Honda plans to hit the Tokyo Motor Show hard with concepts. Creating a multi-theater concept attack, the automaker will save at least one reveal for the LA Auto Show, which runs at the same time. The fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) Concept previews the styling direction of its next fuel cell vehicle, which will launch in 2015.
"The Honda FCEV Concept demonstrates the company's vision for the future of personal mobility and our commitment to developing advanced alternative fuel vehicles," says Mike Accavitti, senior vice president of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. "As we work toward the introduction of our next-generation fuel-cell vehicle in 2015, our long-term experience with fuel-cell technologies will help us pave a way towards a zero-emissions future."
Honda began offering fuel cell leases with the FCX in 2002, followed by the FCX Clarity a few years later. It says that about two dozen customers are driving FCX Clarity vehicles today, enjoying the benefits of the advanced alternative-fuel technology while returning beta-style feedback.The FCEV will serve as the basis of their successor.
Honda describes the FCEV design as futuristic and aerodynamic design, and its face and profile are certainly sliced and diced by air intakes. The car also appears to have a set of aero-optimized wheels, though those could just be fancy concept-car jewelry.
If you're as obsessed with cars as we are, Christmas comes a little early this year. Both the LA and Tokyo auto shows open up to the media on November 20. Gizmag will be on the ground at both shows, so stay tuned for the latest in alternative fuels, concept cars, car tech and more.
Source: Honda
The fact remains that Fuel Cells will always be lighter and quicker to refill, a huge transportation advantage, once the Hydrogen supply chain is developed,, which can all come from the sun. Oil lobbies also realize they can supply Hydrogen and very likely will compete with the sun which made their oil quite a few years ;-)
Yet Honda gives you at least a clue about their own awareness: it's all in the name particle "Teaser"!
Other brands have done so, like Citroën with their C0, which sounds like "C'est zéro" (it's nil, rubbish...), or Audi with its E-tron pronouncing like the French "étron" (a lump of poop)... of BMW with their i8 (I 'ate, which I believe to be slang for "I hate") -- and there's Mitsubishi with their i-miev, which in French is the root of "mièvre" (insipide, bland, vapid) and has the same pronouncing as the German "mief" (stuffy, stagnant, stale)...
h2 prices are going to climb right along with petroleum prices. The price of the ch4 the U.S. imports is going up, and up. See http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_move_impc_s1_m.htm
fcvs are not a solution. They are being promoted by the companies that will profit: Oil and Auto.
Either see if an EV or plugin hybrid will suit your needs, or stay with your high mpge fuel car. {brucedp.150m.com}