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Honda FCX Clarity received World Green Car

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a Honda FCX Clarity which received the 2009 World Green Car award in New York on April 9. World Car of the Year is a program organized and conducted by automotive journalists from all over the world.

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3 fuel cell cars begin 1,100-km demonstration run

TOKYO, Japan - Fuel cell-powered vehicles from Toyota Motor Corp, Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. leave the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2009, for a 1,100-kilometer run to Fukuoka to demonstrate that they can go as far as gasoline-powered cars on a single fueling. Toyota's FCHV-adv, Nissan's X-Trail FCV and Honda's FCX Clarity will be used in the event.

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Honda to begin leasing new fuel cell sedan in November in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. will begin leasing its new FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle (photo) in November in Japan, mainly targeting government and corporate users. The fuel cell model of the FCX Clarity sedan can run 620 kilometers on a single charge of hydrogen.

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Honda begins production of new fuel cell vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takeo Fukui poses with the Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle at the Honda plant in Takanezawa, Tochigi Prefecture, on June 16. The automaker launched the production of FCX Clarity, a 4-seater sedan, at the Takanezawa plant the same day. Honda says it hopes to sell 200 units to a select group of customers in Japan and the United States over three years. While the vehicle, which costs tens of millions of yen to produce, can travel 620 kilometers on a single charge of hydrogen, according to Honda.

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Honda leases fuel-cell car to major industrial gas firm

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okubo (L), senior managing director of Honda Motor Co., and Akiji Makino, president of Iwatani International Corp., pose for photographs during a ceremony at a hydrogen station in Tokyo on July 15 to lease Honda's FCX fuel-cell vehicle to Iwatani. Iwatani International, a leading industrial gas company, will lease the car for 800,000 yen per month.

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(2)Toyota, Honda deliver fuel-cell vehicles to gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves from inside Honda Motor Co.'s FCX fuel-cell car at the premier's office compound Dec. 2. Honda and Toyota Motor Corp. the same day delivered their commercially produced fuel-cell vehicles to government ministries under lease contracts.

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Honda to lease fuel cell vehicle in Japan, U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. will lease its fuel cell vehicle FCX (photo) in Japan and the United States from Dec. 2, the same date that rival Toyota Motor Corp. will start leasing its own fuel cell vehicle. The four-seat FCX, which uses hydrogen instead of gasoline as its power source, can run at a maximum speed of 150 kilometers per hour and can travel about 355 km on one tank of hydrogen. It will be leased for 800,000 yen a month under a 12-month contract, 400,000 yen lower than the leasing fee set by Toyota for its FCHV sport utility vehicle.

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Honda releases prototype of FCX fuel-cell car

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. unveils the prototype of its FCX fuel-cell car (photo) in Tokyo on Oct. 22, with an eye to putting it on the Japanese market on a commercial basis by the year-end. The FCX, equipped with a 157-liter compressed hydrogen fuel tank, is capable of a maximum speed of 150 kilometers per hour and a range of 355 km once the tank is filled up. In the initial stage, Honda envisages leasing FCXs to government agencies and other interested parties in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Honda to sell fuel cell cars by end of this year

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. said July 10 it will bring forward the release of fuel cell hybrid passenger cars by about one year to around the end of this year. Photo shows a FCX-V4 vehicle being given a test drive on public roads in Tokyo in April.

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Honda to begin testing fuel-cell car on Japanese roads

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. will begin testing its fuel-cell vehicle, the FCX-V3, on public Japanese roads from mid-July to study its suitability for the domestic market. Honda said July 4 the tests will take place on a wide variety of routes, including freeways and city streets in Tochigi Prefecture and elsewhere, under a variety of traffic conditions.

