Little update here, the battery replacement was for sure worth it in my opinion! It was $1500 all said and done and comes with the lifetime warranty. My gas mileage improved about 5 MPG on average (roughly 40 before and 45 after). I only owned the car about 6 months after making this video but up until the time I sold it the battery was working perfectly fine and I haven’t heard anything contrary from the new owners!
@@NathanEntzRacingany service that can retrofit batteries would easily have the ability to refurbish, preventative maintenance and voltage balance battery packs
I'm a full-time Lyft driver and I just recently had to have the battery replaced in my 2012. Prius v, I called green bean battery as well. Unfortunately I don't drive a consistent route every day and even before the battery went out even before I put 200,000 plus miles on the car myself before the battery went out. I just did not notice that I would get consistent fuel economy and I can't really tell the difference in power from having the green bean battery installed versus my original battery 40,000 mi ago. Even myself personally, I found that for my car my Gen 3 it was 1644 for the battery and then the lifetime warranty was another $275 bucks. There's two warranty options. There is the 3-year unlimited mileage warranty or the lifetime unlimited mileage warranty plus, if you're 12 volt battery hasn't been replaced recently, they'll replace it for you and they replace it for you at a wholesale cost. It was $250 to replace my 12 volt battery and now if I were to go to AutoZone O'Reilly or any of those other places to buy the one for my Prius it would be $250 they did encourage me to get a new 12 volt battery so that way I would not have any warranty issues with the hybrid battery. That being said, the initial hybrid battery they installed had a bad battery control module so it did not play nice with the car. They came out within 8 days of putting the first battery in and swapped it out for a second battery as a warranty job and then I haven't had any issues with the car since.
you should replace it with the upgraded one with cilindric cells much more efficient powerfull last longer and recharge must faster check for it here on youtube just write replacing hybrid battery and you will see crist something channel with a red prius 4
The traction battery does not make any difference in the zero to 60. It is not driving the wheels. The only improvement should be in the mph. If you reset the average mph to zero, it will show the better mph that the new battery will provide. The important thing is; how much the new battery , and the installation cost, and is it worth it!
It actually does impact the 0-60. The traction battery and electric motors assist the ICE so the car is noticeably slower when the traction battery is depleted and vice versa. But the battery replacement was 100% worth it in my opinion!
Little update here, the battery replacement was for sure worth it in my opinion! It was $1500 all said and done and comes with the lifetime warranty. My gas mileage improved about 5 MPG on average (roughly 40 before and 45 after). I only owned the car about 6 months after making this video but up until the time I sold it the battery was working perfectly fine and I haven’t heard anything contrary from the new owners!
Now they are $1700 and only have a 3 year warranty., seems like you can't find a deal anything like that anymore.
All that "lifetime warranty" means, is "we'll go bankrupt really quickly once batteries start coming back in too often"
Haha you’re probably right
@@NathanEntzRacingany service that can retrofit batteries would easily have the ability to refurbish, preventative maintenance and voltage balance battery packs
I'm a full-time Lyft driver and I just recently had to have the battery replaced in my 2012. Prius v, I called green bean battery as well. Unfortunately I don't drive a consistent route every day and even before the battery went out even before I put 200,000 plus miles on the car myself before the battery went out. I just did not notice that I would get consistent fuel economy and I can't really tell the difference in power from having the green bean battery installed versus my original battery 40,000 mi ago. Even myself personally, I found that for my car my Gen 3 it was 1644 for the battery and then the lifetime warranty was another $275 bucks. There's two warranty options. There is the 3-year unlimited mileage warranty or the lifetime unlimited mileage warranty plus, if you're 12 volt battery hasn't been replaced recently, they'll replace it for you and they replace it for you at a wholesale cost. It was $250 to replace my 12 volt battery and now if I were to go to AutoZone O'Reilly or any of those other places to buy the one for my Prius it would be $250 they did encourage me to get a new 12 volt battery so that way I would not have any warranty issues with the hybrid battery. That being said, the initial hybrid battery they installed had a bad battery control module so it did not play nice with the car. They came out within 8 days of putting the first battery in and swapped it out for a second battery as a warranty job and then I haven't had any issues with the car since.
I do 56mpg (4,2L/100 ) at 74mph (120km/h) Whit my old 2007 prius gen 2 15 years old hybrid battery
In city 4.1 L/100
you should replace it with the upgraded one with cilindric cells much more efficient powerfull last longer and recharge must faster check for it here on youtube just write replacing hybrid battery and you will see crist something channel with a red prius 4
THANKS FROM AUSTRALIA
What's year is this Prius
How the battery holding after a year? Can you please share the names of the two companies please ?
I ended up selling the car but I never had any more issues with the battery after I had Green Bean replace it so as far as I know it was a good one!
Do you just pay for the battery of their price listed? Do they charge labor? Whatcwas your price out the door ? @NathanEntzRacing
Can you please do an update on the battery
I ended up selling the car late last year, but it was working great up until that point! No complaints at all!
Do you still recommend Green bean?
I ended up selling the car but I never had any more issues with the battery so as far as I know it was a good one!
The traction battery does not make any difference in the zero to 60. It is not driving the wheels. The only improvement should be in the mph. If you reset the average mph to zero, it will show the better mph that the new battery will provide. The important thing is; how much the new battery , and the installation cost, and is it worth it!
It actually does impact the 0-60. The traction battery and electric motors assist the ICE so the car is noticeably slower when the traction battery is depleted and vice versa. But the battery replacement was 100% worth it in my opinion!
How was the gas mileage before and after
+2 mpg is nothing tbh. Especially not for $1500
Thanks for the comment! The car literally wasn’t drivable before the battery replacement so it had to be done. The extra gas mileage was just a bonus
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