Chris Fixx did a video where he replaced the battery in a Priapus. Dealer wanted over $3k for the pak, he found it online for half that. In my search for SD replacement, the evil priii had to be looked at. These things are all over the place and can be picked up for less than a used replacement motor for the SD
clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net > On Nov 27, 2018, at 10:28 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >> On November 27, 2018 at 12:56 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> I think we can call the battery concerns of the old days overblown, the >> batteries are all third party and have proven themselves, the Prius after >> all has been out for a long time at this point. > > The lithium battery Prius was introduced in 2015 IIRC. They were NiMH from > 1999-2014, proven tech but not as energy dense as lithium. > > The Leaf has been around since the 2011 model year, but Nissan was forced to > give out a lot of free batteries when the early ones didn't last as long as > promised. > The current batteries, if used with decent temperature management (for > example, if they're not in a Leaf), should be good for 7-10 years, at which > point the car will probably be worth less than a replacement battery. > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
