More early-model EV batteries are dying, and those needing replacements are getting sticker shock, and choosing instead to scrap their cars altogether.
SEATTLE — More commonly than ever before, batteries in early-model electric vehicles are dying, and as a result, EV experts said drivers needing replacements are getting sticker shock.
Carl Medlock, owner of Medlock and Sons on Delridge Way in Seattle, said one early EV adopter he knows, a Washington woman, was visiting her daughter in Oregon when the car’s battery died completely.
“The car shut off in her daughter’s driveway,” said Medlock. “She was gonna get the $17,000 repair. The car books
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