Reply #7: Toyota repair people report Prius coming in with over 200,000 miles on the battery. [View All]

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The Battery Pack Computer
The Prius has a computer that’s solely dedicated to keeping the Prius battery at the optimum temperature and optimum charge level. Both these functions maintain the long life of the battery. Toyota have lab data showing the Prius battery can do 180,000 miles (290,000km) of normal driving with absolutely no degradation of the battery’s performance. This long life is largely due to the computers control of the Battery pack.



http://www.cleangreencar.co.nz/page/prius-battery-pack

Last I heard, the battery is $3000, but they've never had to replace one.:shrug: How many miles are on the 2001 you're looking at? Weigh that and how many miles per year you drive. Toyota makes GREAT cars. I had a Toyota Celica for 10 years and NEVER had that car in for repairs for anything...ever...not once. Take that into consideration too.:)