Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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