Resurrecting this old thread rather than start a new one.
I got to drive this one below last week. Connected with the owner because he was interested in my S.
Drove well with good pep, but not blood drain from your face acceleration like the S. Sorta like a futuristic Accord. Pleasant inside; traditional Honda feel with futuristic touches. Not luxurious but quite comfortable. It's long but the inside is narrower than the S and has the big center console where some of the FC equipment is.
Owner (well, leaser) said they cost more than $1mil each to produce, but that's because they've only made 25 and it's all custom tooling (little to no reuse of tooling from other Honda cars). I don't understand carmakers desire to make these tiny demo fleets but not actually mass produce the cars. I guess its to keep regulators at bay that this stuff is always around the corner.
Owner was asking me questions about the S, like about where I can charge it and do I have range anxiety. I asked him how many fuel cell stations there are (6 in SoCal) and pointed out that I start everyday fully charged from home so I only have to worry on long trips. He explained that they are experimenting with home natural gas > hydrogen fill units too. But much harder to put that in than an outlet. I explained how my employer easily put in NEMA 14-50s at our two offices so can get the extra boost there too, and then there's the Superchargers.
The other thing that matters a lot to me, but I'm sure not all people, is while HFC cars may be able to operate energy efficiently using natural gas based hydrogen production, that's still using a non-renewable fossil fuel. Hydrogen could be made using solar, but it takes a lot of electricity that way, so I'm pretty sure (maybe someone can confirm) its much more efficient to just charge a battery like on the S. Eventually we'll have to transition off of fossil fuels, so as Elon says, might as well start going down that technological road now.
