Exclusive: Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date

  • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk
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    7 days ago

    Why would i sell a perfectly functioning car?

    To buy one that doesn’t fall afoul of regional emission restrictions, e.g. the ULEZ in london

    what’s preventing selling of old ones?

    Nothing, eventually they will find their way off the road through accumulated wear/damage. perhaps further down the road due to lack of access to fuel sources.

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      7 days ago

      To buy one that doesn’t fall afoul of regional emission restrictions, e.g. the ULEZ in london

      That’s cute but in my neck of the woods used cars are severely underpriced (unless you buy all the parts from a scrapyard, then they’d cost quite a lot) and new cars are generally overpriced anyway,