Honda Motor Company introduced this week its new hydrogen-powered car. The world is in high need of a new alternative energy source and with great efforts, Honda could set the tone for a new direction in automobile building.

Its new release, called the FCX Clarity, has no effects on the environment and it will be powered by a gas that emits only water. The new model is powered by a highly compact, powerful and efficient Honda V Flow fuel cell stack and reached the company’s goal of offering a superior driving performance and also a quality design.

Unfortunately, due to the massive costs involved in building the new cars, which exceed several hundred thousands of dollars, Honda announced that until 2010 only 200 units will be produced, with the lease sales scheduled to begin in July in the United States and later this year in Japan.

At this point, the cars have another obstacle to pass before reaching a national and even global level. The Clarity needs to be fueled at a special hydrogen fueling station and only a few are available across the United States. The technology needed to produce hydrogen is rather expensive, but as soon as the fueling stations will start multiplying and the company will start the mass production on the Clarity, the prices are bound to drop significantly.

The development process demanded 19 years of investigations and taking into consideration the rapid global awareness on the environmental issues, the car should easily become a best seller, once the price tag will be within reach of the general public.

People get more and more frustrated with the never-ending rise of the fuel prices and its dangerous impact on the environment and once the focus will be set on finding an affordable solution, many will turn to it without looking back.