Re: Longterm costs
Also, by the time your battery pack wears out (well over 8-10 years) they will have dropped in price considerably because of high volume production. There's also a good chance they will last a lot longer than currently predicted because of the partial charge-discharge system the computer maintains. There are 1G Prii around that have driven far beyond what was predicted as useful lifetime and are still in good working order, in fact there's never been a replacement done yet. I think there will be various mechanical drivetrain problems occurring sooner than battery problems, but that's just speculation.
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