The problem is total system efficiency. The hydrogen fuel cell car requires 2-3 times more energy to drive the same distance, as the overall Well-to-Wheel effi

The problem is total system efficiency. The hydrogen fuel cell car requires 2-3 times more energy to drive the same distance, as the overall Well-to-Wheel efficiency is from 25-35%, electric cars can achieve an outstanding overall Well-to-Wheel efficiency of 70-90%. As you said, hydrogen cars are basically electric cars with more hardware. The only group who seems to want this is to be used is old car OEMS and politicians which we can assume have been lobbied for years to be for hydrogen.