Toyota's warranty: "Hybrid-related components for hybrid vehicles are
covered for 8 years/100,000 miles. The HV battery may have longer coverage
under emissions warranty."

Either sell the vehicle before the warranty expires, or budget it into the
car's TCO. If the other carmakers offer a similar length of warranty, it
shouldn't be too much of an issue.

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"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
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> "First of One" <root@127.0.0.1> wrote in news:D-ednW0tP_UBuEnanZ2dnUVZ_h-
> vnZ2d@giganews.com:
>
>> Heh, leave it to NBC Dateline to rig a battery fire this time...
>>
>
> If you think that's impressive, drop by any brand's dealership part
> department, step up to the counter and say, "I have a Hybrid XFG-5000X.
> My
> mechanic says I need a new battery pack as the old one won't charge. How
> much are they?"
>
> After the parts guy picks himself up off the floor from laughing and
> holding his stomach because of the pain, YOU'd better be sitting down when
> he looks up what the dealer wants for a battery you can ONLY get from
> HIM....
>
> They want $90 for a 1 or 2 cell Sellphone Li-ion that has almost no power.
> What do you thing that price is gonna be when it's ramped up to 500VDC and
> big enough to power a car?!!
>
> Gas is STILL cheap, incomparison to EV batteries......