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(2)Toyota, Honda fuel-cell vehicles given type certification

TOKYO, Japan - Photo of Honda Motor Co.'s FCX fuel-cell car, which received a motor vehicle type certification from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on June 17. (Kyodo)

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Honda to begin leasing new fuel cell sedan in November in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. will begin leasing its new FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle (photo) in November in Japan, mainly targeting government and corporate users. The fuel cell model of the FCX Clarity sedan can run 620 kilometers on a single charge of hydrogen. (Kyodo)

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Honda begins production of new fuel cell vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takeo Fukui poses with the Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle at the Honda plant in Takanezawa, Tochigi Prefecture, on June 16. The automaker launched the production of FCX Clarity, a 4-seater sedan, at the Takanezawa plant the same day. Honda says it hopes to sell 200 units to a select group of customers in Japan and the United States over three years. While the vehicle, which costs tens of millions of yen to produce, can travel 620 kilometers on a single charge of hydrogen, according to Honda. (Kyodo)

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Honda FCX Clarity received World Green Car

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a Honda FCX Clarity which received the 2009 World Green Car award in New York on April 9. World Car of the Year is a program organized and conducted by automotive journalists from all over the world. (Kyodo)

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3 fuel cell cars begin 1,100-km demonstration run

TOKYO, Japan - Fuel cell-powered vehicles from Toyota Motor Corp, Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. leave the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2009, for a 1,100-kilometer run to Fukuoka to demonstrate that they can go as far as gasoline-powered cars on a single fueling. Toyota's FCHV-adv, Nissan's X-Trail FCV and Honda's FCX Clarity will be used in the event. (Kyodo)

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Honda leases fuel-cell car to major industrial gas firm

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okubo (L), senior managing director of Honda Motor Co., and Akiji Makino, president of Iwatani International Corp., pose for photographs during a ceremony at a hydrogen station in Tokyo on July 15 to lease Honda's FCX fuel-cell vehicle to Iwatani. Iwatani International, a leading industrial gas company, will lease the car for 800,000 yen per month. (Kyodo)

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(2)Toyota, Honda deliver fuel-cell vehicles to gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves from inside Honda Motor Co.'s FCX fuel-cell car at the premier's office compound Dec. 2. Honda and Toyota Motor Corp. the same day delivered their commercially produced fuel-cell vehicles to government ministries under lease contracts. (Kyodo)

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Honda to lease fuel cell vehicle in Japan, U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. will lease its fuel cell vehicle FCX (photo) in Japan and the United States from Dec. 2, the same date that rival Toyota Motor Corp. will start leasing its own fuel cell vehicle. The four-seat FCX, which uses hydrogen instead of gasoline as its power source, can run at a maximum speed of 150 kilometers per hour and can travel about 355 km on one tank of hydrogen. It will be leased for 800,000 yen a month under a 12-month contract, 400,000 yen lower than the leasing fee set by Toyota for its FCHV sport utility vehicle. (Kyodo)

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Honda releases prototype of FCX fuel-cell car

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. unveils the prototype of its FCX fuel-cell car (photo) in Tokyo on Oct. 22, with an eye to putting it on the Japanese market on a commercial basis by the year-end. The FCX, equipped with a 157-liter compressed hydrogen fuel tank, is capable of a maximum speed of 150 kilometers per hour and a range of 355 km once the tank is filled up. In the initial stage, Honda envisages leasing FCXs to government agencies and other interested parties in the Tokyo metropolitan area. (Kyodo)

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Honda to supply fuel-cell cars to L.A.

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. said Oct. 7 it will supply five of its FCX fuel-cell vehicles to the Los Angeles city government on a leasing contract. Fuel-cell cars are poised to become the next-generation environmentally friendly vehicle. (Kyodo)

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Honda to sell fuel cell cars by end of this year

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. said July 10 it will bring forward the release of fuel cell hybrid passenger cars by about one year to around the end of this year. Photo shows a FCX-V4 vehicle being given a test drive on public roads in Tokyo in April.

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Honda to begin testing fuel-cell car on Japanese roads

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. will begin testing its fuel-cell vehicle, the FCX-V3, on public Japanese roads from mid-July to study its suitability for the domestic market. Honda said July 4 the tests will take place on a wide variety of routes, including freeways and city streets in Tochigi Prefecture and elsewhere, under a variety of traffic conditions.