Unlike fireplaces, gasoline engines really don’t last that long. They also tend not to get into crashes very often. The vast majority of gasoline engines that

Unlike fireplaces, gasoline engines really don’t last that long. They also tend not to get into crashes very often. The vast majority of gasoline engines that are produced typically last about a decade or two. While we all think about the hand full of beloved 1960s sports cars that are carefully maintained by their enthusiast owners, the median gasoline engine is installed in a Toyota Corolla and will be melted down 13-17 years after its first produced. If we start electrifying now, the vast majority of gasoline engines will simply age out of the population on their own. This will happen faster if the electric equivalent gets cheaper, or if my hypothesis about gasoline prices turns out to be true.