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An electric Ford Focus model is on display in front of the Berlin Congress Centre during a two-day national conference on "Electro-mobility" or electric vehicles, in Berlin, Germany, on June 15, 2015. John Macdougal/AFP via Getty Images
A Florida family who just a few months ago purchased a battery-powered vehicle learned an unforgettable lesson after their car suddenly stopped working.
The parents of Avery Siwinski, a 17-year-old of St. Petersburg, spent $11,000 on a used 2014 Ford Focus Electric that had 60,000 miles at the time it was bought, WTSP-TV reported.
