The Honda FCX is a fuel cell car that's being developed by Honda. Honda plans to lease approximately 30 fuel-cell cars in California and Japan to allow real "hand-on " testing. The city of Los Angeles has received one to use.

The Environmental Protection Agency has classified the FCX as a Zero- Emission Vehicle (ZEV). A fuel cell vehicle uses compressed hydrogen to produce electricity, which in turn powers one or more electric motors. In the process, virtually no harmful emissions are released.

Right now, there is no widespread distribution system to "fill up" the hydrogen tank in a fuel cell vehicle. Also, fuel cell vehicles will be extremely expensive to make right now. As time passes, production costs will drop.

Honda FCX with Honda original fuel cell stack.

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Oct. 2004