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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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Time and possibly environment seem to have a bigger impact on Prius batteries than miles. I've seen many reports of 250k+ miles on the original battery if they're driven a lot, while batteries start failing in 100-150k mile cars at 10-12 years.
My 2005's battery died in December 2017 at 136k miles after living most of its life in sunny El Paso, TX. I did a few charge/discharge cycles on the modules and replaced the 3 worst ones, only for it to die again a year and a half later (my Camry hybrid's battery
conveniently decided to kick the bucket at nearly the same time, so I swapped the Camry's ok-ish modules into the Prius and bought a new battery for the Camry).
As far as fixing the battery, you can DIY for a few hundred bucks, or find someone on Craigslist that'll refurbish your battery or swap it with one they've refurbished for $500-1000. There are companies that sell refurbished batteries for $1000-1500, or you can get a brand new battery from Toyota for $2000 (gen2 only, others are more). After weighing the options for mine, I would go with a new battery unless the car is on its last leg or you plan on getting rid of it within a couple years.