alt Hacker NewsThe "get rid of a working car" is particularly suspect, and reminds me of the "cash for clunkers" scheme which was basically a giant sop to the auto industry. Why not just have EVs replace ICE vehicles when they break down and aren't worth repairing?
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The TLDR is “Replace your combustion vehicle with an EV if you’re a high mileage driver; a low mileage driver can then buy the combustion vehicle for low mileage use.” An EV sold to someone who drives 1k miles a year is somewhat inefficient at this point of the adoption curve, versus someone who drives 5k-15k miles a year. You want to maximize EV miles traveled to minimize CO2 emissions.
25% of total annual global vehicle sales are already EVs. We’re just arguing timeline to get to 100%. Peak combustion vehicle sales was 2017.
https://ourworldindata.org/electric-car-sales
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/09/chinese-ele...
https://www.evinfrastructurenews.com/ev-technology/evs-take-...
> Why not just have EVs replace ICE vehicles when they break down and aren't worth repairing?
That’s exactly what the article you’re commenting on tries to answer. I recommend you read it