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Originally Posted by striperman36
I'll bet a Prius is no small change.
VOLT was specced at 14K for the battery
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My Prius came with an 8yr/100K warranty on the battery. I figure I'll just drive my 2004 with 96K miles into the ground as replacing the battery will not be worth it! There are owners with over 300K on Prius so not sure what the determining factor is: general age, charge cycles, miles, or combination of everything.
Best way might be to have the car in a rear end accident and get the insurance $$. Not sure how accurate from one source: "
The hybrid packs cost under $2000 new and under $1000 used. Only a freak few have needed replacement due to normal use. The main need for replacement has been from auto accidents that physically damaged the battery pack enclosure."