Florida family drives into electric car problem: a replacement battery costs more than vehicle itself
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 bought, according to KVUE.
She told the news outlet that the car stopped running after taking it to a repair shop, and the family eventually found out that the car's battery would need to be replaced.
The problem? A battery for the electric car costs $14,000, according to the news outlet.
However, the family found out that there weren't any batteries of that type available anymore because the Ford model is discontinued.
"Then we found out the batteries aren't even available," Siwinski said. "So it didn't matter. They could cost twice as much and we still couldn't get it."
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/florida-family-electric-car-problem-replacement-battery-costs-more-vehicle
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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 bought, according to KVUE.
She told the news outlet that the car stopped running after taking it to a repair shop, and the family eventually found out that the car's battery would need to be replaced.
The problem? A battery for the electric car costs $14,000, according to the news outlet.
However, the family found out that there weren't any batteries of that type available anymore because the Ford model is discontinued.
"Then we found out the batteries aren't even available," Siwinski said. "So it didn't matter. They could cost twice as much and we still couldn't get it."
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/florida-family-electric-car-problem-replacement-battery-costs-more-vehicle
#ev #energy
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Florida family drives into electric car problem: a replacement battery costs more than vehicle itself
A Florida family ran into a major problem after buying an electric vehicle, the replacement battery costs more than they bought the car for.
■■■■□ CVE-2026-9039
An EV charger's charging port is a network port.
https://www.saiflow.com/blog/the-hidden-ccs2-attack-surface-on-ev-chargers
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An EV charger's charging port is a network port.
Researchers found SSH and Telnet services exposed on XCharge C6 chargers with default root:root credentials. A threat actor with a malicious EV can gain immediate full control access on the charger and perform energy theft or potentially cause physical damage.
https://www.saiflow.com/blog/the-hidden-ccs2-attack-surface-on-ev-chargers
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The Hidden CCS2 Attack Surface on EV Chargers
The EV charging industry has well-established security standards. OCPP provides clear guidelines for securing the communication channel between EV Chargers and the Charging Station Management System. While the industry has focused on securing the backend…