Hydrogen vs. Battery Electric Cars

So I attended a meeting in 2013 in San Jose CA where Toyota,Hyundai,Mercedes and Honda were presenting the finally completed fuel cell technology they had been joint working on in LA for the previous 20 years. They said “ we know you think battery cars are the future but they will be short lived once hydrogen vehicles becomes mainstream. 

The majority of the people in attendance were city managers and mayors from around the Bay Area. 
This was primarily to discuss where fuel cell fueling stations would be located as hydrogen cars were “right around the corner. 

I remember thinking, wow! 

I even considered buying one of these vehicles when the Toyota Miria came out.

I’m so glad I didn’t.  Don’t hold your breath on this technology. 
Maybe it’s great but it’s simply not gaining any real traction.