Honda FCX Clarity

According to the Honda Motor Company, the Honda FCX Clarity will be the first mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell-powered car. The Japanese automaker began producing the car at its new model center in Tochigi on June 16, 2008, and hopes to lease 200 of the highly fuel efficient vehicles in the United States and Japan over the next three years.¹

Fast Facts

1. Cost to lease: $600/month²
2. Source of power: Hydrogen Fuel Cell
3. Driving Range: 270 miles²
4. Seating material derived from plants
5. Has sensors designed to detect hydrogen leaks
6. Limited number available for test drives in Southern California in Summer 2008
7. Locations offering test drives: Torrance, Santa Monica, Irvine
8. First customer: Ron Yerxa, producer of Little Miss Sunshine¹

Fuel Cell Vehicle Technology

The FCX Clarity will differ from other alternative fuel-powered vehicles, such as hybrids and electric cars, in that it will require no gasoline whatsoever, and will never have to be plugged in. The FCX Clarity will run on electricity generated when the car's fuel cell combines hydrogen stored on board with oxygen in the air. The resulting power will allow the Clarity to be driven 270 miles on a single tank of hydrogen, and because of its design and technology, the car can be started at temperatures as low as 30 degrees Celsius.

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