Honda’s hydrogen car is an engineering achievement. It’s a technological wonder, a proof of concept for a technology that surely has some sort of future, albeit a hazy one. But it is currently untenable as a consumer product, with an unreliable fueling network that is only available in California (where it’s also absurdly expensive), and a lease-only buying scheme that obscures just how expensive it really is. Honda promised at the launch that the problems are being worked out and that hydrogen will play a key role in the future of transportation.
