12 Responses

1. it is probably an exaggeration

2. Guess you’ll know in three years HUH?

3. Certainly not!
   A replacement battery pack for the Toyota Prius will run about $5000. But it is estimated to last for 15 years…maybe longer than I will own the car!

   Right now I’m getting about 52 mpg. Gotta love it!

4. Look on the manufacturer’s web site who produces the car you are interested in or call a local dealer who sells that brand of car and ask them.

5. No it;s more like $3500 and most have a warranty for about 5 years
   but after that………..You bought it.

6. its true and thats cheap. there are $10k ones out there. they do last longer than 3 years though

7. Does it matter???

   How much (in 3 years) will you save on FUEL??????

   Consider:

   Average car: 16 gallons of gas
   Average fill up PER WEEK: $2.69 a gallon ($43.04 per week)

   $43.04 x 52 weeks = $2238.08

   $2238.08 x 3 years = $6714.24

   And, like all things, in 3 years, the “Hybrid” battery will have gone DOWN in cost…

   So… what do you think of your question now?

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   Also, consider this other thing:

   Hybrids have NO depreciation, AND there is a tax break for purchasing one.

8. It all depends on the car company, battery, useage and other things.. but expect about as long as the battery warranty.. about 5 years for sure.. and look at $3000 and will be mainly a dealer only item… and usually only the dealer will be able to change them and then only those certified.

   Toyota may estimate 15 years… but estimates don’t seem to work out too well on american drivers.. also , would you tell buyers that it will cost them $4000 when the car’s battery dies, will be the same value of the car and basicaly without it the car is scrap?

9. Not every three years. Many hybrid owners have over 100,000 miles on their battery.

   You’re thinking about lead-acid batteries (old technology).

   Newer NI-MH or LI-ION batteries last a long time.

10. Yes, and my $800 ’78Toyota Celica can beat them off a stoplight and Up a mountain. I wouldn’t drive a hybrid if U held a gun to my head.

11. Oh that’s rich i just got done reading some of these answers your battery will last 3-5yrs depending on almost everything else how you maintain the car. my question to you hybrid owners is what do the do with that old battery when your done with it only a small portion of the cells can be recycled and the rest is very bad for the environment

12. NO !

    This is a common misconception or rumor that has been circulated by uninformed sources.

    For unbiased & correct info on hybrid vehicles, go to

    http://hybridcars.com