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Honda CEO Takanobu Ito talks green car strategies

Honda is a green automaker by design. From the very beginning, Honda has sought out ways to reduce size, weight and efficiency, and, after reading an interchange between Autocar and Honda CEO Takanobu ITO, it doesn't seem likely this will change any time soon. The first interesting tidbit that caught our attention is Ito's assertion that Honda's "European sales people are largely to blame" for Toyota overtaking Honda as the green automaker of note in Europe. Interesting, no? Moving on, Ito says that testing of the FCX fuel cell car is ... Read more →

Honda FCX clarity arrives in Europe, but only for the media Xavier Navarro

2009 Honda FCX Clarity - Click above for high-res image gallery Honda has brought the Honda FCX Clarity to the Old Continent. Unfortunately, interested drivers won't be able to lease the ...

California ZEV regulations may push Honda to release a BEV, fuel cells still the goal Sam Abuelsamid

Honda's new CEO Takanobu Ito still maintains that hydrogen fuel cells are the best long-term solution for zero-emission vehicles. This is a position that Honda has held as a corporate policy for ...

Honda still plans 200 FCX Clarity leases, showroom sales by 2015 Sam Abuelsamid

When Honda announced the FCX Clarity fuel cell car in November 2007, the company announced plans to build and lease 200 of the hydrogen fueled cars. So far however, only 10 examples have been ...

Energy Secretary Steven Chu plans to ensure hydrogen funds invested wisely Jeremy Korzeniewski

United States Energy Secretary Steven Chu doesn't think that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are the best technology to funnel research and development funds into. Still, Chu doesn't plan to continue ...

Edmunds spends a few days with the Honda FCX Clarity 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

When we first had the opportunity to drive the Honda FCX Clarity way back in November 2007 we only had about a couple of hours with the fuel cell sedan. John O'Dell, a senior editor at Edmunds, actually got to spend a few days with the Clarity recently when Honda decided to put one in its ...

Honda: Fuel cells offer "the ultimate zero-emission car" 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Honda is not yet ready to concede victory in the eco-friendly automobile wars to the battery electric car. Instead, Honda will continue developing its hydrogen fuel cell technology. Says Takashi Moriya, head of Honda's fuel cell operations, "Fuel-cell cars will become necessary. We're ...

Q'orianka Kilcher trades in her old Honda FCX for a new Clarity 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

With the two-year lease up on her first generation Honda FCX fuel cell car, actress and environmentalist Q'orianka Kilcher has decided to trade up to the latest model. Kilcher this week took delivery of a new FCX Clarity in Santa Monica California. The only cars that the 19 year old Kilcher has ...

Honda pulls out of Frankfurt to save costs, starts testing FCX in Germany 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's looking like all auto shows are going to be feeling the pinch of a shrinking auto market going forward, including the mighty Frankfurt Show. Honda has joined Nissan in pulling out of this fall's Frankfurt show in order to save money. Earlier this year, Nissan announced that it would only ...

World Green Car of the Year Finalists announced: iMiEV, iQ and FCX Clarity 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the Honda FCX Clarity and the Toyota iQ were named the top three contenders for the World Green Car of the Year award that will be announced during the New York Auto Show next month. While there were some European and American vehicles in the original list of 22 cars, only ...

Green Car Journal picks 5 nominees for Green Car Vision award 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Having honored the VW Jetta TDI as the Green Car of the Year at last month's LA Auto Show, the editors at Green Car Journal are not done with awards just yet. Next up they will be selecting a winner for the Green Car Vision award. The nominees go beyond ordinary concepts and are either current low ...

Honda starts FCX leases in Japan, kids targeted 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Deliveries of the US-spec FCX Clarity took place back in July and since then plenty of celebrities and excited hydrogen fuel cell advocates have been leasing the vehicles in Southern California. Honda has long planned to also offer the FCX Clarity in Japan, but it wasn't until today that anyone ...

Jamie Lee Curtis receives her Honda FCX Clarity 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more pics of Ms. Curtis getting Clarity Following Ron Yerxa and Annette Ballester's delivery of the first Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell car, Jamie Lee Curtis and her husband, Christopher Guest, have become the second couple in Southern California to receive their new wheels from ...

First keys delivered to customer for Honda FCX Clarity 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The very first set of keys for Honda's brand new FCX Clarity have been delivered to film producer Ron Yerxa and Annette Ballester. The duo took delivery of their new hydrogen fuel cell-powered FCX Clarity on Friday, July 25, 2008 at Honda of Santa Monica. Now that the first production second-gen ...

Honda announces more details about FCX Clarity leasing 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Honda has just announced details of the leasing program for the new FCX Clarity fuel cell car that was unveiled at the LA Auto Show last November. The Clarity will be the first series "production" fuel cell vehicle available for lease to retail customers and the first examples will be delivered in ...

Honda FCX Clarity to be pace car for Japanese IndyCar race 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This weekend at the Twin Ring Motegi track in Japan, the Honda FCX Clarity will be showing its pace by taking on the duties of a pace car. The Indy Racing League is making its annual trek to the homeland of engine supplier Honda for the Indy Japan 300 race at the facility near Tochigi. The fuel ...

Comparing rides: Honda FCX and Chevy Sequel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

AutoblogGreen's Sam Abuelsamid is one of the few people who has spent some time behind the wheels of both the Honda FCX and the Chevy Sequel concept vehicles. You can click on either of those names to read what he thought of the drives, and, if you're curious about how the two vehicles compare, you ...

