It would be more of a fools errand to try and halt (or slow) the inevitable world-wide transition to electric cars. Japan were world leaders in electric drive

It would be more of a fools errand to try and halt (or slow) the inevitable world-wide transition to electric cars. Japan were world leaders in electric drive trains with hybrids like the Prius. A perfect way to gracefully transition from ICE to all electric. This was almost 35 years ago (1997). But they squandered that lead by focussing on the dead end technology of hydrogen. Why put all your eggs in the one basket?