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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
I am so over hybrids now at this point. Sure, they get better fuel mileage, but they still run on gas. They're just a ticking time bomb that is more complicated to work on.
And with cars being used for longer these days, I don't see the point "oh, after 10 years when the battery decides to selfdestruct you'll have a newer car." Oh yeah, well tell that to my 10 year old Avalon hybrid with the battery on it's last leg and no car like it within the USA at a price that I can afford.
At least a plug-in hybrid allows you to use electricity to drive around for a limited distance if you so desire.
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It’s unfortunate mechanisms to enable any hybrid to run battery free don’t exist
I would think a 12v starter and some ecm programming would be all you need.
2009 and down Prius can run with a failed battery anywhere but only if they can get started into limp mode.
My 1999 Insight hasn’t had a working big battery in a decade, that is how every hybrid should be.