Dear all, I have an extra high voltage battery pack with about 15,000 miles on it. I was going to sell it on ebay, but I thought I would see if any of my fellow Priuschatters would be interested in buying it first. It is in great condition and came out of a 2004 Prius. I will sell it for $500 OBO + shipping. Please let me know - thanks! -Nicholas
No - thankfully I didn't total my Prius. I bought this from a spare parts dealer with the intention of wiring in parallel with the original, but have decided to go back to school which will necessitate selling my Prius, so I thought I'd start by getting rid of the extra battery. Any takers?
BTW - here is a picture of the battery: [Broken External Image]:http://www.candancealittle.com/prius_bat.JPG
The battery is rather discharged (I have not checked the potential on it, but it hasn't been used in a year or so), so you will have to recharge it before hooking it up to your car - but its shelf life should remain at the stated value, which I believe is around 150,000 miles - right?
Toyota's general recommendation is to charge the battery by running the car at least once every 6 months. That is NOT to suggest that the battery doesn't have some good life, but I would, personally, want it bench tested before buying it. That said, $500 is cheap.
All, Thank you all for your comments - I really appreciate them! I went ahead and listed the item on ebay, but put the 'Buy it Now' price at $500, so if anyone on this forum is interested in buying it, just follow this link to the listing. Take care! -Nicholas
It would be cool if it was as simple as installing more batteried for more EV mode.... I don't think it is... is it?
Not quite as simple as that, but not all that complicated either. It has to be installed in a "hidden" manner, but it's not that hard.
Tell me more! If I can improve my EV time it would be good... I think and maybe worth $500... that said... my car is a little to new for experimenations
