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This paper provides a synopsis of a SAE Research Report of the same title that takes a comprehensive look at the status of fuel cell technology for highway vehicles. The report gives an overview of the technology along with a reasoned view of the challenges to be confronted before a business case for fuel cell vehicles can be made. In addition to assesing the status of technical progress and the barriers remaining, a unique aspect of the study is its examination of fuel cells within the larger context of automotive market trends, policy drivers, and competing technologies as they stand at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

This comprehensive report, from the Research Report Series published by the Society of Automotive Engineers, details the issues involving the use of fuel cells in motor vehicles, as well as the many challenges that lie ahead for fuel cell technology. Author John M. DeCicco closely examines the major issues involving fuel cells from how they actually work to the many societal implications the technology poses. Fuel Cell Vehicles: Technology, Market, and Policy Issues also contains detailed tables, graphs and diagrams to help bring this very potent technology to life.