Honda lands world's first order for fuel-cell passenger cars.In brief: Honda honda a quick release metal eyelet for the end of a lariat. When the restrained animal is no longer required it is not necessary to slacken off the loop and pull it over the head—a very great advantage when working with wild cattle or unbroken horses. Motor announced in October October: see month. that it had won the first-ever order for passenger cars powered by fuel ceils, the Japanese Japanese (jăp'ənēz`), language of uncertain origin that is spoken by more than 125 million people, most of whom live in Japan. There are also many speakers of Japanese in the Ryukyu Islands, Korea, Taiwan, parts of the United States, and press reported. The order came from the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. city government. Honda says it will deliver five fuel-cell electric vehicles to the government, with the first order arriving before the end of the year. The car, which is more like a minivan, is said to get about 350km on one fill-up of hydrogen. *** COMMENTARY: Japanese auto executives have been saying publicly that fuel-cell powered cars won't be a real option for most consumers until 2010 or so. But privately, those same executives have been bearing down on their top engineers to bring out this technology faster. Honda and Toyota are especially eager to stake their claim to the global market for fuel-cell cars, and so far, they've been out in front of other carmakers. This order, though small, is significant. There will soon be more. |
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