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Nobody would pay for such maintenance, it would end up costing more than new cars. Checking every valve, bolt, tube, sealing etc. Metal parts get fatigue. Plast

Nobody would pay for such maintenance, it would end up costing more than new cars. Checking every valve, bolt, tube, sealing etc. Metal parts get fatigue. Plastics and sealants get weird chemical reactions over time. You would end up with same looking car without most of original components, and that's ridiculously expensive proposition. Since we talk about systems comprised of at least few thousands of pieces, and failure of most will degrade usability/safety of the car or render it unable to drive, I can't agree with some of your statements. Recycling of course is a valid point but those are not same cars. Also its trivial for bureaucracies to tax older more polluting cars to hell... people are sensitive to costs. And older cars do pollute more.

Kon-Peki 4y ago
> Nobody would pay for such maintenance, it would end up costing more than new cars And what if new cars aren't available? Like if some crazy European technocrats pass a law? Somebody is going to make a lot of money off this; it clearly won't be anyone from HN.
- bluGill 4y ago
  The vast majority of people will buy and use an EV. By the time this law comes into force EVs will be so dominate it will be obvious that gas stations are closing (they may become EV fueling stations, but no gas pumps). A few people will have a niche that EVs can't fill. They will probably get the law changed for their niche, but by then it will be too late for ICEs, even if the law is reversed they won't be coming back.
  - dns_snek 4y ago
    > A few people will have a niche that EVs can't fill. 'Niche' like at least 1/3rd of the EU population who live in flats without any EV infrastructure? Even taking the realities of infrastructure out of the equation, most people are going to vote with their wallets and I really don't see EVs gaining majority adoption until the costs of buying an operating an EV drop significantly to at least match ICE cars.
    - bluGill 4y ago
      That is something that is solvable with some investment. I'm thinking niche like driving to the North Pole. there are probably a few other weird ones (and some of them will be debated as if they should be or not)

Kon-Peki 4y ago

> Nobody would pay for such maintenance, it would end up costing more than new cars And what if new cars aren't available? Like if some crazy European technocrats pass a law? Somebody is going to make a lot of money off this; it clearly won't be anyone from HN.

bluGill 4y ago
The vast majority of people will buy and use an EV. By the time this law comes into force EVs will be so dominate it will be obvious that gas stations are closing (they may become EV fueling stations, but no gas pumps). A few people will have a niche that EVs can't fill. They will probably get the law changed for their niche, but by then it will be too late for ICEs, even if the law is reversed they won't be coming back.
- dns_snek 4y ago
  > A few people will have a niche that EVs can't fill. 'Niche' like at least 1/3rd of the EU population who live in flats without any EV infrastructure? Even taking the realities of infrastructure out of the equation, most people are going to vote with their wallets and I really don't see EVs gaining majority adoption until the costs of buying an operating an EV drop significantly to at least match ICE cars.
  - bluGill 4y ago
    That is something that is solvable with some investment. I'm thinking niche like driving to the North Pole. there are probably a few other weird ones (and some of them will be debated as if they should be or not)