A post on the Auto Channel reports: The AP reported that Honda Motor Co. expects to have begun selling fuel-cell vehicles in the general market by 2018, a news report said Friday.
"In 2018, I believe the development (of a fuel-cell car) will have been very advanced," Honda President Takeo Fukui was quoted as saying, by Kyodo News agency, in an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 25.
Kyodo said Fukui was confident that many customers will want to buy a fuel-cell car if it costs no more than about 10 million yen ($84,000).
The only reason that I post this news is that it reaffirms my belief that fuel cell vehicles are a long way off and that they will be expensive even then.
Good point Jim. Hydrogen is dead and other forms of fuel cell appear uncompetitive with NEV (nano-Li-ion-battery EV) and ICE in transportation.
BTW, can you fix the incessant centering of the comments column?
Posted by: Beek | December 31, 2006 at 05:40 PM
I agree. $50,000 say for a top of the range nano-Li-ion EV which is here now in 2007 is a far better step in the right direction towards higher overall energy efficiency.
I'm sure there are lots of people interested in buying a quality EV with good specs.
As electricity production becomes cleaner and more renewable, so too will the EVs on the road using that electricity.
Posted by: Camden | January 01, 2007 at 04:44 AM
$80 grand for a car that uses more expensive fuel? Don't think that will go, especially when Lithium electrics with equal range will be nearly half that price, and use a far less expensive fuel.
Of course, if concerns about hydrogen destroying the ozone layer are confirmed, hydrogen hype will be quickly doused.
H2 + 03 => H20 + O2
Posted by: CM | January 01, 2007 at 08:40 PM
That's definitely a good news for us. For a lot of consumers will surely buy this car since fuel-cell car runs on power generated by oxygen in the air combining with hydrogen stored in a fuel tank. It emits harmless water vapor.
Posted by: Joe | January 06, 2007 at 12:17 AM
I am waiting for this car it is really very new and advance technology will be launched by Honda.Thank you very much for this information.
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Technology is becoming more advanced these days. Advanced discoveries are being made in almost every field. The automobile industry is also the field that is facing advanced transformations. Fuel cell cars are the most recent invention in the automobile industry.
Posted by: Japan used cars | May 12, 2011 at 01:32 AM
Good news and definately gives me a feeling of hope for the future automobiles. I wonder how the car dealership landscape will be changed? 2018 is still a ways a way though.
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