No, it's approximately the same. If you get your electricity from 100% coal your emissions will be about the same as a gas burning car.
Most places don't use strictly coal for electricity generation though.
Most places don't use strictly coal for electricity generation though.
https://youtu.be/hf15nMnayXk?list=FL68WumAcUAWIBaxczXoR-1Q&t...
The reason is that combustion engines - even modern ones - are very inefficient and lose most of the energy they produce to heat. Large coal plants are efficient by comparison, and EVs themselves are extremely energy-efficient even when considering grid losses etc.
(I'm not advocating the use of coal energy to power electric cars, just mentioning that there are more aspects.)