiences, besides basic functions. The thesis discusses the relationship between the users' lifestyle and interior design of hybrid electric sedan in the field of design, and seeks for prospective direction adapted to Chinese users'requirements for interior design of environmental protection in future.The background, the purpose and the meaning about interior design of hybrid electric sedan are analyzed firstly. Then, demands are studied specifically from the aspects of psychology, behavior of consumer's lifestyle, and so on. Moreover, advantages of vehicle interior design in existence should be emphasized and drawn lessons from, including energy saving and environmental protection, space planning and others. Then the paper aims at the unique and specific development trend which not only corresponds to Chinese users, but also demonstrates the characteristics of hybrid electric sedan as the representative of the vehicle types of energy saving and environmental protection.The dissertation renders practical research and design approach through actual surveys and researches of Chinese users'lifestyle. At the same time, the "resource-economic and environment-friendly" theme always runs through the whole studying and designing process, indicating the significance of environment-protecting ecology. The problem which starts with users'feeling and use-pattern is how to merge human-centered factors into interior design, integrating comprehensive sciences such as material, ergonomics and design psychology. And the effect of lifestyle on vehicle interior design should be reflected from the angle of space. The dissertation looks forward to probe into the rational design of interior spatial layout of hybrid electric sedan with reason by more abundant means of expression, and to widen the designing area of interior of hybrid electric sedan. According to the studies and investing reports about Chinese users, the dissertation adopts quantificational and qualitative methods to the study of users' lifestyle and potential demands. Then group classification is made and type is selected as cases to be designed. As for the product researching related to the practice of Kansei Engineering and QFD (quality function deployment), based on the influence of interior spatial circumstance and atmosphere on users'experiences, a new concept is put forward:Emotional Environment Design. Through valuation, users'requirements and product attributes are combined, and then the theoretical frame and process of interior design conforming to users'lifestyle is constructed, from which the design purpose is emphasized as the acquired advisable option.Finally, based on the users of Central South of China, the dissertation proves that the research on users'lifestyle has a great value and significance in product-designing innovation via the design of interior of hybrid electric sedan. It sums up the relationship between the analysis of product attributes and the method of parity value, which completes the transformation from value attributes to product attributes.