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Are Lithium Car Batteries Overhyped? 
HybridCars.com | Sun, Sep 13
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Toyota believes that lithium batteries do not justify the higher cost, and that current hybrid battery technology—nickel metal hydride—is best suited for conventional hybrids. The company came to that conclusion after conducting three years of “secret tests” on 126 Toyota Priuses e...
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info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) from Consumer Reports says
(in Replacement costs drop for hybrid batteries)
Given the length of the battery warranty, even if a hybrid owner does have to replace the battery pack after 80,000 or 150,000 miles, the cost is comparable to the cost of a transmission, which would likely have failed in other cars before that point. And hybrids have fewer other issues, whi...
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