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The Honda FCX (commonly referred to as ''Fuel Cell eXperimental'') is a family of hydrogen fuel cell automobiles manufactured by Honda. As of March 2007, there are more than twenty Honda FCX vehicles in the hands of customers, including the state of New York, cities of Las Vegas, Chula Vista, San Francisco and the South Coast Air Quality Management District in three different American states.〔 Limited marketing of a latest fuel cell vehicle named FCX Clarity, based on the 2007 concept model, began on June 19, 2008 in Japan and the United States.〔(Honda FCX Concept Public Debut )〕 Honda believes it could start mass-producing the next model evolved from the FCX concept by the year 2018. ==1999 FCX concept and prototypes== The first prototype FCX is a four-door, four-seat vehicle that was launched in 1999. Dimensions are: length 4165 mm, width 1760 mm and height 1645 mm. The fuel cell was a PEFC (proton exchange membrane) manufactured by Ballard Power Systems. The fuel cell had power output of 78 kW. The engine has a maximum output of 80 horsepower (60 kilowatts), torque of and has an EPA certified range of 170 miles. The first vehicles were delivered on December 2, 2002, in the USA (City of Los Angeles) and Japan. * 1999 September * * Honda FCX-V1: Hydrogen vehicle model * * Honda FCX-V2: Methanol-fuel cell model * 2000 September * * Honda FCX-V3: Ultracapacitor model, began tests in the public roads * 2001 September * * Honda FCX-V4: evolved version of FCX-V3 * 2002 March * * Honda FCX-V4 served as pace car at the Los Angeles Marathon * 2002 July * * FCX became the world's first fuel-cell car certified by the U.S. EPA and California Air Resources Board for commercial use * 2002 December * * Honda FCX: vehicles delivered to Japanese Prime Minister's office (Kantei) and Los Angeles City * 2003 July * * Honda supplied the world's first fuel-cell vehicle to a private corporation * 2003 October * * Honda FC Stack was released. It was capable of power generation at temperatures as low as -20°C * 2004 April * * FCX were leased to the City and County of San Francisco, California, USA * 2004 June * * FCX were leased to the South Coast Air Quality Management District * 2004 July * * FC Stack-equipped FCX received U.S. government certification for commercial use * 2004 November * * FCX was leased to the City of Chula Vista, California, USA * * FC Stack-equipped FCX was leased to the State of New York and became the world's first delivery of fuel-cell vehicles to a cold-weather region * 2005 January * * FC Stack-equipped FCX delivered to Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan * 2005 February * * FCX vehicles leased to the City of Las Vegas, USA * 2007 March * * actress Q'orianka Kilcher leases Honda FCX and became the world's youngest individual customer of fuel cell vehicles * 2001-2007 * * FCX was the official pace car of the Los Angeles Marathon 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Honda FCX」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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