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Honda backs hydrogen as U.S. favors battery vehicles
Honda backs hydrogen as U.S. favors battery vehicles
Posted Wednesday, Aug 12, 2009, 11:26 am Employee News
Honda Motor Co. is backing hydrogen power for the cars of the future, waving aside a decision by the Obama administration to drop the so-called fuel-cell technology in favor of battery-run vehicles, Bloomberg reported.
“Fuel-cell cars will become necessary,” Takashi Moriya, head of Tokyo-based Honda’s group developing the technology, told the news service. “We’re positioning it as the ultimate zero-emission car.”
Honda, the only carmaker to lease hydrogen-powered autos to individuals, opened a production line last year in Tochigi prefecture to make 200 fuel-cell FCX Clarity sedans, the model being leased in a trial in Los Angeles, Bloomberg said. The Obama administration sought to eliminate hydrogen-station funding and instead lend $1.6 billion to Nissan Motor Co. and $465 million to Tesla Motors Inc. to make electric cars, and give $2.4 billion in grants to lithium-ion battery makers, the story said. (Bloomberg)
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