Could owners tell me if this tale is true? A mechanic told me that when the first few years of hybrids cost so much for the batteries when they wore out the owners one by one drove around for years with the gas function only. Almost no one had the batteries replaced.
He said the companies then changed the system so drivers would have to change the battery in later models.
Does anyone know if that was true?
“Does anyone know if that was true?”
sounds like bullshit to me ... the relatively small battery in hybrids is merely a buffer for regenerative breaking and providing power for basic functions when the engine automatically cycles off when the car is idling ... i can’t imagine a system like that working without a functioning buffer battery, and i can’t imagine a relatively small replacement buffer battery would be anywhere near as expensive as the massive battery that provides ALL the power for an actual EV ...