Electric Vehicle Forums - 2004 Prius taxi, 248,000 miles no problems

This guy is my hero, proving to all the naysayers that a Prius can be used for the "long haul."

http://autos.canada.com/green/story....3-8289842450df

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In addition, he said the vehicle costs only one-third the usual expenses on maintenance over a 24-month period because it has fewer wear-and-tear components. His current Prius recently surpassed 400,000 kilometres with no hybrid component failures.

As the highest mileage 2004 model on the road, it will be shipped back to Toyota in Japan shortly to be stripped down for research, just as with the 2001 model that Mr. Grant turned to taxi duty back on Nov. 1, 2000.
Mr. Grant also suffers less when gas prices climb.