Gallery: Boy, Honda's Not Giving Up This Whole Hydrogen Car Thing
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On Tuesday, Honda unveiled the production version of its Clarity Fuel Cell sedan.
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It will begin leasing the cars to customers in Japan in March.
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It’s a handsome enough car, vaguely futuristic, with a hint of Tesla’s Model S.
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The entire point of this car—an idea Honda’s been kicking around for nearly three decades—is the hydrogen fuel cell.
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That stack of cells will produce about 175 horsepower, and sent the car more than 300 miles between refueling stops.
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Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and there are some truly renewable ways of producing it, but it is most often produced by steam reformulating natural gas, a process that spits a fair amount of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.
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Honda hasn’t said what the lease on a Clarity will run you, but says the MSRP will be $63,000.
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Subsidies or tax breaks like those offered for electric vehicles can blunt the high cost of the vehicles and win over consumers.
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It’s a safe bet that the Clarity is headed to the US eventually, but Honda hasn't said when.