Will the line start forming now to lease a new Honda FCX? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Motor Trend has written a little piece on Honda's latest generation of the FCX, a vehicle powered by electricity which is generated by a hydrogen fuel cell. Honda is claiming that the vehicle would get the equivalent of 68 miles per gallon, if, of course, it were powered by X gallons of gas and not ...

Ecorazzi highlights Q'Orianka Kilcher and her Honda FCX with video 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We have told you about Q'Orianka Kilcher's being the youngest person ever to lease a car powered by hydrogen, in this case the Honda FCX. Now, we can share with you a video of the presentation and short speech that she made when she received the car, courtesy of Ecorazzi, the site dedicated to the ...

Teenage film star becomes youngest Honda FCX lessee 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

click above image to view more pics of 17-year old Q'orianka Kilcher receiving the keys to her first car – a Honda FCX Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle digg_url = 'http://digg.com/celebrity/Remember_Pocahontas_from_that_New_World_movie_She_drives_a_fuel_cell_Honda'; While the rest of the auto ...

Want to try out a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle? Here's how: 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

"Hydrogen: Here And Now!" This is theme of the upcoming Hydrogen Expo in San Antonio, Texas, to be held March 19-21. The question is, should it be "Hydrogen: Here And Now? And, if not now, when?" To get a sneak peek at the possible answers to these questions, perhaps you should attend the expo. At ...

Fox 11 "Auto Evolution" video series online covers fuel-cells, plug-in hybrids and more 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Fox 11 Los Angeles has posted a four-part video series online called Auto Evolution which looks at the green vehicles and auto technology of the future which promise lower emissions and better mileage. John Beard and Christine Devine filed the reports which offer a good cross-section of interviews, ...

Geneva Motor Show previews from Honda: FCX driveable concept, new sports hybrid concept, next-gen clean diesel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This image is part of Honda's official announcement of their upcoming Small Hybrid Sports Concept. Maybe this is what started the rumor of the next-gen Insight last week? Well, rumor begone! Here's the real scoop: The new Small Hybrid Sports Concept, which "represents Honda's proposal for a future ...

Honda has new global ad featuring the FCX concept 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a high-res gallery of the FCX Over on the Honda global website they have a new ad that features the FCX concept fuel cell powered car. With the tagline Honda thinks, therefore FCX Concept is, the ad has video of the FCX interspersed with shots of a samurai running through a ...

Company developing a home hydrogen filling station that you keep in your garage 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There are multiple issues waiting to be addressed if the hydrogen economy is ever to come about. So many, in fact, that many don't believe that it will EVER come about. Like I said in my editorial the other day, I am not writing anything off, and I think that it is safe to say that with all the ...

Detroit Auto Show: Official Honda pictures and videos from the show floor 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Sure, we had our own crew at the Detroit Auto Show, but the automakers like to give out their own promotional materials (I just got the Honda 2006 North American Environmental Report in the mail today, for example). If you need a few more glimpses of the NAIAS, why not check out these pictures and ...

Honda's website revamped to feature green car content 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Honda makes some pretty fuel-efficient vehicles, and now the company's official website has been dramatically updated to reflect this. I mean, anywhere you look on the site (pretty much), the green theme jumps out at you. There are featured sections on hybrids, fuel cells, and engines/cars that run ...

EDTA Conference: Q&A with Honda VP Edward Cohen 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Take a million dollar Honda FCX prototype, not the newest version but a recent FCX that Honda has been testing for the past few years. This car has years of high-tech research and plenty of hydrogen technology under the hood. You can drive it, sure, but what about turning it into a recording ...

EDTA Conference 2006: Ride and Drive photos 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Almost right on the steps of the Capitol building in Washington D.C. this morning, a small collection of electric vehicles sat attracting attention. A Honda FCX, a GEM, a new ZENN, GM's HydroGen-3, Hyundai's Tuscon FCEV and a few others. Joggers stopped to ask what the ranges of the fuel cell ...

Honda FCX concept fuel cell car in depth, Pt. 3 - Construction and interior 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

(Editor's Note: don't miss Parts One and Two of this series) The body structure of the Honda FCX concept is a combination of a steel lower body structure mated to a carbon-fiber composite upper structure. The production version will switch to an all steel structure to help keep costs down and ...

Honda FCX concept fuel cell car in depth, Pt. 2 - Styling and powertrain 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

(Editor's Note: don't miss the Part One of this series) The new Honda FCX concept is a four-door, four seat sports sedan with a profile reminiscent of the Lamborghini Portofino concept of the late 1980s. It has an extreme cab-forward stance, with a sharply raked windshield, and a fairly tall rear ...

Honda FCX concept fuel cell car in depth, Pt. 1 - The new fuel cell stack 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In June of 2005 Honda became the first car company in the world to lease a hydrogen fuel cell powered car to Jon Spallino, of Redondo Beach, California. During the 2005-6 auto show season, they showed off a concept version of their first purpose-built fuel cell powered car. Earlier this year they ...

Honda manager Stephen Ellis frustrated with anti-hydrogen "EV zealots" 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Honda is holding a media event this week to show off their FCX fuel cell car that is due to go into limited production beginning in 2008. AutoblogGreen is here to learn about the FCX and get a chance to drive it at the Laguna Seca racetrack. During a wide-ranging discussion over dinner, Stephen ...

Honda FCX fuel cell car video review 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

There are lots of reasons autotech fans are excited about the Honda FCX. That it's the first fuel cell vehicle on the road is the big news, but it's also cool that the engine noise has apparently been replaces with a sort of starship hum. Japan car tech fiends Nihon Car and Bike yesterday put up an ...


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