2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV offers three lease options including 3 years/36,000 miles for $459 per month with $15,000 of fuel credit
27 June 2024
Honda announced lease options for the all-new 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV, its production plug-in hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle. The zero-emissions compact CUV will be available in California starting 9 July, with three competitive leasing options, with the majority of customers expected to choose a 3 year/36,000 mile lease for $459 per month, including $15,000 of hydrogen refueling credits during the lease term.
The 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV has received a 270-mile EPA driving range rating, combining an all-new US-made fuel cell system along with plug-in charging capability designed to provide up to 29 miles of EV driving around town with the flexibility of fast hydrogen refueling for longer trips.
Retail leasing of the CR-V e:FCEV is available through a network of 12 approved Honda dealerships in select California markets, including six dealerships in Southern California (Los Angeles and Orange County areas), five in the San Francisco Bay Area, and one in the Sacramento area.
2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV Lease Options | |||
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Monthly payment | $459 | $389 | $489 |
Due at signing | $2,959 | $2,889 | $2,989 |
Lease term | 3 years | 6 years | 2 years |
Allowable mileage | 36,000 | 72,000 | 60,000 |
Hydrogen fuel credit | $15,000 | $30,000 | $25,000 |
The lease terms also include up to 21 days of access to a rental vehicle from Avis while in California, 24/7 roadside assistance, and eligibility for California’s Clean Air Vehicle Stickers to allow single-occupant HOV access. The 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV lease options are based on a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $50,000, though no purchase option will be offered.
Every CR-V e:FCEV is very well-equipped and includes a 10.2-inch digital instrumentation display, 9-inch touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility, wireless phone charging, a 12-speaker Bose premium audio system, power adjustable heated front seats, heated steering wheel, dual zone climate control, handsfree access power tailgate, parking sensors and sustainable materials including bio-based leather seat upholstery.
Standard features alsoinclude HondaLink with expanded capabilities including hydrogen station information in addition to charging and power supply data. For additional convenience, the included Honda Power Supply Connector features a 110-volt power outlet that can deliver up to 1,500 watts of power, turning CR-V e:FCEV into a clean power source capable of running small home appliances, portable air conditioners, power tools, camping equipment and more.
Honda has more than two decades of market experience with hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, starting from the introduction of the Honda FCX in December 2002, the first zero-emission fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) to receive certification for everyday use from both the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB), as well as the first FCEV leased to individual customers.
The 5-passenger CR-V e:FCEV is built at Honda’s Performance Manufacturing Center in Marysville, Ohio, and is the only fuel cell electric passenger vehicle made in America, using domestic and globally-sourced parts. The CUV is the first application of the second-generation Honda Fuel Cell Module, which is produced at Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC (FCSM) in Michigan, offering significantly improved durability, higher efficiency, increased refinement and lower cost compared to Honda's previous generation fuel cell system.
Co-developed with General Motors, the next-generation Honda Fuel Cell Module reduced cost by two-thirds compared to the cost of the fuel cell system in the Honda Clarity Fuel Cell. This significant cost reduction was achieved by various measures including the adoption of innovative materials for electrodes, advancement of a cell sealing structure, simplification of the supporting equipment and the improvement of productivity.
Cue comments that 'A BEV works for me, therefore it works for everyone'
No reduction in cost at the pump of hydrogen is possible, even though it is currently available at a fraction of the US price in several other place.
The only metric which counts is energy efficiency, and issues of what is available when etc are irrelevant.
To clarify, I am not a particular fan of fuel cell light vehicles.
But neither am I a fan of premature fixation on one solution to the exclusion of all others.
We are fortunate to have a variety of possible contributors to decarbonising transport, and they are all WAY better than what we have at the moment.
Posted by: Davemart | 27 June 2024 at 01:31 PM
This could be for the trendy few in Los Angeles but I don't think it's mainstream it's a Halo program for Honda to show their fuel cell prowess over the decades.
Posted by: SJC | 30 June 2024 at 06:35 AM
Davemart
I think what is more reliable is you cuing up your strawman rant about a hypothetical battery bigot.
H2 prices certainly could go down. A few years ago they were below $14 per kg. 2 years ago they were at $30 per kg. Last I checked they stood at $36/kg. Those are prices at the 37 True Zero stations in CA.
Obviously they could go down but they have already gone up beyond what anyone expected. True Zero is owned by First Element Inc. They are privately held so there is little info available on who actually owns them or what their motivations might be.
@sjc,
The operative word is few. The salient bit of info left out of most of these write ups is that Honda is only planning on producing about 300 of these per year. That production level from an industry giant is why these are justifiably characterized as science fair projects.
By virtue of the fact that they’ve added a plug this will be the most flexible and useful FCV available in CA. A few years from now they might realize that the excuse about lack of infrastructure goes away if they add more AER and that this was a viable transition strategy all along.
Posted by: Gasbag | 30 June 2024 at 12:16 PM
Plug-in FCV (PFCV) could spread nation-wide in the USA with the FC truck H2 fueling network nationwide to enable long-distance trucking. The large volume of H2 consumed by those trucks will drop the retail H2 prices in the USA down on par with the cost of H2 in Europe and Asia. Many years ago, FC forklift operators were paying only $7 to $8 per kg of H2. The plug-in nature of the PFCV would make it much less sensitive to the price of H2 and to the distance to the H2-station.
One remaining problem now is the bulkiness of the H2 tanks taking up a good chund of cargo space. To solve this problem, the H2 tanks can be built like a raft composed of 5-6 thin and long tanks, disposed longitudinally underneath the car unibody top, serving also as chassis structural member, attached firmly to the unibody on top, making the vehicle lighter and much more rigid. These tanks are bullet-proof so can withstand any kinds of foreign object throw at it...unlike the fragile battery that can get damage and catch fire. Then the battery pack can be disposed underneath the rear seat and on top of this H2 fuel tank raft.
This type of arrangement will ensure that future Plug-in FCV (PFCV) will have just as much internal space as any BEV or ICEV.
PFCV could work, and work very well and could very well expand to the entire USA. Let's give it a chance.
Posted by: Roger Pham | 30 June 2024 at 04:26 PM
OP> no purchase option will be offered.
Even with free fuel, this is not the best deal In CA.
24 mo lease on a Hyundai Ioniq 5 is $229. $375 when you include the cash down.
Posted by: electric-car-insider.com | 01 July 2024 at 11:22 PM