Dan Neil of the LA Times recently captured the spirit of the Tesla Roadster out on the streets of LA in a great piece that we featured here. This week he follows up with a look at the FCX Clarity. Concluding that the car, though svelte in style, is using the wrong technology to store the energy.

I subscribe to the ‘Who killed the Electric Car’ conspiracy, I fall back on solid, chunky pieces of the puzzle like “Why did they crush them? They didn’t crush three year old Corvettes C4’s back from lease, and they’re hardly top-sellers.” and “Why is every third store on the high street offering oil changes every 3,000 miles yet when MINI/BMW/Audi is on the hook for free in-service oil changes it seems to last 15,000miles?” This leads me to believe that, given the ridiculous cost of the hydrogen car, it’s only still with us as a publicity stunt, something to convince us that the future, future will be clean and that it’s ok to sign on the dotted line for yet another farm vehicle (SUV) today because the next, next car will be the one that’s going to save the planet.

Read Dan’s piece, here.