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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I wasn't aware of an app for the Prius, I'll have to try it out.
Curious to know at what percent of degradation people start having reliability issues with the Prius? At 16 years old, my guess is that battery is close to causing problems. My expectation for hybrids and EVs is 15 years of no battery problems, with just a handful of people getting 20 years before the battery gives out.
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This is partially why I wanted to trade in my Prius now. The Dr. Prius app would show 40 some days and 30 others. Temp having a lot to do withit.
I basically started with a purple battery every morning with the Prius. Basically it wasn't really holding on to whatever charge it got from regen day before. It also had a limited capacity and would bleed voltage when going down hills because regen was generating too much. So my estimate was it was going to go anyday.
The Dr. Prius app is cool. Lots of great info. The battery capacity test is pretty straightforward and cheap to do with a obdi 2 Bluetooth dongle.