I like the Honda.
The new Honda FCX is larger, roomier, faster and has a smaller, yet more powerful Hydrogen stack. This new one-box stack is 30 percent lighter than previous models, features a Honda-designed PEFC - a proton exchange membrane fuel cell that converts the hydrogen into electricity with water as the only emission. The FCX is still only available to governmental agencies only the select few lucky consumers - one a Southern California family and Whale Rider actress and environmentalist Q'orianka Kilcher - were able to lease the previous generation FCX.
Tom Hanks just took delivery of his eBox, which takes an existing Scion xB, pulls out the engine and drive train and replaces it with AC Propulsion electric drive system. AC gives 0-60 times of 7 seconds, a top speed of 95 mph and a charge rate of 30 minutes for 20 to 50 miles. The range is somewhat small at 140-180 miles and it's somewhat pricey - $55,000 plus the purchase of the new Scion, but you can buy one tomorrow. Well, maybe not tomorrow, the AC Propulsion eBox is available as a California-only vehicle. At Santa Monica's AltCar Expo in 2006, there was a line three-deep just to sit inside this custom Scion.
