Our 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid is likely on its last legs. Only has 80k miles in it, as we don’t drive that much and that has likely led to shorter battery life.
We replaced the hybrid battery at about 10 years, and our current one (from Bumblebee) is storing much less than it should. Worse, the CVT is clunkier than ever, even after fluid changes. Plan is to drive it until the transmission fails.
I’m interested in an EV such as an Ioniq, but my mechanic thinks a Prius would be a much better choice.
I would likely go for a plug-in (or last year’s Prime), but its having a CVT worries me.
My question is this: will the Prius battery have better longevity than my Civic’s have had?

 

Yes, and their "CVT" are comparatively bulletproof. They are not actually a CVT in the traditional sense, but to someone that didn't know the difference, they couldn't tell.

Honda foolishly stuck with the cylindrical cells. Toyota only used them for the 97-00 Gen0 Prius in Japan. As soon as they came out with their prismatic modules, they bailed on the bamboo.

 

S Keith, once more you come forth with useful knowledge!!

You’re saying that Toyotas have an entirely different kind of transmission from Honda.

I’m guessing that the cylindrical cells are the battery components.

I think this may add up our next car being a Toyota.

(Besides the 17 year old Honda, our other car is a 42 year old Volvo!)

 

I'm full of it.