As I understand it, they have access to Hydrogen in their locale - Cali is now in the early stages of their 'Hydrogen Highway' initiative - a good idea that Arnold promoted.

I've also heard that they also currently own a Civic CX (Natural Gas), so they're somewhat accustomed to non-traditional refueling That's probably how they got picked, I'll bet.


And, yes, the lease is subsidized - that car (currently) costs about 1.2MM to produce. The other thing is the insurance - AHM built that into the lease for sure, because I'd like to see what common carrier would underwrite collision on that car, much less comprehensive...
So, for $500/mo, that's not a bad deal, IMO, to make history
I wonder if they get to add the car to Honda's OwnerLink...

Mark

Sometimes we could all use a little less

My hybrid automobiles:

Current:
2006 Honda Civic Hybrid (CVT, w/o Nav)
Magnetic Pearl / Blue - 008661, born 12/28/05
Mods: Neck pillows, Garmin C330 Nav, Draw-tite 1.25" hitch (for bikes, not towing!), Pioneer Inno XM receiver via Aux jack, OEM mud flaps, more to come!

Hypermiler status on 3/12/06 @ 3077mi.

Previous:
2005 Honda Accord Hybrid (5AT/Navi)
Desert Mist / Ivory - 001254
Retired 1/21/06 - LMPG 34.1

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