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Old 29 Mar 2008, 03:09 pm
Jeff
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Default Re: Honda FCX Clarity 5.97 MPG!

Justbob30 wrote:
> So, what is your source of this information? per Honda, it gets closer
> to the equivalent of 60 MPG with a range of 270 miles, are you sure your
> decimal point is not in the wrong place?
>
> http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-cla...ll/comparison/
> http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-cla...ked-questions/


I don't see where either say the vehicle gets 60 MPG. Rather, one graph
says it has 60% efficiency, which means 60% of the energy in the
hydrogen is converted to motion compared to about 20% in a gasoline engine.

In the NY Times article
(http://automobiles.honda.com/images/...s/NY_TIMES.pdf) it
does say that it gets the equivalent of 68 MPG, meaning that it goes 69
miles on amount of energy as there is in a gallon of gasoline.

> "M.A. Stewart" <cf005@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
> news:fsgv03$3in$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
>> Yikes... the Honda FCX Clarity (H2 fuel cell) gets 5.97 MPG (U.S. gallon)
>> on liquid H2 (or is it H?).
>>
>> What does a U.S. gallon of hydrogen cost?
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