Honda announces first batch of FCX Clarity lessees, starts production
06-16-2008, 01:20 PM
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Honda announces first batch of FCX Clarity lessees, starts production
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Honda has officially kicked off production of the FCX Clarity fuel cell car in Tochigi, Japan. As the first cars began to roll down the line today some of the first customers were on hand to receive ceremonial keys to the cars that they will start receiving next month. Car number 1 will go to film producer Ron Yerxa sometime in July. Honda CEO Takeo Fukui announced the first five customers at a ceremony at the first dedicated fuel cell vehicle factory in the world. Along with Yerxa, Jon Spallino, Jim Salomon, Laura Harris, and Jamie Lee Curtis and her filmmaker husband Christopher Guest will be getting Claritys. Spallino was the first retail customer of the original FCX and, along with his wife, has been driving a fuel cell car for three years now.
During the ceremony, Power Honda Costa Mesa (Costa Mesa), Honda of Santa Monica (Santa Monica) and Scott Robinson Honda (Torrance) were named as the first part of the network of dealers providing sales and service support for the fuel cell vehicle fleet. For Spallino, the new Clarity will certainly be a huge step up from the original FCX. The new car has been designed from the ground up as a fuel cell vehicle and everything has been optimized for this application. The aluminum-framed car weighs in at only 3528lbs and the new vertical flow fuel cell stack is small enough to reside in the center tunnel of the car and provide a 270 mile range. Honda plans to deliver about 200 Claritys to U.S. and Japanese customers in the next couple of years.
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Honda has officially kicked off production of the FCX Clarity fuel cell car in Tochigi, Japan. As the first cars began to roll down the line today some of the first customers were on hand to receive ceremonial keys to the cars that they will start receiving next month. Car number 1 will go to film producer Ron Yerxa sometime in July. Honda CEO Takeo Fukui announced the first five customers at a ceremony at the first dedicated fuel cell vehicle factory in the world. Along with Yerxa, Jon Spallino, Jim Salomon, Laura Harris, and Jamie Lee Curtis and her filmmaker husband Christopher Guest will be getting Claritys. Spallino was the first retail customer of the original FCX and, along with his wife, has been driving a fuel cell car for three years now.
During the ceremony, Power Honda Costa Mesa (Costa Mesa), Honda of Santa Monica (Santa Monica) and Scott Robinson Honda (Torrance) were named as the first part of the network of dealers providing sales and service support for the fuel cell vehicle fleet. For Spallino, the new Clarity will certainly be a huge step up from the original FCX. The new car has been designed from the ground up as a fuel cell vehicle and everything has been optimized for this application. The aluminum-framed car weighs in at only 3528lbs and the new vertical flow fuel cell stack is small enough to reside in the center tunnel of the car and provide a 270 mile range. Honda plans to deliver about 200 Claritys to U.S. and Japanese customers in the next couple of years.
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Honda has officially kicked off production of the FCX Clarity fuel cell car in Tochigi, Japan. As the first cars began to roll down the line today some of the first customers were on hand to receive ceremonial keys to the cars that they will start receiving next month. Car number 1 will go to film producer Ron Yerxa sometime in July. Honda CEO Takeo Fukui announced the first five customers at a ceremony at the first dedicated fuel cell vehicle factory in the world. Along with Yerxa, Jon Spallino, Jim Salomon, Laura Harris, and Jamie Lee Curtis and her filmmaker husband Christopher Guest will be getting Claritys. Spallino was the first retail customer of the original FCX and, along with his wife, has been driving a fuel cell car for three years now.
During the ceremony, Power Honda Costa Mesa (Costa Mesa), Honda of Santa Monica (Santa Monica) and Scott Robinson Honda (Torrance) were named as the first part of the network of dealers providing sales and service support for the fuel cell vehicle fleet. For Spallino, the new Clarity will certainly be a huge step up from the original FCX. The new car has been designed from the ground up as a fuel cell vehicle and everything has been optimized for this application. The aluminum-framed car weighs in at only 3528lbs and the new vertical flow fuel cell stack is small enough to reside in the center tunnel of the car and provide a 270 mile range. Honda plans to deliver about 200 Claritys to U.S. and Japanese customers in the next couple of years.
Related:
- First Drive: 2009 Honda FCX Clarity, world's first series production fuel cell car
- First Drive: 2009 Honda FCX Clarity on the road
- AutoblogGreen Q&A: Honda's Stephen Ellis talks about hydrogen, Part 1
- AutoblogGreen Q&A: Honda's Stephen Ellis on hydrogen, Part 2
[Source: Honda]
Honda has officially kicked off production of the FCX Clarity fuel cell car in Tochigi, Japan. As the first cars began to roll down the line today some of the first customers were on hand to receive ceremonial keys to the cars that they will start receiving next month. Car number 1 will go to film producer Ron Yerxa sometime in July. Honda CEO Takeo Fukui announced the first five customers at a ceremony at the first dedicated fuel cell vehicle factory in the world. Along with Yerxa, Jon Spallino, Jim Salomon, Laura Harris, and Jamie Lee Curtis and her filmmaker husband Christopher Guest will be getting Claritys. Spallino was the first retail customer of the original FCX and, along with his wife, has been driving a fuel cell car for three years now.
During the ceremony, Power Honda Costa Mesa (Costa Mesa), Honda of Santa Monica (Santa Monica) and Scott Robinson Honda (Torrance) were named as the first part of the network of dealers providing sales and service support for the fuel cell vehicle fleet. For Spallino, the new Clarity will certainly be a huge step up from the original FCX. The new car has been designed from the ground up as a fuel cell vehicle and everything has been optimized for this application. The aluminum-framed car weighs in at only 3528lbs and the new vertical flow fuel cell stack is small enough to reside in the center tunnel of the car and provide a 270 mile range. Honda plans to deliver about 200 Claritys to U.S. and Japanese customers in the next couple of years.
Related:
- First Drive: 2009 Honda FCX Clarity, world's first series production fuel cell car
- First Drive: 2009 Honda FCX Clarity on the road
- AutoblogGreen Q&A: Honda's Stephen Ellis talks about hydrogen, Part 1
- AutoblogGreen Q&A: Honda's Stephen Ellis on hydrogen, Part 2
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