Honda Clarity
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5 model years with exact configuration records. Latest available year: 2021, with 3 listed configurations.
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The Honda Clarity is a mid-size, five-passenger sedan built around a single "3-in-1" platform that Honda engineered to accept three completely different zero- or ultra-low-emission powertrains: a hydrogen fuel cell, a battery-electric drivetrain, and a plug-in hybrid. Sold in the United States for the 2017 through 2021 model years, it replaced the low-volume, Southern-California-only FCX Clarity and served as Honda's electrification flagship while the company worked toward putting two-thirds of its global sales on electrified powertrains. Each variant was given its own "hero" color, grille treatment, and lighting signature so the three could be told apart, and all of them share the same 108.3-inch wheelbase, fixed rear-wheel skirts, and low-drag fastback profile.
Availability differed sharply by powertrain. The Clarity Fuel Cell was offered only on a closed-end lease through a small network of approved dealers in California, where hydrogen refueling stations exist. The Clarity Electric was likewise lease-only, restricted to California and Oregon, and was dropped after 2019. Only the Clarity Plug-In Hybrid could be bought outright and was sold at Honda dealers nationwide, which made it by far the highest-volume member of the family.
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