227,535 miles in a 2001 Prius still on the road... - GreenHybrid

lars-ss · #1 (**permalink**) 07-01-2005, 03:41 PM

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North America's Highest Mileage Hybrid Taxis
Consumers often have concerns about new vehicle technologies, especially about features that may be costly to repair, such as a hybrid system. Canada’s highest mileage Prius, a 2001 model, has operated for over 366,182 kilometres with only a few maintenance repair issues. Jatinder Parhar, owner of a Empress Taxi in Victoria, British Columbia, operates this vehicle.

North America's first hybrid taxi was a 2001 Toyota Prius operated by Andrew Grant in Vancouver, British Columbia. Grant's 2001 Yellow Taxi Prius travelled over 332,000 km before it was replaced with a 2003 Prius. Grant now operates a 2004 Prius Taxi. View the 2001 and 2004 Yellow Taxi Prius’ detailed service and maintenance records.

View a video about the Yellow Taxi Prius. Windows Media Player (12 MB) QuickTime (25MB).

That's from this website:

http://www.hybridexperience.ca/Reliability.htm

Schwa · #2 (**permalink**) 07-01-2005, 09:29 PM

I find this interesting too:

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Prius owners that are using the vehicles as high mileage taxi’s have commented that their brake replacement costs are much less due to the regenerative braking system.

and this:

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Since the car went on sale in 2000, Toyota has not replaced a single battery for wear and tear.

Also the maintenance costs are interesting:

Chevrolet Cavalier:
Preventative Maintenance (Average $/100km) $1.76
Non-Scheduled Maintenance (Average $/100km) $2.69

2001 Honda Insight:
Preventative Maintenance (Average $/100km) $3.01
Non-Scheduled Maintenance (Average $/100km) $1.78

2001 Toyota Prius:
Preventative Maintenance (Average $/100km) $2.21
Non-Scheduled Maintenance (Average $/100km) $0.19

They mention that most of the increased scheduled maintenance costs are due to using dealerships rather than in-house mechanics.