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Introduction to Automotive
Ergonomics
ERGONOMICS IN VEHICLE DESIGN
Designing an automotive product such as a car or truck involves the integration of inputs from many
disciplines (e.g., designers, body engineers, chassis engineers, powertrain engineers, manufacturing
engineers, product planners, market researchers, ergonomics engineers, electronics engineers). The
design activities are driven by the intricate coordination and simultaneous consideration of many
requirements (e.g., customer requirements, engineering functional requirements, business require-
ments, government regulatory requirements, manufacturing requirements) and trade-offs ...