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Automobile mileage

Well the best automobile mileage is settled. Honda’s FCX Clarity has won the 2009 World Green Car of the year with a vehicle that gets automobile mileage of equivalent to 72 mpg. This is not a hybrid car nor an electric car but a fuel cell car. Honda introduced this car as a concept vehicle back in 2007 at the Los Angeles car show.

Unlike other high fuel mileage cars that are usually small this is a luxury sedan. It has some similarities to an Accord until you become seated in the passenger cabin. This model is equipped with seat heaters and coolers, satellite radio, voice activated navigation and an adaptive cruise control. The futuristic display has a color changing energy ball that increases in size with the more energy the car is consuming.

This fuel cell car starts with the touch of a button and makes a whoosh sound from the air compressor. The top speed is 100 mph, which is set by a governor to prevent excessive speeds, but it is capable of more.

The automobile fuel mileage of a hydrogen fuel cell is rated the same as a gasoline engine since the density a kilo of hydrogen is approximately the same as gasoline. With this in mind this car has a fuel mileage of 65 mpg on the highway and 70 in the city with a range of 280 miles. One of the major draw backs is the cost of hydrogen is presently at the equivalent to $10 a gallon. But on the reverse side the major plus is all of the emissions are just water.

There are a number of these cars being leased for $600 a month in California and it will be available soon to the public. The big stumbling blocks are hydrogen fueling stations and the cost of hydrogen. The future is here for Americans and you can have an automobile mileage vehicle with plus 70-mpg and zero emissions if you want.