First Honda Clarity rolls off assembly line

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Jun 16, 2008 | 04:02 PM

indieaz

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First Honda Clarity rolls off assembly line

http://www.chicagotribune.com/featur...,4125430.story

I thought these had been on the road for months...apparently I was wrong.

Jun 16, 2008 | 04:10 PM

texas94z

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Come on GM, hurry up. Get the Volt and a hydrogen car out. Kinda looks like that one Toyota hybrid.:eyeroll:

Jun 16, 2008 | 04:15 PM

indieaz

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Originally Posted by texas94z

Come on GM, hurry up. Get the Volt and a hydrogen car out. Kinda looks like that one Toyota hybrid.:eyeroll:

It looks like a Civic to me.

Clarity

Civic

Jun 16, 2008 | 04:15 PM

97z28/m6

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Originally Posted by texas94z

Come on GM, hurry up. Get the Volt and a hydrogen car out. Kinda looks like that one Toyota hybrid.:eyeroll:

like this?: http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/18/p...el-cell-fleet/

Jun 16, 2008 | 04:19 PM

grossesexy

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Someone fill me in on this, you drive a fuel cell car. How does one refuel, or is the fuel cell a sealed system itself that you have to more or less swap out to refuel?

I wasn't aware that there were any hydrogen refueling stations in the USA, I know Greenland has them.

Jun 16, 2008 | 04:42 PM

Evilfrog

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like this?: http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/18/p...el-cell-fleet/

Target date was over a year ago. Are they out yet?

Jun 16, 2008 | 04:48 PM

ckt101

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These cars are only being leased out to a hand picked few people who live close to very limited number of hydrogen fueling stations in California.

Jun 16, 2008 | 05:40 PM

GRNcamaro

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im glad some one is getting there but in gear.

Jun 16, 2008 | 05:46 PM

Koz

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At first I was up in arms. Then I realized:

1. At least it's not a Toyota
2. Competition brings out the best in products, so this will push other car companies to one-up!

Jun 16, 2008 | 06:08 PM

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So it adds to the greenhouse gas that causes 90% of global warming?!?!

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The FCX Clarity, which runs on hydrogen and electricity, emits only water and none of the gases believed to induce global warming.

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In simple terms the bulk of Earth's greenhouse effect is due to water vapor by virtue of its abundance. Water accounts for about 90% of the Earth's greenhouse effect -- perhaps 70% is due to water vapor and about 20% due to clouds (mostly water droplets), some estimates put water as high as 95% of Earth's total tropospheric greenhouse effect (e.g., Freidenreich and Ramaswamy, “Solar Radiation Absorption by Carbon Dioxide, Overlap with Water, and a Parameterization for General Circulation Models,” Journal of Geophysical Research 98 (1993):7255-7264).

http://www.junkscience.com/Greenhouse/