The article - nice try but no cigar ( again .-)

"  And it’s cheap because roads are free – by which we mean, subsidized by taxpayers... "
A quite misleading statement - roads are NOT FREE but paid for by taxes on fuel ( about 50% of the price at the pump ). I do NOT consider this a subsidy because my IQ is high enough to realize and accept that this is the cost of driving ! If similar taxes were to be paid on the electricity for battery powered cars their claimed "savings" would be questionable.

The matter of public transit is recycled ad nauseam ! I don't buy it - it is an inconvenience, a last resort. Until transit can beat the convenience and cost of a personal vehicle it won't fly as a general solution. There was a study done some years ago ( Ottawa ). Result: the cost of ( subsidized ) public transit would have paid for a small car for every user ......

Fuel cell ( hydrogen ) powered vehicles - may I ask where exactly the hydrogen is going to come from ????  Lots of it .....