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Looking to purchase an HAH. One of my concerns is long term costs. I know the battery will need to be replaced at some point but does anybody have an idea what the costs would be? Aside from the battery would there be anything else that needs to be maintained? Thanks in advance. Sorry if this has already been posted but I tried the search function and couldn't come up with anything.
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The battery replacement could be done theoretically for well under $1k, if only the cells themselves were worn out. The Civic and Accord use an array of rechargeable stock D-cells. I'd suspect the cells will be the first thing to go, but if electronics or some proprietary part fails, then you might be at the whim of Honda. In 8-10 years though, volume of production on packs will make them cheaper, even from the Manufacturer. They should hvae higher density lithium packs in Hybrids by then as well. I suspect it will be feasible to get aftermarket battery packs--with a bit of software tweaking, there's no good reason a more powerful, cheaper aftermarket replacement shuldn't possible. (though there might be a *bad* reason why it isnt possible, so I wouldn't count on this)