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The main factor that led to BEVs being the dominant technology was the price of batteries. Twenty years ago, nobody could have predicted that they'd get this cheap this quickly. So you could be forgiven for believing that fuel cells would be viable back then. Ten years ago, the situation was very different and it had become pretty clear the BEV was the way to go. Doubling down on hydrogen at that point was just dumb.