First Honda Fuel Cell Clarity Leased Out

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Muhammed El-Hasan
on July 25, 2008 4:58 PM | | Comments (0) |

On Friday, American Honda Motor Co., based in Torrance, delivered its first hydrogen fuel cell-powered FCX Clarity for lease.

Film producer Ron Yerxa and wife Annette Ballester of Santa Monica took delivery of their Clarity on Friday from Honda of Santa Monica, one of three dealerships in Southern California that are part of the first fuel cell vehicle dealership network. Scott Robinson Honda also is part of the Clarity FCX network.

About 200 customers will lease the vehicle in the U.S. and Japan over the next three years, with most being leased in Southern California.

The Clarity has significant advances over Honda's previous generation FCX, including a 25% increase in combined fuel economy to 72 miles/kg of hydrogen (equivalent to 74 mpg) and a greater than 30 percent increase in driving range up to 280 miles.

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