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Originally Posted by rsmurano

According to multiple sources, consumer reports states it costs .50 cents a mile to operate a Prius and fueleconomy.gov states the Prius costs .94 cents a mile operating the first 25 miles and $1.51 per mile after that.
Also the Prius will have to replace the hybrid battery every 8-10 years at a cost up to $6000. Go online and people are wondering if it’s worth the expense at that time to replace the battery. Gas cars, most imports can go hundreds of thousands of miles without a rebuild and diesel cars, over 500,0000 miles.
Most EV/hybrid owners don’t include future expenses in their total cost of ownership nor do they care that every battery is toxic waste and polluting the earth when disposing of these batteries. We can also talk about the earths resources it takes to make a hybrid battery which is also destroying the planet.

I put over 160,000 miles in six years on each of two Prius (12 years total). No battery changes required and I sure as did not pay anything close to $80,000 to operate them! Regular oil changes, just like any gasoline engine, and tires every 60,000 miles. I even saved money on brake pads and disks due to the regenerative braking.

The rest of those claims have been thoroughly disputed/debunked in multiple other threads.