No. That's never going to happen and, frankly, this journalist is either an idiot or "playing one" for an easy layup PR piece. Has she not done even a modicum

No. That's never going to happen and, frankly, this journalist is either an idiot or "playing one" for an easy layup PR piece. Has she not done even a modicum of research?! The incentives are higher in Germany and VW's equivalent initiative already failed. Plus, we already have a similar defective market example in heavy farming equipment in the U.S. and EU. There's just too much money to be made for aftermarket used car parts and having the manufacturer have a private monopoly on "the circle" is even more incentive for built-in obsolescence and lack of innovation for materials up-cycling/re-use.