Date:17/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/17/stories/2008061750270100.htm

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Honda kicks off fuel-cell car

AFP

TOCHIGI (Japan): Honda Motor Co. kicked off the production on Monday of its newest fuel-cell car. The FCX Clarity, a sporty-looking fuel-cell sedan, will be sold in the U.S. from July. In Japan, sales are slated to start in autumn. Fuel-cell vehicles, run on an inexhaustible and cheaper source of fuel -- hydrogen, have no harmful tail-pipe emissions.