Honda Clarity Fuel Cell Appears at Opening of First Retail Hydrogen Station in Santa Barbara

Stakeholders cut the ribbon, opening the first retail hydrogen fueling station in Santa Barbara County and on the Central Coast on Friday, May 13. (Left to right): Tyson Eckerle, Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development; David Raney, Toyota; Gregg Hart, Santa Barbara City Council; Stephen Ellis, Honda; Brad Cole, California Energy Commission; Aeron Arlin Genet, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District; Tim Brown (and daughter), First Element/True Zero; Salud Carbajal, Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors and Air Pollution Control District Board of Directors; Peter Adam, Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors and Air Pollution Control District Board of Directors; Sigrid Wright, Community Environmental Council; Arjun Sarkar, Central Coast Clean Cities Coalition