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Old 08-19-2022, 11:16 AM   #46 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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Avalon - '13 Toyota Avalon HV
90 day: 40.45 mpg (US)

Prius - '06 Toyota Prius
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Originally Posted by Ecky View Post
Honda's OEM batteries stopped being from the original supplier after 2010ish, and became hardly better than aftermarket - probably because they used the same cheap Chinese cells, because the original Japanese ones simply did not exist anymore. After another 5 years there simply wasn't an OEM battery to purchase, period.
With both Gen2 and Gen3 Prius batteries being marked as "unavailable" on Toyota websites, there seems to be a chance the Prius has taken the same route.
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