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Yeah, that price sounds about right. I paid $27.50 per cell for these four cells.
While those are all nice and fancy options for using these cells, that won't be the case. The Prius' 'starting battery' is simply a small AGM to power up the electronics before the high voltage pack gets connected. To replace that small battery with these lithium cells would be a waste when I can replace a large group 24 battery in my Paseo and save quite a bit more weight. And, while replacing the 6.5Ah cells in the Prius' hybrid pack would be fun, it would be a huge pain too to convert to a new battery chemistry (thinking about the Prius' BMS). Couple that with the cells alone would cost almost $2k and I'm just not seeing that being worth it.
At some point in the future I would like to make an EV or DIY hybrid. I'm messing around with these cells because they are what I would like to use should I ever get around to it.
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