In the past Honda has pointed towards fuel cell powered vehicles as the future — Today at the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda CEO Takanobu Ito has again stated his company’s stance on the fuel cells saying that hydrogen energy is the best long term strategy for the auto industry.

Sure, Honda has some electric vehicles in the works such as the Honda EV-N and the Honda CR-Z but Ito says once the industry realizes the limits of batteries they too will turn to hydrogen.

What do you guys think? Is hydrogen the future or will we be seeing batteries stick around for a bit longer?

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Honda has really been taking the initiative to move their entire line of vehicles towards a much greener pasture.

This time, it seems that President of Honda, Takanobu Ito, has come forward to say that they have halted their development of V8 engines along with RWD vehicles to instead focus on the obviously greener alternative; hybrids.

Below is what Mr. Ito had to say:

I don’t think we need a classic front-engine, rear-drive car. It would be meaningless to emulate what other companies have been doing for more than five decades… We are considering incorporating new engines, motors, transmissions and chassis into mid- to large-sized hybrid vehicles, and I think this is a good opportunity for change.

Let’s hope other companies do the same without sacrificing power. Because I’m sure many of you out there share my need for speed.

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Back in May we heard about the Honda CR-Z but at that point it was still a concept. How, Honda CEO Takanobu Ito has taken the main stage to announce that the CR-Z coupe hybrid will in fact go on sale in Japan early year with the US and Europe getting it later that year.

There’s no telling what engine the CR-Z will use with Autoblog pointing towards the 1.3L engine featured in the Insight but we are sure to know when the Tokyo Motor Show rolls around.

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