How Long will the Prius Battery Last? - Jon Lancaster Toyota

[TimpBizkit]

I heard a rumour somewhere that the battery would need to charge again after only 20 vertical metres or equivalent of car 'climb'

[Molest3dPanda]

BS...there is no way that car has 200,000 miles on it with the original battery and who cares 40 mpg...most modern 4 bangers get that....at half the price, fuck the prius

[mysqueeker]

@Molest3dPanda mine had 180k with the original battery and was still averaging 50-60mpg highway and 75 city.

[Molest3dPanda]

@mysqueeker Well congratulations for lying on you tube, batteries dont last that long....end of story

[BSN4032]

@PeterGriffin4200

The Chevy Volt has a 10 year 100,000 mile battery warranty has NO RECALLS and you never need to re-place spark plugs because the volt uses a electric generator that powers an electric motor that make it about 2 times MORE efficient than that hunk of bolts PLUS the volt is MADE IN THE U.S.

[Tclans]

Driving one handed AND not wearing a seatbelt. tsk.. tsk..

[UnitedPebbles]

Used, major accident free Prius is very hard to find. That is why they have to buy new.

[UnitedPebbles]

@HammerTKE

You probably FARK it up by not driving properly. Vibration and excess charge kill the physical and chemical reaction of the battery.

You don't want to reverse polarity to happen to your main battery either. So buying from an authorized dealer is a smart choice.

[MrBry329]

thats not true you don't if you let it discharge correctly

[vettedon1]

I have an 02 with 213k and so far so good. Going for 300k

[stydel311]

i think they say 300,000 is rated miles on battery

[jerzeytpke]

My Hybrid/Prius sucks. More problems than any other vehicle.

[UnitedPebbles]

@jerzeytpke

You probably FARK it up by the way you drive.

[d4vstone]

I dont suggest you do this but i did! : i have had my contract hire prius since Sept 2008, i've never had it serviced. Only thing it ever needed was a windscreeen topup.

What a super car, shame it's going back in August.

[easternbiker47]

If there are 210,000 miles on it im positive that they are almost all highway miles. in a hybrid that is not much draw on the battery, so it shouldn't wear much as it is mainly the gas motor doing the work. When the batteries get bad is worn faster is usually caused by driving mostly city.

[mattg889]

@easternbiker47 Haha, you said the same thing I said and it started a whole list of comments from people who just don't get it.

[cfyung85]

there was a test made on a 2001 prius in 2010 and the battery is still in good shape. my only advise is dun go trashing that car like you trash a civic R

[seeelk]

I bought one of the 2010 models. The reason is not to "be green", it's to "save green". With the name Toyota I know it's a great car.

[Intelpentium54321]

my honda is running with a 130,000 miles plus on its plugs and wires.

[gwalia4]

What was the average mpg for life of the car?

[mattg889]

If this car had over 200k miles on it in only 5 years and the battery is still good it is because the battery wasn't used much. To put that many miles on the car it would have most likely been driven on the highway a lot. The car doesn't use the battery much on the highway. That is why the battery is in good shape yet! It's not because they last a long time!

[cfyung85]

@mattg889 not right. i own a 2010 prius and both the battery and gasoline engine is running at the same time to maintain a speed of 110 kph.

[mattg889]

@cfyung85 Like I said in one of my comments, I don't know about the newer models, there isn't much info on them on the internet. It does seem a little redundant to run both, but ok, now I know, thank you.

[cfyung85]

@mattg889 actually not redundant at all. the gasoline engine in the prius (as with all other hybrids) are using the atkinson cycle unlike conventional otto cycle. simple speaking, the gasoline engine by itself cannot provide enough power to maintain a cruising speed say 110 kph unless if the engine continuously run at high rev which basically causes more wear and tear on it. so it just make sense for the electric engine to run together and help the gasoline engine in maintaining cruising speed

[mattg889]

@cfyung85 Um, still redundant, if the engine was designed properly it should have no problems with the higher speeds, regardless of what type of engine it is. Is wear and tear the only reason?

btw what does it do when the batteries are depleted?

