As vehicle prices soar after COVID-19 and financial costs soar due to prolonged high interest rates As more consumers just ride conventional cars The year of the vehicle is 10% higher than 10 years ago The 車 industry, maintenance and service sectors are active The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 5th (local time) that the year of vehicles that Americans ride has been longer than ever before in the wake of high interest rates and high prices. According to the WSJ, the average year of vehicles running on the road in the U.S. is now 13 years, the highest ever. This is a jump of more than 10% compared to a decade ago. In the meantime, vehicle years have steadily increased, but the COVID-19 pandemic has been decisive. This is because vehicle prices soared due to supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 period, and U.S. consumers are not purchasing new cars due to high interest rates for a long time. Currently, the average sales price of new U.S. cars is about $50,000 (77.5 million won), a jump of more than $10,000 compared to the beginning of 2020. In addition, the price of new cars is also affecting the price of new cars, as the U.S. Detroit's big three vehicle companies cut their electric vehicle lineup at the loss of tens of billions of dollars in investment. As a result, the automobile industry is seeing moves to increase profits in maintenance and service sectors instead of selling new cars. Ford has begun full operation of "mobile service" marketing, in which dedicated vans equipped with special maintenance devices visit customers' homes or workplaces and replace consumables at the site. It has also built a remote diagnostic system that uses "connected car data" to immediately transmit defect signals through the borrower's