Honda Motor Co. plans to initially sell its hydrogen-powered 2017 Clarity Fuel Cell sedan to government agencies and businesses with plans to offer the vehicle to retail customers at a later date. The vehicle is expected to arrive in the spring, Honda has announced.
Honda showed the planned production model of its Clarity Fuel Cell at the Toyota Motor Show on Oct. 28, and offered a few more details about the sedan that will operate similarly to a gasoline-electric hybrid with combusted high-pressure H2 gas powering an electric motor.
A 70MPa high-pressure hydrogen storage tank installed to the Clarity Fuel Cell provides a cruising range of more than 700 km (about 434 miles), and can be refilled in approximately three minutes, according to Honda.
When combined with an external power feeding device, the Power Exporter 9000, the Clarity Fuel Cell can also function as a “power plant on wheels” that generates and provides electricity to feed approximately seven-days’ worth of electricity for an average household.
The fuel cell stack for this model was downsized by 33% with an output of more than 100kW and output density of 3.1kW/L for an approximately a 60% improvement over its outgoing FCX Clarity. The fuel cell powertrain is as compact as a V-6 engine.
Honda will begin sales of the Clarity Fuel Cell in March 2016. The Clarity Fuel Cell sedan will sell in Japan for about 7.66 million yen (or about $63,400). The Power Exporter 9000 is scheduled to go on sale at the same time. The Clarity Fuel Cell will be sold first in Japan and later in the U.S. and Europe.
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