It would be so much cheaper to eliminate the middleman here.
GM/Ford/Honda/etc, just start producing coal-powered cars. AOC/Levin, have a 5 year plan to build a national network of Auto Coal Stations.
Actually, this would be much better, comparatively. Instead of 10 hours to fill up your battery with juice, takes 4 minutes to shovel coal into your Car’s Coal Chute.
It was only a few years ago when there quite a few pickups that could switch from gasoline to either diesel or propane. The truck had a diesel or propane tank mounted in the truck bed. My neighbor had one he loved, and I always wished for one.