I'm curious about the Prius battery.
It's not a lead-acid type is it? Otherwise it wouldn't last as long as it does?
What kind do they use? Lithium Ion or something?
I'm curious about the Prius battery.
It's not a lead-acid type is it? Otherwise it wouldn't last as long as it does?
What kind do they use? Lithium Ion or something?
Double AA's
Pretty close. The batteries are in packs where many batteries are connected together.
They use Nickel Metal Hydride technology, instead of being alkaline or carbon, like the batteries you buy are your local store.
I believe it is a sealed lead acid battery. It will not last forever. I don't know what the replacement cost is, but I would not buy any used hybrid vehicles unless they had a brand new battery installed or were greatly discounted. My guess is they will last about five years at most.
I'm not looking for a hybrid anyway so I am not too worried.
speaking of, cant you get NiMH double a's at the store? in the rechargable packages?
Correct.
"Sealed 168-cell nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery providing 201.6 volts; supplied by Panasonic EV Energy Co"
I've found NiMH batteries to be good but they aren't perfect by any means. With time battery technology should get better.
As far as I know, except for some problems with the battery packs that did not involve the batteries themselves, there have few or no problems reported the the battery.
Are there lots of reports of batteries being replaced?
Good thing.
Jeff
"GoMavs" ..
LOL
You're mean
Natalie
Technology almost always gets better with time, with the possible exception of operating systems made by companies in the state of Washington.
Jeff
A lot of info, incl. what you're asking in this post, is on the Prius pages of the Toyota website.
You can go to the web boards and hear all the braying about how they last forever, then you can to to alt.autos.toyota.prius today and read about the guy with an 04 with 41K miles and his traction battery just DIED out of nowhere for no good reason--and how he's glad he took the extended warranty.
Let's see, 3.5 years and 41K miles. Hmmmmm.....
Excellent info. Also,
Jeff
But that would be an exception rather than the rule. My uncle once told me about a new car that he bought that the engine blew a few blocks away from the dealer due to having been assembled incorrectly at the factory. I can't recall what model he said it was but IIRC it was a Ford. My point is that no matter how good a product is or how carefully it is put together there will always be early failures. Fortunately for Prius owners the failures do seem to be few and far between and I can only hope that the few that do inevitably fail do so within the warranty period.
Why? The battery died within the regular warranty period for the car's battery.
Let's see: One battery problem out of how many autos sold?
My father occasionally reminds me of the time he bought his 1970 Olds Cutlass new. It stalled the instant he drove it off the lot. LOL!!!
I was driving a customers 00 4cyl Camry once for a wheel vibration concern, and the #3 connecting rod decided to eject through the block. That was a tough one to explain (for the service manager to the customer).
And this has what to do with the Prius battery?
Not the battery, but rather the story we were discussing about someone's
04 Prius battery going out at 41K miles. The point was, ANYTHING can happen.Lurk more often, and pay better attention.
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