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Old 06-08-2019, 05:56 PM   #55 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aardvarcus View Post
The 2019 Clarity fuel cell/electric/plug in hybrid production model appears to have a much smaller version of the duct shown on the prototype. I am assuming they need it for battery/auxiliary system cooling.
On the production Clarity, those are rear air curtain ducts. The duct is self-contained in a trim piece that fits to the rear door panels, with the outlet in the rear wheel arch:



I looked into buying the ducts separately, curious if I could retrofit them to my car, but it's only available as the whole assembly, for $175 per side--too rich for my blood.
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