It's not sexy and the cost is usually too high relative to fossil fuels.
I personally think it would make a lot of sense to develop further. Conventional fuels are very convenient, and if you produce them synthetically without extracting resources from underground deposits, there's a lot less climate impact. It wouldn't eliminate tailpipe emissions, but it might significantly reduce sulfur emissions for example.
Long distance transportation is always going to be a challenge for EVs, that synthetic fuels could handle if they're economical to produce and sell.
I personally think it would make a lot of sense to develop further. Conventional fuels are very convenient, and if you produce them synthetically without extracting resources from underground deposits, there's a lot less climate impact. It wouldn't eliminate tailpipe emissions, but it might significantly reduce sulfur emissions for example.
Long distance transportation is always going to be a challenge for EVs, that synthetic fuels could handle if they're economical to produce and sell.