Will driving limited miles kill the hybrid battery?

I guess I am about to find out. I just traded my mazda 3 for a 2017 four touring with 22,500 miles. I tend to agree with someone who said that we don't have data to prove that but I'm sure someone will disagree with me.
I love the vehicle with all the "bells and whistles" though. I'm old and retired and don't care to drive much any more but do enjoy it when I do drive. I've been putting about 3,000 miles a year on my mazda. I will be driving it on the interstate for 3 miles at least once a week where I get up to at least 70 mph. The battery usually gets up to an 80% charge a few times and is usually on that when I get home after a 16 mile round trip to the grocery store. I think my "old-man" style of driving helps it, I tend to coast a lot and lightly apply the brakes when stopping. I have a phone which I don't use much either and has a reputation of having a short battery life It has lasted a long time. But back to the Prius, it looks to me like not having the battery to heat up a lot would be a plus. Also we don't get too much real cold weather so that's good. Anyway I plan to start saving up for a new battery (which is the only kind I would buy) in case it does go bad after the warranty expires. By the way, does anyone know how much the gen 4 battery's are going for? I still have 4 years and 7 monthes on the warranty. A self-proclaimed toyota tech on youtube claims you should change the oil every 5000 miles or 6 monthes but I plan to go a year which will probably be about 3,000 unless it starts looking bad on the stick. I plan to change all fluids, including transmission at 10 years or 50,000 miles, although I'm sure it will be in 2027. Anyway I will keep everyone posted if I don't die before the hybrid battery does. lol Pardon my rambling and poor sentence structure.

 

That sounds great! There are those on here that say that the li-on batteries won't last as long but only time will tell. Mine was built in June 2017 and first sold in November 2017 so I lucked out on that. Thanks, you made my day!

 

I had one several year ago and really liked it. Back then I worried about having to spend a lot of money if the battery went bad so I traded it off. I had been reading about how the gen 4's rode and handled so I test drove one and loved it. I guess most people buy them for the savings on gas but I like the comfort and it's just fun to drive. Believe it or not my mazda got about 40 mpg but it was a very uncomfortable ride compare to the Prius.

 

Thanks, I think????? lol I know what you mean. That's a tossup!

 

None taken. The best to you and I hope we both outlive the battery's and they last about 40 more years. At least yours has a history of longevity. Mine doesn't have much history in the Prius.

 

Thanks for the good advice. I agree with it all but it's always good to hear it from someone else. Take care.

 

I know what you mean. Don't know how I ever got everything done when I had a real job.

 

Thanks for that info that I had not heard. The most it will probably have to sit is about a week. It was more the not driving very far and taking few trips that I was concerned about. But my weekly trips to the grocery store seems to be allowing it to charge to 80% a few times so I guess that's enough. I've heard that keeping it between 30 to 80 percent is the best for optimum life.

 

I owned one prius before, a 2010 I think, and I remember it going to 100 % several times but I have never had this 2017 go there once. As you say it is always between 20 and 80 %. I recently started keeping a tender on my 12 volt and now it seems to stay more in the middle range to 80%. I don't know it it has anything to do with it or not.