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Originally Posted by Natalya
How hard are the G2 Priuses on their batteries? They must not eat them like the older Honda hybrids.
G2 Insights can go for over 200k miles on the original battery as long as they get all 3 software updates.
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The G2 Prius is very easy on the battery. The G3 is slightly harder on the battery. My mom's 08 Prius she bought with 98k miles still has the original battery, and running Dr. Prius specs on it show it to have excellent life (~120k miles currently).
The Prius has a much more efficient and effective battery management system than the G1 Insight, not sure about the comparison to the G2 Insight. The Prius has 2.5-3x the regenerative braking power of the Insight, so the batteries stay charged better, and the car actively seeks a 62% SOC, and will very slightly use or charge the battery until it gets there. You can use more of the charge when needed, but since it seeks such a good SOC range, the batteries last for a long time.