Similar in South Korea: its president is promoting hydrogen as next-generation "clean energy" (a claim that I find very questionable), while Korea's hydrogen is

Similar in South Korea: its president is promoting hydrogen as next-generation "clean energy" (a claim that I find very questionable), while Korea's hydrogen is 100% generated from fossil fuels. Coincidentally, public opinion in both countries are staunchly against nuclear power, which I suspect played a role. When you eliminate a proven, stable source of power, you end up campaigning for everybody to use less electricity "to save the Earth." Once you buy that argument, EVs start to look less palatable. (Better to peddle hydrogen and don't look too close at how it's made.)