New challenge before America:Long life of existing petrol-diesel cars, electric cars will take many years to replace

According to economic forecasting firm IHS Market, light duty vehicles in the US are 12 years old on average. At the same time, in 2002, he was 9.6 years old on average. Todd Campa, an expert on automatic after market analysis at IHS Market, says engineering quality has improved significantly over time due to competition from foreign companies.

Every year, American people buy 17 million vehicles. American people buy
about 17 million petrol and diesel vehicles every year. Many of these cars and light trucks run on the roads for 10 to 20 years after being sold and bought many times. Even then, every year the US exports thousands of used vehicles to countries like Iraq and Mexico. Where they are repaired and run for a long time.

If we stop making new petrol vehicles, it will be more difficult for
America to reduce the greenhouse emissions from vehicles. One-third of the total emissions in the US are from vehicles. Some economic research suggests that if auto makers gradually stopped selling new petrol-diesel vehicles, it is likely that older vehicles are likely to last longer, as customers replace expensive electric cars with cheaper old vehicles and for longer periods of time Keep driving till
Therefore, policy makers should also consider other strategies. Policies like buyback and conversion of old vehicles into junk have already been adopted. Other policies may also include steps such as reducing car dependency by promoting public transport, cycling and walking.

Fast forward to companies like Uber,
Carnegie Mellon University graduate student Abdullah Alarfaz, who led a study on barriers to reducing emissions from electrified passenger vehicles, says policymakers need ride-sharing facilities such as Uber And the lift should electrify faster, as these vehicles, on average, move more and retire soon.
The US government may also initiate a plan to rebate the old trains to replace the new ones. The government has run the Cash for Clunkers scheme. Under this, the government spent about 21 thousand crores on replacing 7 lakh old cars with new cars.

MIT Sloan School of Management economist Christopher R. Knightle also suggests taxing carbon emissions by increasing the price of petrol and diesel, rather than the policy of Cash for Clunkers, suggests a higher tax on petrol and diesel. Similarly, those who buy clean vehicles and drive less should be given incentives. However, due to political impact, the prices of petrol and diesel have not been increased yet.