At the New York International Auto Show in April, Honda’s FCX Clarity won the acclaimed World Green Car award.
The FCX Clarity beat out 22 contenders nominated by 59 World Car jurors from 25 countries worldwide, including the Mitsubishi i-MiEV and Toyota iQ.
About the FCX Clarity
Honda’s hydrogen-powered FCX Clarity not only gets 72 miles per gallon, but has zero-emissions due to the fuel cell technology it uses.
Jurors said, “The FCX clarity is an utterly real, hydrogen-fuelled luxury sedan that provides the amenities people expect in a premium car with 430 km range, fuel consumption of about 3.3 litres/100 km equivalent and zero tailpipe emissions.”
I feel like this is a great step towards reducing carbon emissions in the United States and maybe Honda can be the one to lead us into a new generation of transportation technology.
About the Award
To be eligible for the 2009 World Green Car award, a vehicle had to be available in at least one major market during 2008.
Some of the standards taken into consideration were tailpipe emissions, fuel consumption and use of a major advanced power plant technology aimed specifically at increasing the vehicle’s environmental responsibility.
In their sixth year of existence, the annual World Car awards have become one of the world’s most prestigious, credible and significant programs of its kind.
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Tristan is a social change advocate and social media do-gooder. He has worked with Ashoka and Best Buy promoting social entrepreneurship and responsibility.
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