These days many Americans dream of driving a car that runs on anything besides gasoline. That’s why the newest announcement from American Honda Motor Co., Inc. is raising a lot of interest.

The automaker said today its first FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle will roll off the assembly line next month, and go only to pre-selected customers for now. Honda also revealed the first auto dealership network in the United States to sell and service the next-generation cars. All three are located in California, Power Honda Costa Mesa, Honda of Santa Monica, and Scott Robinson Honda in Torrance.

The announcements were made during a ceremony for the start of FCX Clarity production at the world’s first dedicated fuel cell vehicle manufacturing facility in Japan.

Honda previously announced plans to deliver about 200 FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles in the U.S. and Japan to customers in the first three years of production, with leases beginning in July. The lease program marks the world’s first large-scale retail initiative for fuel cell vehicle technology.

The FCX Clarity is a next-generation, hydrogen powered fuel cell-powered vehicle. Propelled by an electric motor that runs on electricity generated in the fuel cell, the vehicle’s only emission is water, and its fuel efficiency is three times that of a modern gasoline-powered automobile.