Monday, June 16, 2008

New Hydrogen Car on the Market

Hydrogen has hit the mainstream! Honda announced today that they are now preparing to lease hydrogen cars on a limited scale in certain areas in the U.S. Their new hydrogen offering, the Honda Clarity, is now in production in Japan, and 200 new fuel cell cars are scheduled to be built over the next 3 years. Some of these cars are scheduled to come to southern california, and several celebrities have got their names on the list to be the first drivers of these sleek, energy efficient cars. The limiting factor on these will be the fueling stations - initially planned to be at Honda dealerships in southern california.

Read more here:
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/autos/0806/gallery.honda_fcx_clarity/index.html

You can get the specs on the Honda Clarity here:
http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/specifications.aspx

It's a great start for hydrogen fuel cell cars!