What is the potential size of the market for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC)?
The market for rechargeable batteries or power packs is large, well-established and growing. The consumer market is estimated to be about $15 billion by 2010 (source: Frost & Sullivan) and spans a broad range of mass market, portable electronic devices used by consumers around the world. While it would be attractive to site the entire market for battery power packs, factors likes fuel cell adoption, market timing, consumer and OEM acceptance, product performance variability, reliability and consistency, and target market penetration rates, will vary. Accordingly, we believe that initial market entry points and market sizing predictions for the next five to ten years will be substantially less than the full market for battery power packs currently existing.
