Honda Aims for Fuel-Cell Car at Hybrid Price as GM Lends Scale
- Clarity Fuel Cell sedan begins sales to Japan fleet customers
- Honda, GM studying joint fuel cell production, procurement
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Honda Motor Co., beginning sales of its Clarity Fuel Cell sedan in Japan, said joint work with General Motors Co. will help bring hydrogen-powered vehicle costs down to the level of hybrids within the next decade.
The Japanese and U.S. automakers are studying joint production and procurement for fuel cell components with the aim of lowering costs to parity with hybrids by 2025, President Takahiro Hachigo said Thursday in Tokyo. Honda said its Clarity sedan has the top driving range among zero-emission vehicles, at 750 kilometers (466 miles) at Japan standards.