The battery's capacity will breakdown over time to as low as mAh. The breakdown, however, does not happen evenly all the time. Some cells may drop as low as mAh, and others could still be as high as mAh.
If you have unbalanced cells, the hybrid battery will fail you more quickly than if you have a battery with balanced cells.
Hybrid vehicles have two different power systems that work in conjunction with each other: an electric battery and a petrol engine. If your engine is not performing efficiently, then it will use more fuel than necessary.
Your fuel mileage will go up. Your hybrid battery will have to work harder if your engine isn't doing its job. As a result, your hybrid battery will wear out sooner if you do not service your engine regularly. Ironically, if you have a vehicle, like a Prius, that is typically pretty good mechanically, you'll be tempted to not have it serviced it as regularly. After all, the engine will sound good, like it does not need a mechanic's touch regularly. As a result, though, your Prius battery could wear out faster.
If you put your car on a regular maintenance schedule, your battery will last longer. If you're using your car for work, like an Uber, or if you drive your car long miles for work, you should have the vehicle serviced every 5, miles.
If you use your vehicle for shorter commutes, then have it serviced every 6, miles. Toyota estimates a hybrid battery will last around 8 years. The way you treat your car will best determine how long the battery lasts. The cost of regular maintenance may discourage you from taking your car into the mechanic on a scheduled basis. However, look at the cost of replacing a battery. This should encourage you to spend a few dollars regularly on maintenance to keep your hybrid battery lasting as long as possible.
If you're looking at purchasing a used hybrid, consider having your battery reconditioned and rebalanced from the start. A preventative reconditioning and rebalancing will give you a hybrid battery the longest life possible. Your recharge time also affects the life of your hybrid battery. The more you recharge a hybrid battery, the more quickly it will stop working.
However, conversely, the more you drive, the more quickly your battery dies. Pay attention to the manufacturer's suggested charge time. Do not charge any less or more than what the car manufacturer recommends. Think about your car battery like your phone battery.
It worked wonderfully, holding a charge for more than a day when you first purchased it. Now you need to plug it in by mid-afternoon because the battery is dying. Your car battery is no different. Over time, it will hold less of a charge and need more charging. But to maximize what you have now, charge it only as much as you need to. Extreme cold and extreme heat negatively affect the lifespan of a hybrid battery.
Owners have discovered that hybrid engines work less efficiently in cold weather than they do in moderate temperatures. If you live in a cold climate, you understand the need to start your car to warm it up before you drive off somewhere. In extremely cold climates, car owners typically let their cars run anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes before they back the car out of the driveway. Hybrid engines take a while to warm up in extremely cold weather.
Starting a car early, though, will only warm up the gasoline engine. Hybrid owners report that they need more time than a typical car owner to warm their car up on extremely cold mornings.
Even then, once the car is ready to go, the engine typically runs below maximum fuel efficiency. Snow and ice, in general, are hard on hybrids as a whole. Snow requires a heavier vehicle with more rolling resistance than what a typical hybrid tire has.
As a result, a hybrid has to work harder to move through snow, and a hybrid owner will find himself having to put gas in the tank more often. Additionally, in a snowy environment, road maintainers use snow-clearing chemicals to keep the roads clear and dry. These chemicals will build on on the outside of the vehicle and can block the grill of the car.
As a result, the engine cannot breathe as well, and the hybrid again suffers from poor fuel economy. If you live in an extremely cold environment, your battery will not freeze. However, your battery may not last as long as if you lived in a temperate environment.
Hybrids do not like extremely hot weather either. A hybrid battery can begin to deteriorate with temperatures at degrees. Visit Torque News homepage for more stories. Electric Vehicle News, Reviews and Analysis. Automotive News. Toyota News, Pricing and Reviews. Toyota Prius News, Reviews and Pricing. Subscribe to Torque News on YouTube. Comments Reory wrote on August 27, - am Permalink. How long does Prius battery last. Hays wrote on July 7, - am Permalink. Our Prius is a is running fine.
The only repair it has ever needed was to replace the rubber pad where we open the hatch. CGM wrote on July 12, - am Permalink. Thanks, my Prius has , miles and is running smoothly. So that must have done a job on the battery. But the big battery is still going fine. I love this car. Joe wrote on September 10, - pm Permalink. Thinking of trading up to a new Prius - currently have ,, and its starting to make a "whiny" sound. Thoughts abut anything similar?
M Pool wrote on November 28, - pm Permalink. Curious, did you leave the car on overnight on accident or to keep it warm during freezing temperatures? Thank you. Jeannine wrote on May 10, - am Permalink. My "small" battery was replaced 2x. The second time, about 5 years ago, I replaced it with the battery designed for the ?. It is still going strong. Occasionally I forget to turn off my lights and my Prius recharges fast.
Now I only have , miles. Hi, Did you put one zero extra? I just replace on my prius,same year as yours, the small battery with Varta 40 ah for 50 usd. Rae wrote on September 25, - pm Permalink. Who did you have replace the rubber part on the hatch? Ours seems to be broken too, but I dont want to take it into toyota!
Steve wrote on May 30, - pm Permalink. Only issue is you best change the air filter on Battery cooling fan. Was never done by dealers. Found out on you tube. I need information on battery cell and price of each cell. John Goreham wrote on January 27, - am Permalink.
Good luck. Alba wrote on May 28, - pm Permalink. I have a prius and it is still running like new. I have miles on it. I came back from a long trip and I made miles per tank, No bad!
In California, due to state law, the warranty is 10 years or , miles. But that doesn't tell you how long the battery lasts in real life. We don't have a precise answer for you, John, but I can tell you that we've had a number of Priuses in the shop with over , miles on them, with the original battery still doing fine.
And there are plenty of taxi and Lyft drivers that put hundreds of thousands of miles on Priuses without battery failure. That doesn't mean the battery will last forever.
At some point, you'll see that dreaded warning light. Then you'll have to consider your options. If you plan to keep the car for another 10 years or , miles, you can go to your Toyota dealer and have them put in a brand-new Toyota battery. The price keeps coming down on those, but it's still an expensive repair.
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