[cfyung85]

@mattg889 if a hybrid only uses the gasoline engine while cruising on highway, it just destroys the purpose of it being a "HYBRID". if there is another engine that is able to help, why not use it? would you rather have one person working hard (stressed out) to do your job while the other slack off? or 2 person working on the same job, and less stressful?

the batteries will never get depleted. it recharges when you brake/going down hill if not, the engine will provide some power to recharge it

[mattg889]

@cfyung85 I think you missed the point, if the engine is designed properly it shouldn't require the extra help. If this person is working hard and can maintain there pace, there is no problem with that person working hard. So what your saying is that the engine was not designed to handle the job by its self. It doesn't have to use both power sources all the time to be considered a "HYBRID".

If the engine helps to charge the batteries then it is essentially driving the motor, again redundant.

[mysqueeker]

@mattg889 you have it backwards. the electric motor is always propelling the vehicle. the only time the gasoline engine kicks in is to assist and charge the batteries. the gasoline engine is not attached to the electric motor at all. the gasoline engine is mainly there to charge the batteries and provide assist if needed.

[mattg889]

@mysqueeker I used to think it worked like that but I we were wrong. The gas engine and the electric motor in the Prius both have a direct connection to the drivetrain. They both can drive the tires. I think you are thinking of the Chevy Volt which does have the engine and electric motor separate. The Prius computer does try to use only the electric motor as much as possible, but it doesn't take much for the engine to kick in to assist and/or charge. Search Hybrid Synergy Drive

[TimpBizkit]

@mattg889 AFAIK the electric motor drives the wheels directly. The engine drives the wheels directly through a CVT. The wheels charge the battery (most likely through the electric motor working as a generator)

[mattg889]

@TimpBizkit Reply to mysqueeker, he's the one who doesn't know how it works. lol.

Both the engine and the motor are connected to the tires through the transmission. And I think the Prius uses the PST, not the CVT Transmission. Read about Hybrid Synergy Drive, there is a lot more to it than what you said. :-)

[mysqueeker]

@cfyung85 the gasoline engine is providing power to the electric motor. at 110kph the battery pack cannot keep or maintain that speed so the gasoline engine kicks in to produce electrical power to assist the vehicle to maintain that speed.

[KellicTiger]

@mattg889 Bullshit. I'm at 4 years and am at 120,000 miles right now and do enough highway driving that stop and go driving is the norm. The battery gets hit hard. These batteries will last the lifetime of the car due to the fact that the Prius's computer system never fully depletes the battery nor does it fully charge it. It keeps it in a mid range charge state.

[mattg889]

@KellicTiger um, 120,000 miles isn't much at all. And what highway are you on that you have to stop a lot...? Yes the way the computer uses them is supposed to make them last, but fact is it all depends on how there driven. Check back when you hit 400,000 miles.

[FBIRoyLindell]

@mattg889 exactly,finally someone who has a brain

[Lillie1986]

AInt it illegal to run around without plates? :P

[immuki]

you don't have to worry about the hybrid's battery if you don't buy one, now do you?

[gwalia4]

@immuki But you would have to worry about 4 dollar gas.

[immuki]

@gwalia4 only if you're some variant of poor peasant, maybe

[john21031]

5 years is nothing. How about 20 years like my 1991 honda accord? I also can't believe this video. You (working at a toyota dealer), have too much incentive to praise this car. I bet you are selling it.

[UnitedPebbles]

@john21031

Yeah, that 1991 Accord sure is something. Did you garage your? that is probably why. Now if you have car cover while parking at work, it will last longer. You do work, right?

[officersnout]

i'm slowly losing the will to live.....Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

[Hybrid5665]

Jeeze, I don't know. A long time. Yes indeed.