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There have been already a number of prototypes. But, Modern Materials Handling magazine commented "....fuel cell technology is in early development stage" (March '05 page 66).

Commercialization in this industry entirely depends (1) infrastructure and (2) cost, and we need to wait our big brother, automobile industry who is about 100 times bigger than forklift business scale, pioneers these two issues.

2007 surely be a epoch year.
  • Posted 6 Apr 2005 12:09
  • By tate_i
  • joined 2 Jul'04 - 5 messages
  • Tokyo, Japan

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