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Originally Posted by Mr. iNCREDIBLE
I am not going to comment on the rest of your post...
but this statement is so blatantly WRONG and INCORRECT, it makes you look as foolish as you seem to think Prius owners are.
I have a Camry Hybrid that is 7 years old, has nearly 100K (wife's car) and we have never replaced the batteries.
My mother in law and brother in law both have 2005 Prius' and over 150K in miles on both and still on original batteries.
The truth is the batteries will last 10+ years and there are Prius' with north of 300K miles and over 12 years old (first gen came one in 1997) still running on their original batteries and they are over 90% efficient.
and the price of the batteries was $12k back in 2000, today they are about $1900 as quoted for our Camry within the past year, as we inquired before we hit 100K when the warranty on the batteries was up.
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I don't claim to be a expert on the day to day issues like the battery, and yea the 12k was the last time I heard a figure on replacing the battery so sure I'm wrong there but I'd love for you to prove me wrong on the Total carbon foot print of a New Prius, and do you have any actual hard proof of that one of the first 1997 Prius is
still running on the factory battery? also do you have any data on the 90% efficient comment?
any real world data of the batteries lasting 10 years? once again data would be nice.
"I have a Camry Hybrid that is 7 years old, has nearly 100K (wife's car) and we have never replaced the batteries. "
we weren't discussing the camry hybrid.
the point I was making was that these cars clean at the driver's level yes but they make a huge impact from the construction of the original battery and or any replacements they might have. Once again I welcome you to prove me wrong.