My Drive in Honda's Hydrogen-powered FCX Clarity
I drove Honda's hydrogen-powered FCX Clarity sedan around Santa Monica last week. It was a smooth drive.
The metallic wine-red has great acceleration from 0 to about 35 mph bc of the great engine torque.
The car has a GPS system that can guide the driver to the nearest hydrogen fueling station.
Unlike the previous boxy FCX version, the Clarity is sleek with a smaller hydrogen stack that allows for more dynamic design elements.
Honda is still accepting lease applications from people who wnat to lease the Clarity. Honda plans to lease about 200 of them, mostly in Southern California.
Shell Oil Co. has a hydrogen fueling location at one of its Santa Monica gas stations. Production of the hydrogen occurs on top of the shade top above the fueling site. Tourists from other countries sometimes top by that location to check it out.
Here's me on my soap box talking about using hydrogen for transportation.