My understanding is that the economics of power generation are deprecating coal: http://www.triplepundit.com/2016/12/despite-trumps-promise-economics-will-haste

My understanding is that the economics of power generation are deprecating coal: http://www.triplepundit.com/2016/12/despite-trumps-promise-economics-will-hasten-coals-decline/ http://www.triplepundit.com/2016/12/despite-trumps-promise-e... So it would be better to have electric vehicles than ICE in its current form, but more power grid usage will likely accelerate other technologies rather than make coal profitable again.