I searched and could not find. Does anyone know? I know it's still covered by warranty, but not forever.
It took a lawsuit and bad press for Nissan to offer replacement batteries, my guess is Toyo will have lots of requirements for you to get one from them
i don't recall a hard number ever being posted. i think 5-6k was mentioned. i suppose the best thing will be to look for a wreck.
Nope I don't think so. I do recall Tampa Prius might have mentioned some cheaper used ones on EBay from wrecks.
Yeah, there is one eBay seller selling ether the whole used battery for $2100 or $700 per each quarter. The thing is there is no demend for those now, as they're covered by warranty for a few more years. This reminds me when I bought my Prius in 2010, used batteries were $500 and no one wanted one. Now, they are in great demand and price went up.
Most EV battery demand is in the offgrid and hobby markets, so ease of transplant determines cost, replacement is a small part of the market given the length of the warranty and the low failure rates.
$9,100 USD plus labor is the dealer battery price for model years 2012-2015 PiP as of Feb. 2020... that's if you return the core (about $2,000). I called the dealership near me... They didn't have info on their computer... they had to call Toyota and call me back the next day. But hey, since the computer keeps the battery charge in a narrow range, not going to extreme charge or discharge, and with the thermal management, maybe it will last 250,000 miles? 350,000? More? If it's like laptops and phones, it's all about the number of cycles, and in this case each Toyota PiP cycle probably counts as 1/2 cycle or 1/4? (I'm not a PiP owner yet... just looking into it.)
yee haa! i better dump mine before the 10/150 is up it's not so much average lifespan as it is hitting the lottery on an out of warranty battery
How bad does a PiP battery have to get before it needs replacement? Seems like the car will work fine even if they battery has 1/8th it’s capacity.
My EV range has dropped from 13.2 to 10.1. It may go up a few tenths as weather warms. I don't think it was over 11 last summer. 63,000 miles and extremely conservative driving. Is this a general degradation of the battery or is it just a few cells gone bad? If the latter, can they be easily replaced? I know this would not be fiscally responsible, but it would look good on my mileage spreadsheet!
i doubt any cells are bad, it would probably throw a code. more likely just needs rejuvinating, which is not currently available. i'm not as concerned with degradation as i am with a cell/module going out. i think it might be an expensive repair due to the size of the battery. fortunately, after 8 years, and a lot of miles, toyota quality and reliability is shining.
Sadly, I know of no rejuvenation system for the PiP. By way of comparison, when I traded mine in one year ago with about 85,000 miles, it usually had 11-13 miles of range. No winter weather here, so it sounds comparable to yours.
