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REPORT: Battery bottleneck holding up Prius sales

Toyota has a major hit on its hands in the form of the redesigned 2010 Prius. While that's surely great news for the brand (which is otherwise posting huge sales declines along with nearly every other automaker in the world) it's also reportedly exposing the availability of batteries as the biggest bottleneck to production. According to Takahiko Ijichi, Toyota senior managing director: The new Prius model has been excessively popular, inconveniencing some of our customers, and the factories are working overtime at full capacity... ... Read more →

Toyota: if you need them, Prius replacement batteries are "no big deal" Sebastian Blanco

As the first batch of Priuses sold in the United States reach their get ready to turn eight in 2009, the battery replacement issue is going to pop up more and more. We noted back in September that ...

Honda and Toyota to lower hybrid battery replacement costs Jeremy Korzeniewski

Rendering of the Chevy Volt battery pack As hybrid models such as the original Toyota Prius and Honda Insight get older, consumers are beginning to wonder how much it will cost them if the battery ...

REPORT: Battery bottleneck holding up Prius sales 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota has a major hit on its hands in the form of the redesigned 2010 Prius. While that's surely great news for the brand (which is otherwise posting huge sales declines along with nearly every other automaker in the world) it's also reportedly exposing the availability of batteries as the ...

Toyota: if you need them, Prius replacement batteries are "no big deal" 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

As the first batch of Priuses sold in the United States reach their get ready to turn eight in 2009, the battery replacement issue is going to pop up more and more. We noted back in September that Toyota had dropped the price of a new pack a few hundred dollars to $2,299 for model years ...

Honda and Toyota to lower hybrid battery replacement costs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Rendering of the Chevy Volt battery pack As hybrid models such as the original Toyota Prius and Honda Insight get older, consumers are beginning to wonder how much it will cost them if the battery eventually fails. It's a reasonable concern as those batteries can be quite expensive to replace. ...


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