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American automakers are losing the race to make more fuel-efficient vehicles (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

On top of that average lifetime of a car in US is 12 years so those car's will be on the roads for a decade or two after exemptions are removed.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Much longer than 12, that's the average age (including new cars). This site says the average lifespan is closer to 17 years.