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Hm, average lifetime of American cars is 8-12 years. Most models have an update or iteration every 2-5 years. This means car manufacturers need to come up with
by yawaworht1978 5y ago
Hm, average lifetime of American cars is 8-12 years.
Most models have an update or iteration every 2-5 years.
This means car manufacturers need to come up with a solution rather fast and acceptance should be initiated very soon, if someone buys a brand new car in 2031, they might not want to give it up 4 years later.
Electric car infrastructure is not ready yet for this scale either and permissions to build might take a while.
Rd, testing and production are all very low.
Seems unrealistic to me, unless this legislation only covers new cars and selling used cars is still ok?
- paulgb 5y agoGood point. Here's the text of the bill, it specifies that it applies to new cars. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/a4302 https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/a4302
- bumby 5y ago>average lifetime of American cars is 8-12 years Just a small bit of nuance, but the age at which a consumer trades up their car shouldn't be conflated with the design life. Design life is based on a certain reliability level and the reliability of cars is generally increasing; 25% of vehicles are over 16 years old [1]. The 'lifetime' of cars may be independent from when consumers decide to upgrade. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/28/25percent-of-cars-in-us-are-at-least-sixteen-years-old----record-high.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/28/25percent-of-cars-in-us-are-...