is it possible to manually start a car with a foot pedal?

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I was thinking about whether it is possible to start a car with a foot pedal.

living in the cold upstate new york, car batteries die easily in the winter. we had to jump start often

in the old days, they used to use a hand crank, but they are not available on modern cars

I was thinking a foot pedal could be used to start and engine or recharge the battery