With the FCX Clarity now out of the picture, Honda is looking forward to the FCV’s replacement, a preview of which is set to bow at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show.
The Honda FCV Concept will be making its North American debut under the lights of Cobo Hall in January, having made its world debut last month in Japan. The concept is meant to show the evolution of the automaker’s plans for a new FCV, first seen with the FCEV Concept that bowed during the 2013 LA Auto Show.
As for when the production version of Honda’s next hydrogen vehicle will enter showrooms, the FCV will arrive in Japan March 2016, then land in the United States later on.
Once across the Pacific, the FCV will have quite a few locations to refuel, thanks to a $13.8 million investment deal between Honda and FirstElement Fuel to build more hydrogen refueling stations in California.
Lippy. Maybe toothy, won’t know till it talks.
My vision has cleared. It’s got buck teeth and serrated grinders on the side. The pendulous lower lip has to be a deliberate joke.
My vision has cleared. It’s got buck teeth and serrated grinders on the s1de. The pendulous lower lip has to be a deliberate joke.
The “overbite” makes it look like it could eat corn-on-the-cob through a picket fence
I know a guy whose dentures make him look like that.
I keep wanting to say “Hold still” and open a bottle of Sprecher’s on them.
I place very little weight on concept cars. Although, I see they’re borrowed design elements from the odd Acura grills.
This is Tesla’s next competitor.
The I must have the coolest planet saving toy set will turn in their Model S to run on hydrogen.
It is “cooler” technology.
Exactly, much more important than its styling is the whole hydrogen fuel deal and how it helps manufacturer’s meet new zero emission standards.
Yeah, but the cartoon styling is here to laugh at right now.
The proposed benefits of “the whole hydrogen fuel deal” is purest and literal vapor ware.
What? People don’t buy Teslas to save the planet.
And FCVs can never compete with EVs.
Why? Couldn’t/isn’t an FCV just an EV that uses hydrogen to recharge the battery on the fly?
Drive comes from an electric motor, the Honda stack leaves room for plenty of battery. The biggest hurdle (onboard, ignoring the larger issue of finding hydrogen to put in it)I see is efficiently packaging the hydrogen tank.
>> The biggest hurdle (onboard, ignoring the larger issue of finding hydrogen to put in it)I see is efficiently packaging the hydrogen tank.
Don’t forget placing faith in Toyota’s manufacturing process every time you fill that 10,000 psi tank.
I understand that the Mirai is already quite heavy, weighing in at over 4000 lbs. Making it a fuel cell powered plug in hybrid will make it even heavier.
I see they’ve rebadged Toyota’s Mirai, so I can’t understand why it will take so long to bring to market.
Oh, and that expanding infrastructure will really help… in California.
“I see they’ve rebadged Toyota’s Mirai”
If that’s all you see, time for new glasses. It’s not exactly pretty, but it’s not make-me-wish-I-was-blind ugly like the Mirai.
I really like this car design. Its screams car of the future. Much better than the Toyota!
Me too, I think it looks pretty cool. Can’t see the merits of hydrogen at this point though.
I like the 92-98 Buick Skylark partial wheel skirts on the back there.
Then again, the back end was my favorite part of my Skylark…even if it was basically the Roadmaster sedan rear end shrunk down.
This looks like a penguin five minutes after it was squashed by a giant’s foot. It has rebounded a bit from dead flat to being merely ruined.
It kinda looks like Mater schlepped a Citroen DS. …at a Star Wars Convention