Associated Press reported that Honda’s new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line Monday and is headed to southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring.

The FCX Clarity, which runs on hydrogen and electricity, emits only water and none of the gases believed to induce global warming. It is also two times more energy efficient than a gas-electric hybrid and three times that of a standard gasoline-powered car, the company says.

Here is a little information about the FCX Clarity provided by honda.com

About the FCX Clarity
The FCX Clarity is a next-generation, hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle. Propelled by an electric motor that runs on electricity generated in the fuel cell, its only emission is water, and its fuel efficiency is three times that of a modern gasoline-powered automobile.

Based on the entirely-new Honda V Flow fuel cell platform, and powered by a highly compact, efficient and powerful new Honda V Flow fuel cell stack, the FCX Clarity marks the significant progress Honda continues to make in advancing the real-world performance and appeal of the fuel cell car. Significant advances over Honda’s previous generation FCX include:

• an advanced new four-passenger sedan design
• a greater than 30 percent increase in driving range to 270 miles¹
• a 20 percent increase in fuel economy to 68miles/kg-H2²
• a 50 percent increase in fuel cell stack power density
• a 40 percent smaller and 50 percent lighter new lithium-ion battery pack

Honda is responsible for the development of the world’s first fuel cell car to be certified for regular commercial use by the U.S. EPA and California Air Resources Board; the first commercial lease of a fuel cell car to a fleet customer; and the first individual retail customer for a fuel cell vehicle.

Some of Hollywood finest that are slated to receive the limited production are actress Jamie Lee Curtis and filmmaker husband Christopher Guest, actress Laura Harris, film producer Ron Yerxa, as well as businessmen Jon Spallino and Jim Salomon.

Let’s hope they can tout the car’s amazing performance and amazing "zero emissions"  of the FCX Clarity and allow it to become a success.

We have seen this before where Hollywood promotes a great idea only to have big oil "buy" the system out – who killed the electric car.

Hope your Hydrogen-powered fuel cell FCX Clarity is a huge success!