Create incentives for (or simply mandate) longer warranty terms. In Germany, anything you buy has a 2-year seller's warranty, plus a presumption that any issue

Create incentives for (or simply mandate) longer warranty terms. In Germany, anything you buy has a 2-year seller's warranty, plus a presumption that any issues occurring within the first 6 months are a manufacturing defect unless the seller proves otherwise. Turning that into a 5-year warranty on large appliances would be relatively trivial and immediately provide an incentive to make long-lived products.