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Originally Posted by Daox
I wouldn't bother with the grid charger personally. Toyota's battery management is way better than Honda's was. Its fairly rare to hear about issues with the Toyota packs even with as old as they're getting.
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I've had bad experiences with traction packs, so my paranoia might be understandable. My 2000 Insight went thru two packs - Texas heat, me not understanding batteries better, and Honda's less than resilient batteries. After my Insight collision, I bought the 2nd Prius looked at. The 1st Prius' traction pack State of Charge went from 1 to 7 bars like a yo-yo, meaning that traction pack was a dead man walking.
A secondary motive for getting a traction pack is I might buy older Toyota hybrids and resell them after refurbishing the pack.