Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny- Thanks for the complete story. I assumed that the high tech battery wouldn't last more than 5-6 years and its replacement cost would be exhorbitant (sic). Stasys On Oct 27, 2008, at 5:34 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > Lots of gas engines need replacing at 150,000 miles. > I guess you didn't read through the stuff. here is an edited version.. > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Stasys Petravicius <stasys1@cox.net> > wrote: > >> Sonny- for $4500 you can buy a lot of lead acid batteries or gallons >> of >> gasoline! Stasys >> On Oct 27, 2008, at 5:00 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: >> >> According to a Toyota service rep. about $4,500. However: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> How long will the Prius last? >>> >>> The Toyota Prius is designed to be as durable as any other Toyota, >>> which >>> considering Toyota's reputation, is a pretty long time. >>> >>> >>> How long does the battery last in the Prius, and how much will it >>> cost to >>> replace? >>> >>> The Prius battery is designed to last the lifetime of the vehicle and >>> considering that the Prius is designed to be as durable as any other >>> Toyota, >>> and considering Toyota's reputation, that is a pretty long time. >>> Toyota >>> have >>> lab data showing the Prius battery can do 290,000km of normal >>> driving with >>> absolutely no degradation of the battery's performance. To give some >>> real >>> life examples, there is a Taxi driver from British Columbia, Jatinder >>> Parhar, who has done over 410,000km in his Prius Taxi and has had to >>> do >>> nothing to his Prius other than standard servicing. (*click to read >>> more >>> here*) <http://www.hybridexperience.ca/Toyota_Prius.htm#hybridtaxi>. >>> Toyota >>> has sold over 500,000 Generation II and III Prius worldwide and say >>> they >>> have never had to supply a battery pack for replacement due to wear >>> and >>> tear. (*click here to read Toyota Press >>> release*).<http://pressroom.toyota.com/Releases/View >>> ?id=TYT2004062345528>Given >>> all this, the price of a replacement battery is probably irrelevant, >>> however in the extremely unlikely event you needed to replace the >>> battery >>> in >>> your Prius, current cost, at time of writing (Feb 2008), is >>> NZ$4500.00 for >>> a >>> Generation II Prius and NZ$3150 for a Generation III Prius. However >>> this >>> is >>> coming down all the time. When we first looked into this at 3 years >>> ago >>> the >>> battery packs were priced at $7000 each. We believe the price will >>> fall to >>> around $2000 within a year or so given the increased production of >>> Hybrid >>> Vehicles using this type of battery. For piece of mind every Toyota >>> Prius >>> brought from The Clean Green Car Company is covered by a 2 year, >>> unlimited >>> km Hybrid Car Warranty that includes cover for the battery pack. >>> [back to >>> top <http://www.cleangreencar.co.nz/page/faq-prius#top>] >>> >>> > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >