Coal powered cars? I don’t want one.
Well if you have a Volt it is already powered by coal burning generation stations.
Then if you live in the “cool” states in the Northern Tier of states you can’t get to work and back. Good friend has to give a lift to work for the last four weeks to some poor idiot that bought a “Green Plan” car!
Just about all steam-powered cars were gasoline-fired, for the record. Some used heavier fuel oil, but always started up with gasoline because the heavier oil needed to be used in an already-hot engine to burn more efficiently.
Also, AFAICR, Rudolf Diesel designed (or tried to design) his engine to be able to burn pulverized coal as an alternative fuel.
“Coal powered cars? I don’t want one.”
Check out Ustus on Mountian Men. He has a Wood powered 1-1/2 ton Truck running on burning wood chips.