ABI Research Ranks Companies in its First Annual Automotive Fuel Cell Vendor Analysis.OYSTER BAY Oyster Bay, uninc. area (1990 pop. 6,687) of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau co., SE N.Y., on N Long Island, on Long Island Sound; settled 1653. It is chiefly residential. , N.Y. -- ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. Research has just released its first annual comparative study of companies active in the automotive fuel cell market. Titled "Automotive Fuel Cell Vendors - A Competitive Assessment", the report analyzes the activities of three groups: OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and automotive vendors (including buses), component and materials suppliers, and the companies building the hydrogen infrastructure that will be required when fuel cell-powered vehicles hit the streets commercially. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the firm's director of energy research, Atakan Ozbek, the study ranks top companies in the field according to two benchmarks: innovation and implementation. "While the innovation benchmark measures such factors as intellectual property, patents, R&D funds and results," he says, "the implementation benchmark takes into account quantities of units shipped, as well as customers, company commitments, and alliances." The study found that when it comes to fuel cell "implementation" among automotive OEMs, the three top-ranking companies were DaimlerChrysler, Toyota and General Motors. In the fuel cell supply chain, the top innovators were DuPont, W.L. Gore and 3M Corp., which all surpassed Ballard in the rankings. "What's just as important as comparing the companies in this study," adds Ozbek, "is establishing baseline measurements of their performance at this time. Then, when we repeat the research next year, we will have valuable additional data about how these companies' fuel cell programs have developed and evolved." While the large fuel cell companies mostly generate their revenues from government contracts, smaller companies will have to conserve their cash reserves Cash reserves See: Cash investments cash reserves Investment funds that are held in short-term assets such as Treasury bills and certificates of deposit until more permanent investment opportunities are available. , due to the lack of commercial units to provide revenues. One of the interesting findings of the study," observes Ozbek, "is the great difference in the business strategies of the world's three biggest energy companies, BP, ExxonMobil, and Shell. While BP and Shell have been collaboratively opening hydrogen fueling stations, ExxonMobil has mostly been watching developments from the sidelines Sidelines Hypothetical position referring to noninvolvement in a stock; merely watching. ." Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , ABI Research maintains global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. that support annual research programs, quarterly intelligence services and market reports in wireless, automotive, semiconductors, broadband, and energy. Their market research products can be found on the Web at www.abiresearch.com, or by calling 516.624.2500. |
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