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Originally Posted by Shining Arcanine
Five years is pretty short term for my family.
Does the study include the cost of replacing the battery every five years?
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The US warrenty on the battery is 8 years 100,000 miles and in California it is 10 years or 150,000 miles. It is very unlikely the manufacturer would design a part to fail under warrenty. I read somewhere that Toyota designed their battery pack to last the "life of the car" and estimate it to last at least 15 years or 200,000 miles.
Several Priuses have gone over 200,000 miles on the orginal hybrid traction battery already.