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Honda fuel cell vehicles headed to California
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>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008000367_webhondacar16.html
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>I guess if you are on the A-list and are willing to pay 600.00/mth, you can get one now. The rest of us will have to wait:
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>Japan's third biggest automaker expects to lease out a "few dozen" units this year and about 200 units within three years. In California, a three-year lease will run $600 a month, which includes maintenance and collision coverage.
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>Among the first customers are actress Jamie Lee Curtis and filmmaker husband Christopher Guest, actress Laura Harris, film producer Ron Yerxa, as well as businessmen Jon Spallino and Jim Salomon.
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>"It's so smooth," said Harris, who played villainness Marie Warner on the hit TV show "24" and was flown over by Honda for the ceremony. "It's like a future machine, but it's not."
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>The FCX Clarity is an improvement of its previous-generation fuel cell vehicle, the FCX, introduced in 2005.
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>A breakthrough in the design of the fuel cell stack, which is the unit that powers the car's motor, allowed engineers to lighten the body, expand the interior and increase efficiency, Honda said.
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>The fuel cell draws on energy synthesized through a chemical reaction between hydrogen gas and oxygen in the air, and a lithium-ion battery pack provides supplemental power. The FCX Clarity has a range of about 270-miles per tank with hydrogen consumption equivalent to 74 miles per gallon, according to the carmaker.
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>The 3,600-pound vehicle can reach speeds up to 100 miles per hour.
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Too bad from what I read it takes a *lot* more energy to generate the hydrogen to fill the fuel cell than you'd use with gas. If you're using nuclear or something renewable to generate the energy, that's great. If not, you're adding to the problems.
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