Honda to test fuel-cell car in unique hydrogen project

TOKYO April 6, 2004; Japan Today reported that Honda Motor Co said Monday it will conduct test runs of a fuel-cell vehicle equipped with a next-generation fuel-cell power generator as part of a project to create an energy system free of fossil fuels.

Test runs of the FCX fuel-cell car will begin in late April on public roads on the southern Japanese island of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, as Honda joins forces with academics and a local business in the project unprecedented in Japan, Honda said. (Kyodo News)