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Honda wins green car of the year award

14 Apr 2009

The Honda FCX Clarity ... best green car.
The Honda FCX Clarity ... best green car.

The Honda FCX Clarity, a hydrogen-fueled fuel-cell vehicle, has won the 2009 World Green Car award at the New York auto show.

A three-judge international panel praised the Clarity as "an utterly real, hydrogen-fueled luxury sedan that provides the amenities people expect in a premium car with more than 280 miles of range, fuel consumption of about 72 mpg equivalent and zero tailpipe emissions."


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