Honda’s FCX Clarity is surrounded by the kind of buzz you’d expect from a 350 lb yellow jacket. Timid notions that this may very well be the next step in automotive technology nag in the shadowy recesses of gearheads’ and eco warriors’ minds alike. The truth is, it may be better than anybody has prepared for. Honda recently announced full-scale production of the green machine, with the first owners reading like a red-carpet VIP list, including Jamie Lee Curtis. Still, the real star power of this car isn’t behind the wheel, it’s in the stats. Read on for a full list of specs, including fuel economy.

Everybody knows the Clarity is powered by an electric motor driven by energy derived from the car’s hydrogen fuel cell. The cool part is how well that process works. How well you ask? Well enough to deliver a driving range of 280 miles. That’s largely thanks to smaller, more efficient batteries. Because this Honda doesn’t run off of gasoline, its mileage is gauged off of a new rating. Called the miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent energy, it uses something the public at large is familiar with (mpg in gasoline) to demonstrate this vehicles efficiency. How efficient is it? Try the equivalent of 74 mpg.

Alright, it’s a golden god in the EPA’s eyes, but does it provide the same level of driving bliss as a Prius, ie, none? The specs suggest that though this car is cleaner than the Pope’s driving record, it may actually be a decent drive. The electric motor is rated at 134 horsepower and 189 lb-ft of torque—at 0 rpm. That’s more than the fun-to-drive Civic, even if the Clarity is caring around 3,500 lbs. Our large Editor (er, Editor at Large) Lieberman has driven it and he confirms my suspicions explaining that it drives just like a regular Accord. It’s a brave new world, and us Fiends are glad to see it.