Honda has reiterated its commitment to fuel cell vehicles rather than hybrids as the solution to concerns over vehicle emissions.

Earlier this month in an interview with Jiji Press, Mr Takeo Fukui, President of Honda, said the firm could be ready to mass produce fuel cell cars within a decade and that it would be focussing on these rather than electric-powered and hybrid vehicles.

Now a spokesman for the Japanese automaker has given a further indication that fuel cell vehicles will be at the forefront of Honda's bid to capitalise on the market for greener motoring.

The spokesman told the Times: "It is a matter of when, not if, fuel cell cars come to the UK. We have experimented with other technologies including hybrid cars and that only convinced us that ultimately hydrogen fuel cells are the long-term solution."

Honda expects to be producing 400,000 fuel cell cars by 2020 and is currently gearing up to launch its FCX Clarity car on a lease basis in the US and Japan later this year.

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