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Re:Balcony solar taking off: 1.5M Germans have them there mu... by jeffbee on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:45PM (#43007425)
The median car in service in the USA is 13 years old, so I think your mental model of car lifetime is pretty outdated. For cars made today you should figure 22-25 years.
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Re:Balcony solar taking off: 1.5M Germans have them there mu... by cogman10 on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:57PM (#43007566)
This says 16->18 [1]

Where are you getting 22+?

Definitely an update to my mental model though.

[1] https://autorecyclingworld.com/what-is-the-lifespan-of-a-veh...

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Re:Balcony solar taking off: 1.5M Germans have them there mu... by jeffbee on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:01PM (#43007614)
See recent paper, noting the trend and that the rightmost point of the trend is already 8 years ago. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01698-1/figures/4
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Re:Balcony solar taking off: 1.5M Germans have them there mu... by cogman10 on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:28PM (#43007842)
Very interesting. I wonder why there's an apparent discrepancy between UK and US life expectancy. The UK has more stop and go traffic, I'd have thought that'd be harder on vehicles.
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