… adopted by innovators and early adopters. These two groups are often collectively referred
to as just early adopters, as they are in this paper. These early adopters are characterized by …

… Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs) are now approaching wider spread consumer adoption, with some
of … This paper investigates automotive early adopter attitudes toward FCVs by performing …

… collectively denoted as the early adopters. Successful penetration of hydrogen fuel cell
vehicles in the Japanese market is also contingent on the adoption by the early adopters. For this …

… to be typical early adopters (Rogers, 2003). They are mostly middle aged, high income,
male, highly educated, living in detached houses, with more than 2 vehicles in the household. …

… Hydrogen-powered vehicles or fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) are recognized as one of …
vehicles to identify consumer segments that can be potential innovators and early adopters of …

… hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV) drivers experiences with the refueling infrastructure and
vehicle, after initial adoption, to provide insight into their potential continued use of the vehicles. …

… First case studies of successful historical innovations are explored. Second the consumer
adoption of battery electric vehicles (… the adoption of FCVs still looks unlikely and that fuel cell (…

… , battery electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, … of potential early adopters of
alternative fuel vehicles have … the locations of these potential early adopters. The next step in the …

… California’s emerging FCEV market provides important insights into the attributes and
motivations of early adopters. Research suggests that drivers might be choosing FCEVs over …

… Another hypothesis in our study is that profile of private HFCV adopters follows the profile
of the early adopters mentioned in the “Diffusion of Innovations” theory by EM Rogers [17]. …