Personally, I love Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) and all the technology they have, and while I will admit that, objectively, Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) are a much much better option for almost everyone…
If Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCEVs) were as affordable, had the same level of refueling infrastructure, and were almost as cheap to run… I don’t think the Chemistry nerd within me could resist owning one. The fact that there’s just an “engine” in the front of your car that magically turns Hydrogen into water and that somehow powers the vehicles is literally so cool. And slap a slightly bigger battery into one and make it a Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) for the best of both worlds? That’d literally be a dream.
Too bad they actually suck irl, and their biggest backers are automakers who spend more lobbying for ‘laxed emissions standards than they do installing refueling infrastructure.
