I live in the UK and I drive an Astra. It’s a four door hatchback style car from the late 00s, I bought it used and still runs fine even if it’s getting on a bit. I know it won’t last forever, so I’ll probably buy another used car.
Right now, it seems like every new car for sale is a SUV - maybe a crossover which is more moderately sized, but basically an SUV. Buying a new car like my Astra feels niche, I don’t think I have ever seen one at a dealership in the last 5 years.
What’s going to happen to all of these SUVs in 5-10 years? The used market is going to be filthy with them and people are going to buy and drive them because they’ll be cheap - regardless of the fact they are unsafe, costly to run and damaging to road infrastructure. I don’t think we will see any car other than a SUV style car, or a van, on the roads in 5 years.
Does this not terrify anybody else? Something has to change here - either a shift to micro mobility scooters and e bikes or a massive increase in transit investment - or we are headed towards an even bigger disaster. Anybody else feel this way?
Probably this.
We need to start having waste be part of the consideration when producing a product. If your product is meant to last a long time, there should be a strategy for bringing it back and recycling it fully. This goes for computers, phones, cars, whatever!