T Mac
10-24-2007, 02:08 AM
TOCHIGI, Japan — Honda (HMC) will deliver fewer than 100 of its new fuel-cell cars next year, when it's scheduled for introduction in the United States, the automaker's top executive said Tuesday at the company's research and development headquarters here.
Though a small number, it is several times as many FCX hydrogen fuel-cell sedans as the automaker currently has on U.S. roads. Only two of those are in the hands of individuals and about 20 more are in fleet service by governments and other institutions.
In contrast, most of the 2008 FCX models will go to individuals, Honda says. A minority will be reserved for fleet use, needed so that Honda can gather information and feedback quickly because fleet users run up miles faster than families and individual drivers do.
By James R. Healey, USA TODAY
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Though a small number, it is several times as many FCX hydrogen fuel-cell sedans as the automaker currently has on U.S. roads. Only two of those are in the hands of individuals and about 20 more are in fleet service by governments and other institutions.
In contrast, most of the 2008 FCX models will go to individuals, Honda says. A minority will be reserved for fleet use, needed so that Honda can gather information and feedback quickly because fleet users run up miles faster than families and individual drivers do.
By James R. Healey, USA TODAY
Click here (http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2007-10-23-honda-fcx_N.htm) to read the entire story from USA TODAY