What factors led to shift away from pursuing hydrogen-powered cars in favor of electric vehicles?
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first off, hydrogen cars ARE electric vehicles. They just use hydrogen fuel cells instead of batteries, so there is a lot of overlap in technology.
after that, the problem is just that hydrogen is pretty hard to contain at scale. its the lightest and smallest element in the universe and has a nasty habit of [leaking through steel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_embrittlement). But its not like hydrogen cars are conceptually dead, its just that the companies in charge see a more promising future in battery tech. With the added advantage that you can use batteries in other places hydrogen fuel cells arent practical, like phones and solar battery walls. This makes batteries a technology that cant fail, even if EVs do.
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