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Originally Posted by Hagen Gary
Do you just pull numbers out of your butt to make your point of view? The whole drivetrain including the battery is warrantied for 100,000 miles or 8 years. The cost of a Brand New Battery is less than $3000 installed. The XA is not near the car a prius is. I should know, I had a XB. A 100,000 mile prius, with our without a new battery, holds its value considerably better than a 100,000 mile XA. Less that 1% of Prius batteries have failed before 180,000 miles. All facts
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wasn't supposed to be a pissing match but seeing how i work on that stuff, i guess i don't know anything...evidently the price of the battery has came down (must be made in china now
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great, you're stuck with a prius for 8 years, they are (this includes just about everything new) for all intents and purposes, a toaster.
and as far as a prius being a better car....uh, no.
both about the same as far as quality and BOTH need more power..
but the question originally was , are hybrids the solution?
i say no.