June 13, 2024

An associate at the Performance Manufacturing Center works on the new, 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV. The car is the only fuel cell electric vehicle made in America, combining a hydrogen fuel cell with plug-in EV charging capability. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kayleen Petrovia)

Honda starts new hydrogen fuel cell production

Marysville plant starts production of vehicle powered by new fuel cell

By Kayleen Petrovia, Marysville J-T Reporter

Marysville is now home to the only hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle made in the United States.

Last week, Honda celebrated the start of production at the Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) of the 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV, a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that also has plug-in electric vehicle charging capability.

Joe Mazzocchi, the engineering project lead, said it was a challenge to create a “brand new product with an existing frame” but the CR-V e:FCEV is “smooth, elegant and quiet” with “no sacrifice in performance.”

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