Would you pay $600 a month to lease a Honda?

That’s what it costs to lease Honda’s new hydrogen-powered FCX Clarity. Honda only is leasing the car to people who live near Torrance, Santa Monica, and Irvine, California where there are hydrogen filling stations.

It seems like a cool car, but it’s a bit silly to call it a zero-emission vehicle. The burning of hydrogen doesn’t release greenhouse gas emissions (other than water vapor which quickly precipitates out of the air), but making the hydrogen is energy intensive and releases a good amount of greenhouse gases.

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