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Why is hydrogen a step back?
The infrastructure required to support it is vastly more complex & expensive than liquid fuel infrastructure, and it has poor energy density.
It's actually made on site. All you need is water and electricity. There was a pilot program in Québec city for the Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car and it was generated right on site.
For me personally, the idea of needing to go to a station to fill up at a high cost to run an electric motor seems like added complexity when I can just plug in at home and not bother with that, and save a bunch of money for the convenience.
And also, we have no efficient way to produce hydrogen...that doesn't start with hydrocarbons. Storage is also an issue. At that point it isn't any better than batteries, and allows us to "transition" from fossil fuels with this intermediate step, like with methane.