The Florida family runs into an electric car problem: a replacement battery costs more than the vehicle itself
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A family in Florida ran into a major problem after buying a used electric vehicle: the replacement battery for their dead car cost more than the used car was purchased for.
Avery Siwinski is a 17-year-old whose parents spent $ 11,000 on a used Ford Focus Electric car, which is a 2014 model and had about 60,000 miles when it was purchased, according to KVUE.
The teenager had the car for six months before it started giving her problems and the dashboard flashed with symbols.
“It was good at first,”[ads1]; Siwinski said. “I loved it so much. It was small and quiet and sweet. And suddenly it stopped working.”
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2014 Ford Focus Electric (Photo by National Motor Museum / Heritage Images via Getty Images / Getty Images)
She told the news agency that the car stopped going after driving it to a workshop, and the family eventually found out that the car’s battery had to be replaced.
The problem? A battery for the electric car costs 14,000 dollars, according to the news agency.
Siwinski’s grandfather came in to help with the car problems because her father died in June due to colon cancer.
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Ford Focus Electric, one of four electric cars for the history of electric cars at the Family Day Auto Show at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto on February 17, 2014. (David Cooper / Toronto Star (David Cooper / Toronto Star via Getty Images / Getty Images)
“The Ford dealer had informed us that we could replace the battery,” said her grandfather, Ray Siwinski. “It would only cost $ 14,000.”
However, the family found out that there were no batteries of that type available anymore because the Ford model has expired.
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“Then we found out that the batteries are not even available,” Siwinski said. “So it didn’t matter. They could cost twice as much, and we still didn’t get it.”
