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Old 03-14-2006, 07:21 AM
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Default Will the battery in my hybrid keep going?

Good article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11812910/

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BusinessWeek magazine reports that when the U.S. Department of Energy investigated hybrid batteries, it stopped its tests “when the capacity remained almost like new — after 160,000 miles.”
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Toyota tells me that some of the original Prius models now have battery packs that have gone more than 300,000 miles.
There is also some stuff in the article about battery disposal. It's nice to see this topic is getting some decent exposure.