Following on from the Toyota’s new HFCV – the Mirai, Honda have announced that their all-new FCV production model will be based on the FCV concept and is scheduled to go on sale in Japan by the end of March 2016 and subsequently in the U.S. and Europe.
The newly-developed fuel-cell stack installed to this concept car is 33% smaller than the previous fuel-cell stack and yet achieves output of more than 100 kW and output density as high as 3.1 kW/L, improving the overall performance by approximately 60% compared to the previous version of the fuel-cell stack.
The Honda FCV Concept is also equipped with a 70 MPa high-pressure hydrogen storage tank that provides a cruising range of more than 700 km. The tank can be refilled in approximately three minutes, making refuelling as quick and easy as today’s petrol powered vehicles.
Honda say they will further promote the application of the Smart Hydrogen Station (SHS) – a packaged hydrogen station unit that adopts Honda’s original high-differential-pressure electrolyser.
Furthermore, they plan to tackle the future implementation of hydrogen cars with three key concepts – ‘generate’, ‘use’ and ‘get connected’ – in pursuit of a CO2 -free society.
