UNDERSTANDING THE PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES IN TRANSPORT: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Public acceptance is recognized as an important factor determining the success of the implementation of hydrogen technologies in transport. This paper presents a framework for understanding citizen and consumer acceptance, focusing on psychological factors, by summarising psychological research. The relevance of each psychological factor for hydrogen technology acceptance will be explained and where possible supported by referring to empirical hydrogen technology acceptance studies. The paper concludes with a conceptual framework, which needs to be comprehensively tested for hydrogen technology acceptance and other technology acceptance instances