Pete Buttigieg schools GOP congressman on the cost of electric vehicles

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3. On the local news (AZ) last night was a story of a girl who just bought her first car,

a Ford Focus, electric vehicle. 60,000 miles paid $11,000 - pristine condition. Owned it for 6 months and the battery went dead. The father of the daughter was interviewed and said that mfgrs are not supporting r&d for back up batteries and that it will cost more to replace the battery than their purchase price of the car.

The summers in AZ are brutal and even the best batteries only last 2 years. I was contemplating buying an electric vehicle but I am now going to wait until batteries are available and comparable in price to a fossil fuel car's battery.