I'm a Camry Hybrid owner and since the Prius is a more mature brand, I was wondering if there's 'real life' experiences on the battery. The Camry is going into it's 5th year, more or less, so few owners will have more than 100,000 miles.
How are things with the Prius?
At what age (if at all) are people experiencing battery issues? How long are they lasting?
Thanks!

 

There's no set drop dead time/mileage. Some 2nd gen folks (not many) have had them fail under warranty (in some cases the 8 year/100K and in others 10 years/150K miles for CARB state owners). I've seen some 1st gen folks have them fail sometime after the 8 year/100K mile warranty has expired.

You can see folks at http://avt.inl.gov/hev.shtml w/160K miles on various hybrids.

http://priuschat.com/forums/prius-hy...ab-update.html mentions one that needed a new battery at 700K km (~434K miles).

http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-p...xperience.html had his fail at 194K miles.

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/m...view/index.htm is a 1st gen on original battery at 206K miles. http://john1701a.com/prius/owners/jesse4.htm had 349K miles on a 1st gen until its life was cut short.

http://news.consumerreports.org/cars...000-miles.html has >200K miles. http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-p...ml#post1324349 has one on the original battery at 350K miles.

 

thanks!