• Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    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…

    • endeavor@sopuli.xyz
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      7 days ago

      It is how it works but it shouldn’t if we want to be green, instead of appearing green.