For the average person owning the hybrid, will not budget for the replacement battery and will be SOL when the battery fails.
With gas only you have an idea of how much your expenses will be.
I have always liked the idea or a hybrid but the idea of replacing a multi-thousand dollar battery is a total turn off as I always buy used vehicles and never have a car payment
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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
You are right.
2020 Toyota Sienna V6: 20mpg combined @ 12,000 miles per year for 15 years @ $3 per gallon is $27,000. In the 2020 Toyota Sienna hybrid with those same numbers but @36mpg it's $15,000 total.
That's $12,000 in savings, much greater than the $7,000 battery. And if you factor in fuel is probably going to be more like $4 or $5 average for the next 15 years a person would save even more.
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