Family stunned as replacing car's battery costs more than buying electric car.
A family who purchased an electric vehicle for a 17-year-old as her first car went on to regret their decision.
In 2022, Avery Siwinski's family forked out for an electric car so that the teen could drive herself to and from school.
The car in question was a 2014 Ford Focus Electric and had just 60,000 miles on it despite being a few years old.
"I was really excited. And it was fine at first, I loved it so much, it was small and quiet," Florida teen Avery gushed about the car to 10 Tampa Bay.
But it 'all of a sudden just stopped working'.
After taking it to the shop, they discovered that the battery had died, which normally wouldn't be too much of an issue.
However, when Ford discontinued the model, they also stopped producing the batteries – and getting a replacement for Avery's car would cost a whopping $14,000, not including the installation costs.
