Why the Ford Focus Electric is a great car for your teenager? There may be others but they are not as inexpensive and the Ford doesn’t have an insane mode. That’s the last feature you want a teen to have access to.

You will always know where they are. Well, at least you will know where the car is. You can put an app on your phone that tells you where the car is at all times.

You can set a maximum speed. You get two keys with the car. One can be programmed to set the maximum speed so if you don’t want your kid going faster than 65 they can’t.

It also has a setting where if they are not wearing their seat belt the radio volume will decrease to a level so low they won’t be able to take it.

They also have to spend a few hours somewhere recharging the battery. They can’t just run off beyond an hour or two away at a whim.

There are other cars that have many of these features but this one does it emission free and they have a zero cost for gas. You won’t ever have them asking you for money to fill the tank. All they have to do is plug in at home or work. Maybe one day schools will have free charging.

Maybe you can add that to the agenda for the next school board meeting. That is if they ever stop cutting funding to schools.