Okay, I get you are being technical in that regard.

But I don't think automotive enthusiasts or their press are radically changing their vocabulary here when the driving controls remain essentially unaltered. In a gasoline powered engine, you push the pedal harder and the engine uses more fuel to convert into power that goes to the wheels. With an electric vehicle, whether all the electricity is stored in batteries or generated by a onboard power station or a combination of both, the same pedal being pushed harder makes the motor use more electricity to send more power to the wheels.

What you are saying is the fuel cell makes electricity at a steady rate and some needs to be stored in order to be used. Fine -- in an electric car with just batteries, you charge depleted batteries at a steady rate too. Remember, a fuel cell car IS an electric car -- one that generates electricity on board instead of charging from a wall socket.

But the driver's experience is basically like a standard internal combustion engine, although with only one gear.