I was told that the batteries are now guaranteed for eight years.
The question I always have is that how much are you going to save in gas over buying a Corolla over time. Will you save the difference in the price of the car?
Obviously a Las Vegas cab driver who puts on 379,000 miles in a few years is going to make out very well but living here in the Villages where I use a golf cart for much of my local travel would I really save? I put 7,000 miles on my car last year. At 20 mpg that's 350 gallons of gas. At $3.50 a gallon thats $1,225. If I do that over eight years ( the expected lifespan of the batteries) I will have spent $9800. I would only save a portion of that if I were to buy a Prius. Even if I bought a Camry I'd still be saving money. I used 20 MPG as a number. Both the Camry and Corolla get better mileage than that and cost less than a Prius except for the new Prius C which should be compared tot he Yaris.
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