http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/ Hybrid Toyota Prius E-mail Group Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:51:41 GMT http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115009 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115009 Hello, Welcome to the toyota-prius group at Yahoo!Groups, a free, easy-to-use email group service for those interested in the Toyota Prius hybrid car. Please Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:01:27 GMT Lee Hart http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115008 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115008 ... There are many examples of old nimh cells that still work. I have some GM/Ovonic EV-1 batteries that are now 12 years old, and four Ovonic/Harding AA nimh Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:17:35 GMT Levi Smith http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115007 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115007 I believe the bigger issues with EV's is that it's a compounding effect. A lot of them don't have huge mileage ranges under good conditions and if you're Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:59:15 GMT sidneybrooks http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115006 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115006 All the postings about the traction battery raise a question that I have been wondering about for a long time. In the early days of the NiMH battery, many Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:46:03 GMT flagmichael http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115005 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115005 ... It's a matter of perspective. I typically keep my cars up to the 200-300K mile mark so I am expecting to replace the batteries in both our 2002s at some Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:00:49 GMT Levi Smith http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115004 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115004 Wait... I'm just re-reading this... If the AVERAGE is 128K... That would mean that about HALF of the vehicles have MORE than that mileage... No? Don't get Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:57:55 GMT Levi Smith http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115003 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115003 Yes, so anyone on this list with more than 120K miles should consider their cars at end of life and get ready to buy a new one? ... [Non-text portions of this Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:47:55 GMT ken_slauson http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115002 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115002 Check (and possibly clean) your fuel injectors. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:46:17 GMT Paul Lawler http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115001 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115001 ... I'm not saying there aren't "some" people who have a car with 180,000 miles on it. Maybe even "plenty" (depending on you you define plenty). I'm just Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:25:42 GMT Levi Smith http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115000 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/115000 Depends on what you consider average. There are definitely plenty of vehicles with that many miles or more out there. How that compares to the amount of Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:09:30 GMT ken_slauson http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/114999 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/114999 Dorothy, My 2002 has over 183,000 miles in Alaskan driving conditions on the original battery, so they last a long time with modest maintenance. Find a Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:08:34 GMT Paul Lawler http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/114998 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/114998 ... Really? You think the "average" person drives a car for more than 180,000 miles? I don't have empirical data on this, but I'm betting that the number of Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:55:20 GMT Levi Smith http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/114997 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/114997 More likely than they were in the past 6 years... These batteries only get worse over time. Toyota does an excellent job of keeping their use limited so they Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:44:51 GMT Paul Lawler http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/114996 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/114996 ... More likely than what? More likely than not failing? Toyota has said they expect the batteries to last the life of the vehicle in most cases. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:12:09 GMT mochalleng@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/114995 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/114995 My 2002 has 160,000 miles.....also original battery. Mike Hahn In a message dated 11/26/2009 1:50:42 A.M. Central Standard Time, al.murray@... writes: