The September 2003 Honda National meeting was in San Diego.

I added a waypoint in Torrance to experience the Honda FCX

since it was EPA approved on US highways in June 2002.

Note: the 2 refueling systems in the background.

This photo of the Honda Clarity was taken at the 2008 Paris Auto Exposition.

I went primarily to see the international introduction of the 2nd

generation

Honda Insight Hybrid but also saw the AXiom booth that worked with

Columbia in Reedsburg on NEV bodies.

The 2008 Hydrogen Road Tour didn’t get close to La Crosse, so,

I visited my daughters in Phoenix and was treated to 6 different

hydrogen-powered vehicles including a bi-fuel, liquid hydrogen –

gasoline internal combustion engine. The absence of the

Honda Clarity as well as GM’s Equinox FCV was disappointing

but the Toyota Highlander FCHV, Mercedes A-Class F-Cell, BMW

Hydrogen 7, Nissan XTrail FCV, Hyundai Tucson FCEV and VW

Tourag Hymotion represented a great opportunity to drive all

the competition.

This is a photo of the Honda FCEV that was shown January 2014 at the

Los Angeles Auto Show. As you can tell, this was a media frenzy and a

media release picture. I wish to lease this vehicle in La Crosse.

It was the spring of 2014

before I got to drive the Honda

Clarity as well as the GM Fuel

Cell. It was worth the wait and

I look forward to the

developments that the future

of automotive transportation is

moving toward. Natural Gas

Vehicles (NGVs) are helping

drivers understand the safety

of gaseous fuel tanks and the

role that CH4 can play in the

future of hydrogen refueling

options.