Stop Planned Obsolescence says "doubt the ability of modern thermal vehicles and electric vehicles to last 19 years, like the current average." The association created in 2015 points to "the regulatory obsolescence of still functional thermal cars." Public policies such as low emission zones (ZFE), the planned end of the circulation of thermal vehicles in 2050 or even the ecological bonus-malus. In the electrical department, HOP questions the long-term reliability of batteries and their repairability.
Some turn out to be assembled in such a way that they cannot be dismantled, hence the risk of de facto "disposable batteries." The association calls for "taking an interest in the end of life of these vehicles, rendered legally obsolete" in a report on obsolescences in the automobile, published this Wednesday. It warns of the risk "of seeing 'disposable cars.'" "The road to fast fashion' in the automotive sector is open, it says.