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Honda FCX Clarity - Hydrogen Fuel Car

Submitted by rahul on 05/06/2009
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USA World
Innovation Blurb: 
Honda produces the first hydrogen fuel cell car
Web Site Link: 
http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/

Will hydrogen power the future?  We won't know for sometime, but Honda's FCX Clarity is a bet in that direction.  The FCX Clarity is America's first production model vehicle designed expressly to accomodate power by a fuel cell.  The car also happens to be the first vehicle to meet California’s low emission vehicle standards, well in advance of regulatory requirements. Furthermore, rather than waiting for market forces to drive the development of the hydrogen infrastructure, the company created a unique hydrogen 'home brew' station (now in its fourth iteration) that creates hydrogen from natural gas.

* It is powered by a zero-emission, 57-litre, 100kW hydrogen fuel cell stack

* Electricity is stored in a 288V lithium ion battery

* At the moment ownership is limited to certain segments in CA and leasing options. But the car is paving the way for adoption of fuel cells in a wider variety of automobiles

Their Description: 

Honda has led the way in developing and improving fuel cell vehicle performance. The FCX Clarity was designed from the ground up to be a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that runs on electricity, and emits only water vapor and heat into the air. In other words, the fuel cell technology was developed by Honda for the FCX Clarity, and was not retrofitted to an existing model. Instead, our engineers cleared away all preconceived notions of automobile design, challenging themselves to discover the new possibilities that can only be realized with the fuel cell vehicle.

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