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> Average life of ICE vehicles can't be 266kkm, that's absurdly low. I'm not sure it is... I mean, in my country (Netherlands) the average car user drives 13k

> Average life of ICE vehicles can't be 266kkm, that's absurdly low. I'm not sure it is... I mean, in my country (Netherlands) the average car user drives 13k km per year, in very car heavy countries that's probably around 20k. But here it'd mean a car would last on average 20 years, that's not absurdly low by any standard.

TomMarius 9y ago
OK, maybe I misunderstood. To me it seems like it's comparation of incomparable though - you can't fault the vehicle that you didn't use it enough to broke it and had its life ended just because of age. With proper care, the vehicle could go much farther than 500k km with no noticeable performance or range degradations - just like the heavily used Teslas.
thinkling 9y ago
Pretty close. In the US, it is commonly assumed that average mileage per year is 15,000mi (24,000km). Maybe someone could write a quick script to scrape AutoTrader.com or a similar site and see what the mileage is on cars over 20 years old that are offered. ;-)
- TomMarius 9y ago
  Not sure about the US, but in Europe, you can never trust the odometer. Displayed mileage is often a third or a quarter of the real mileage.