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by bumby 1252 days ago
>Most people don't own and use cars for nearly long enough to fully wear out a battery pack

The average car age in the US is over 12 years. I can see why it’s much less with the current EV owners as early adopters tend to…well, adopt the next technology earlier. But wouldn’t this also imply the environmental impacts are lessened by continual churn in manufacturing?