Yes. Until a week ago I used to drive a car built in 2000 and the average age of cars in my country is 14 years, so cars of 20 or more years are not exceptions.
The sad thing is I can barely find some parts for that 21 year old car that is mostly in perfect running order, but several small buttons don't work anymore, most of the display (showing basic info like outside temperature, fuel consumption etc), rear windshield blade, so at some point good running cars are abandoned because of lack of parts, not because they really need to. Replacing with newer cars is not just the financial cost, but the associated energy and pollution costs that manufacturing processes have.
For electric cars I have huge life expectations, 30 years or more with just batteries and tires as consumables, but the car body and electrical engine should last a very, very long time. There is no reason to accept less than that.
The sad thing is I can barely find some parts for that 21 year old car that is mostly in perfect running order, but several small buttons don't work anymore, most of the display (showing basic info like outside temperature, fuel consumption etc), rear windshield blade, so at some point good running cars are abandoned because of lack of parts, not because they really need to. Replacing with newer cars is not just the financial cost, but the associated energy and pollution costs that manufacturing processes have.
For electric cars I have huge life expectations, 30 years or more with just batteries and tires as consumables, but the car body and electrical engine should last a very, very long time. There is no reason to accept less than that.