Get out your high school chemistry books
Honda is on the cutting edge when it comes to another weapon in the “let’s leave carbon-based fuel cars behind” race…read on…
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/16/autos/honda_zev.ap/index.htm?postversion=2008061609
One thing I do find depressing, though, is why are these first few units going to actors, celebrities, or folks who are famous for being famous? Why are these units not being distributed to individuals or companies who are (probably) better prepared to give valuable feedback and input to the manufacturer, so they can actually get the units into production faster? Not knocking some B-or-A List celebrity for being able to get new technology first, but, would true ‘customer feedback’ come better packaged if rendered by an engineer, a transportation executive, or a somebody who actually runs a company and understands more of the ‘ins and outs’ of car and fleet operation than somebody who acts, sings, or gets photographed for a living?