But that’s not how the car industry works. That “newish” car isn’t scrapped, it is sold to someone whose car died or wanted a newer used car. And then sold to someone with a worse or dead car. Very few “good” cars are being scrapped for EVs. Most cars being taken out of circulation are extremely old or totaled in an accident…
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That might be the case, although this study is explicitly comparing new EV to new ICE right? (which seems like the relevant comparison)
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But that’s not how the car industry works. That “newish” car isn’t scrapped, it is sold to someone whose car died or wanted a newer used car. And then sold to someone with a worse or dead car. Very few “good” cars are being scrapped for EVs. Most cars being taken out of circulation are extremely old or totaled in an accident…
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Not where you live it doesn’t