An intensive two-days Hackathon participated by design and engineering students
Product Designer
Product Manager
April 2022, 2 day
Ching Ching Tsao
Angela Wang
Arya Sawant
Concept Ideation
Visual Design
Wireframing
Prototyping
An intensive two-days Hackathon participated by design and engineering students
Product Designer Product Manager
April 2022, 2 day
Ching Ching Tsao
Angela Wang
Arya Sawant
Concept Ideation
Visual Design
Wireframing
Prototyping
Hackathon Project
An intensive two-days Hackathon participated by design and engineering students.
The Prompt
Develop and create a mobile application with features and services that you feel like are valuable for an electrical vehicle. Deliver a working prototype and a pitch of the solution at the end.
*This project placed 2nd in the general design challenge at WeHack @UTDallas and received good praise for UX, technology, and presentation 🥳
Electric vehicle adoption has been steadily growing for several years, with an increasing number of EVs on the road. However, many EV owners have expressed safety concerns about overall battery condition and frustration with scheduling maintenance.
How could we provide a safe and comfortable electric vehicle driving experience for Toyota customers?
Safety-Driven Toyota Electric Car App
As a consequence, we developed the new Toyota electric car app, which focuses on safety by displaying an overview of the vehicle's condition and notification settings in the situation of rapid battery discharge, exceeding the speed limit, or overheating.
PART 1
Background Research
I personally don’t own an electric vehicle, therefore the entire battery-powered automobile concept was novel to me. To familiarize myself, I decided to interview EV owners for direct insights.
Due to hackathon's time constraint schedule, I was only able to interview 2 EV owner by the end of my research interviews.
EV is an automotive vehicle that utilizes battery-generated power for propulsion. Therefore, the safety of batteries has become a big concern for most EV owners
PART 2
User Internview
I also conducted a brief user interview to understand the struggles that EV owners are facing.
PART 2
User Journey Mapping
After the initial research, our team began working on a user journey map to consolidate user pain points with common EV mobile app functionalities, aiming to provide equitable solutions. Through this process, we identified potential opportunities that could be translated into a final product, enhancing the overall EV driving experience for users.
PART 4
User Persona
The user journey mapping provides the basic idea of the prospective opportunities, allowing us to eventually incorporate the user persona to present the application's primary user group.
This project has allowed my team to win 2nd place in the general WeHack challenge!
Given the tight timeframe, I addressed the primary user-pain issue by interviewing EV owners for firsthand insight. This technique helped me understand user concerns about vehicle battery safety. Condensing the design process into short hours tested my critical thinking and time management abilities. Additionally, collaborating with other designers and receiving feedback from judges and peers provided valuable experience.
The next stage involves incorporating additional features I believe would be valuable to users:
Machine learning to recognize driver habits
User-dependent speed restrictions
Multi-language and accent voice commands
On-demand carpool karaoke