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Up to 2012 the Toyota Prius hybrid uses a Nimh battery pack as it’s energy storage and traction battery. The first generation Prius uses tubular steel encased Nimh cells strung in a series to make up 288 volts. These batteries started having problems after 5 years and were breaking down completely after 8 years.
To answer the question of how long can the hybrid battery last we have to look at our experience with the batteries in the Generation 1 Prius. We started reconditioning these batteries back in 2007 and had some success. Over the years we improved our techniques and in October 2010 we introduced our patented invention The Power Jockey.
By October 2011 we have advanced the Power Jockey to the point where a Generation 1 Prius will perform even better than new with this version of the Power Jockey installed. It is still running on the same original battery pack which is now at least 14 years old and going by it’s performance we can expect it to last another 5 years without ant problems.
At this point we are quite confident in predicting that the original Prius Hybrid battery can last at least 20 years.
Hi, very interesting what is in my mine is that how can we get access to this reconditioning process as we have many of these hybrid cars park at our workshop, My location is Abuja Nigeria
Ho many do you have? These cars are tough. We can teach you to recondition them. You will need to install the Power Jockey after reconditioning. We will be appointing agents worldwide for distribution and installation of the Power Jockey which will also include reconditioning of the battery pack. We will be ready to start appointments by April 2012. Follow us on twitter @batteryclinic for updates
Hi, Do you have a reconditioning experience for EV batteries?
will start on lithium when they go mainstream