Are these sales numbers for real?

I think the figures aren't so bad for a car with zero advertising from the maker and biased or unfounded adverse reviews...
 
turtleturtle said:
At this rate, the Honda is going to sell zero units by end of year and disco the car.

Was production constrained, or did the initial enthusiasm wear off and mass market never took off?

https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/honda-fcx-sales-figures-usa-yearly-monthly/
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The article begins, "Here you will find monthly and yearly U.S. sales figures for the Honda FCX." However, I don't believe Honda has ever revealed the numbers of the individual Clarity models leaving dealer lots. These must be the sales figures all Clarity cars (including the 2 leased Clarity cars, one of which is no longer manufactured). Honda has reasons we cannot fathom for continuing to sell the Plug-In Hybrid and sell it at significant discounts in certain markets. I would guess that the comparatively small numbers of California-only Fuel-Cell cars are being used to gather data and garner compliance offsets.
 
coutinpe said:
I think the figures aren't so bad for a car with zero advertising from the maker and biased or unfounded adverse reviews...
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The sales figures in 2018 show the car had potential, but Honda did not keep it up to date. They can go back to those levels with infotainment and drivetrain upgrades. A new head unit from 2021 Accord and battery upgrade to get 60 mile EV range, both possible with minimum cost to Honda. But they are not interested in selling too many Clarities.
 
insightman said:
These must be the sales figures all Clarity cars (including the 2 leased Clarity cars, one of which is no longer manufactured).
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It appears you are correct. I found an InsideEV’s article that showed December 2018 Clarity sales as follows:
PHEV 2770
BEV. 86
FCV. 1
Total. 2857

The linked Good Car Bad Car total was 2856. Perhaps they didn’t include the lone FCV.

Total 2018 sales were broken down as follows:
PHEV 18,602
BEV. 948
FCV. 624
Total. 20,174

Does anyone have a way to find out how many unsold Clarities are sitting on dealer lots across the country?
 
The CarGurus website shows inventory locally or nationwide and I think other car websites do as well. Right now CarGurus shows 708 Clarities in inventory nationwide. This is down sharply from the fall when the number was closer to 1,500.
 
BrianRC said:
The CarGurus website shows inventory locally or nationwide and I think other car websites do as well. Right now CarGurus shows 708 Clarities in inventory nationwide. This is down sharply from the fall when the number was closer to 1,500.
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That sounds like Honda is throttling production in favor of … something else?

Maybe it is just a compliance car, but this really seems intentional on their part. I get all sorts of comments and questions about my car. The interest is there.
 
Don't know about real numbers, but in bay area California, visually, I see a lot of people are driving the honda clarity.
 
It also doesn’t help that it’s almost impossible to buy the car if you are from a non-zev state. Dealers just refuse to offer any incentives in those cases.


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