2017 Honda Clarity Electric Gets Competitive Lease Price

Honda’s new hydrogen-powered all-electric sedan will be heading to dealerships this August.

For those interested, the 2017 Honda Clarity Electric will be available at a competitive introductory lease price of $269 a month for 36 months (plus tax). The lease also has a generous allowance of 20,000 miles per year and includes 24/7 roadside assistance. The lease has a federal tax credit built in and requires $1,730 down plus the first month’s lease payment at signing.

Unfortunately for shoppers, the 2017 Honda Clarity Electric will only be available at select dealerships in California and Oregon.

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The all-electric sedan features a 161-horsepower electric motor producing 221 pound-feet of torque. It has an EPA range rating of 89 miles on a single charge and gets an EPA fuel economy rating of 126 MPGe in the city, 103 MPGe on the highway, for a 114-MPGe combined rating.

The Honda Clarity Electric joins the Clarity Fuel Cell, which launched in December 2016. The third car of the Clarity family, the plug-in hybrid variant, will arrive later this year.

“The Clarity Electric is the only affordable five-passenger EV sedan with all the technology, and safety and premium features a consumer expects today, including Honda Sensing® as standard equipment,”said Steve Center, vice president of the Connected and Environmental Business Development Office at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. “Honda customers have been asking for a true five-passenger sedan and we are pleased to make this a reality at an affordable lease price, enabling more consumers the opportunity to take home a zero-emissions vehicle.”

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