Not really! Our Prius has made about 720.000 km and the battery is no issue at all yet! The Germans so called premium have lost this train and will never or perhaps in 20 or 30 years will achieve Japanese or even Korean durability.
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But how old is your Prius? Batteries have a limited life in both calendar time and charge cycles. And the battery pack can be replaced by the owner for far less expense than the dealership price, but the fact remains that battery production is not exactly environmentally-friendly.
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Our Prius was bought new in April 2013 is maintained regularly according the book only by Toyota dealers and shows no signs of fatigue. Toyota will take care for proper disposal if the battery will have to be replaced. Recycling of those batteries is possible.
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Recycling is certainly possible. But they have roughly a decade of life before they need to be replaced, and that is expensive. You can do it yourself for far less cost though. But still, the initial production of lithium is very, very destructive to the environment. I hope we can achieve a better battery technology soon.
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