Thread: EV general discussion

Another question that I thought of. How many old clunkers with high emissions do new immigrants keep on the road when they should be scrapped?
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Another question that I thought of. How many old clunkers with high emissions do new immigrants keep on the road when they should be scrapped?
Regards PhilipA

Interesting thought. You might be surprised.. some students particularly from Asia are very wealthy. They aren't really here for a degree, but they have to "study" to get the residency. It's pretty whacked. If you cruise around the nice uni's you will see lots of high end cars.

There are no doubt many though who don't have this money. Do they keep the cars on the road longer? I would suspect they probably do extend out the fleet somewhat. Probably the ration is similar to the rest of society - which is .78. So if you've added 1.5 million people you might need an extra 750-1000k cars?

Unfortunately the ABS haven't updated the data since 2021... Will be interesting when they do update it.