Battery power is too technical. Lets all look at the process of Wood Gasification for powering our cars, boats, homes.
You can run this off wood, coal, charcoal, alcohol, weeds, stumps, bushes, grass . . . . whatever. its also a proven technology.
Sure, it burns fuel, but its a sustainable fuel. You still have to burn fuel for hydrogen and battery vehicles too. That power plant supplying the electricity to make the hydrogen or power your car uses a bunch of coal, gas, or fossil fuels (mostly). Pollution? Sure, batteries contain a lot of nasty materials too and you have to replace them every few years.
Besides, I think it improves on the look of the overall vehicle. Who wouldn't want one of these?