An updated hydrogen powered Honda FCX debuted at the LA Auto Show last month.
In December 2002, the city of Los Angeles began leasing the first of five Honda FCXs, which are now used in normal, everyday activities by city officials.
The new car is more refined, is designed as a more universally useful design, larger and has a new stack layout (hydrogen and water flow vertically). Limited marketing of a totally new fuel cell vehicle based on this concept model is to begin in 2008 in Japan and the U.S.
The previous Honda FCX
In July 2002, Honda's FCX was certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB), making it the first and only fuel cell car in history to be approved for commercial use.
Link for the new FCX includes diagrams of the new fuel stack.
http://world.honda.com/news/2006/4061129LAShowFCXConcept/
Link for the previous version of the FCX
http://corporate.honda.com/environment/fuel_cells.aspx?id=fuel_cells_fcx
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