The Future of Today: The FCX Clarity

The world's first hydrogen-based fuel cell powered car, the Honda FCX Clarity, is a four-door four-passenger sedan with zero emission. It is powered by a highly powerful and efficient Honda V flow fuel cell stack. Built on the entirely-new Honda V Flow fuel cell platform, this hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle is propelled by an electric motor that runs on electricity.

The electric motor produces 127 horsepower and can generate more electricity than needed to power all the gadgetry found in the vehicle. Fuel efficiency of the 2009 Honda FCX Clarity is three times that of a modern gasoline-powered vehicle. The FCX Clarity is projected to have a fuel efficiency of 79/68 mpg (City/Highway). Cruising capacity of the 2009 Honda FCX Clarity is about 280 miles and its emissions are only water vapors.

The FCX Clarity takes design and layout themes from the FCX concept which was first seen a few years ago. It features a narrow body to house its unique powertrain. Inside, it offers a limousine-like cabin volume with its vertical flow fuel cell stack that fits within the center console. A climate control system within the seats minimizes energy use by regulating the temperature at the surface of the occupants.

Honda has plans to produce about 200 Clarity cars during the next three years. Hydrogen fuel stations are necessary to refuel a fuel cell vehicle and, as it stands now, these stations are still quite limited in number. Therefore, only customers currently residing in the Torrance, Santa Monica and Irvine areas who meet additional qualification criteria were eligible to take an FCX Clarity home. Stay tuned for updated Leasing Offers, and more news on the release of additional vehicles across the country.