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Originally Posted by MJM
I meant the Hybrid Engine Battery, not the engine itself. I don't have time because i'm leaving for the game right now, but the article was in consumer report I believe. Indicated that the expectancy of a hybrid engine battery was between 100,000 and 150,000KMs, and a replacement battery would cost anywhere's between 5 and 10K.
Now they may have improved the technology some since a couple years ago, but that's still alot of engine battery's being replace creating a large amount of waste.
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Between $5K and 10K?!?!? Holy crap. I have an iPhone available for sale at $4,000. Want to buy it?
Really, dealer price is $3,000. But they are being pressured by the grey market providers - autobody shops will salvage batteries from written-off hybrids and sell them for between $500 and $1700 depending upon how long they were in use. As for the "creating a large amount of waste", the batteries are 100% recyclable. Toyota has worked hard to ensure that everything in the battery can be recycled and will pay $200 for a dead battery.