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J apanese automaker Honda chose to launch its new fuel cell vehicle, the FCX Clarity, at the recent Los Angeles Auto Show, with plans to begin limited retail marketing of the vehicle in the US from this summer. On the same day as the vehicle was unveiled, Honda announced that it has begun using the Home Energy Station IV at its Honda R&D Americas facility in Torrance, California. This fourth-generation experimental unit is designed to provide fuel for an FCV, as well as heat and electricity for a home.
The FCX Clarity is a next-generation, hydrogen-powered FCV based on the all-new Honda V Flow fuel cell platform, and powered by the highly compact, efficient and powerful Honda V Flow fuel cell stack. The new V Flow platform packages the ultra-compact, lightweight and powerful Honda V Flow fuel cell stack (65% smaller than the previous Honda FC stack) in the vehicle's center tunnel, between the two front seats.
Taking advantage of a completely new cell configuration, the vertically oriented stack has an output of 100 kW (versus 86 kW in the current Honda FC stack), with a 50% increase in output density by volume (67% by mass). Its compact size allows for a more spacious interior and more efficient packaging of other powertrain components, which would otherwise be unattainable in a sleek, low-slung, four-door sedan.
The FCX Clarity utilizes Honda's V Flow stack in combination with a new compact and efficient lithium-ion battery pack and a single hydrogen storage tank to power the vehicle's electric drive motor. Additional energy captured through regenerative braking and deceleration is stored in the Li-ion battery pack, and used to supplement power from the fuel cell, when needed. The vehicle's 5000 psi (350 bar) pressurized hydrogen storage tank provides 10% additional hydrogen capacity compared with the previous model which, in combination with a 20%
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