Coal (and even wood!) powered cars actually existed long before Ford, but didn't take off because they were too heavy and unwieldly. The Model T was the result

Coal (and even wood!) powered cars actually existed long before Ford, but didn't take off because they were too heavy and unwieldly. The Model T was the result of a century of optimization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-Joseph_Cugnot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-Joseph_Cugnot