Best new/refurb battery option - and where are these mythical $2000 OEM batteries?

Therein lies your problem cells you can't buy. Prismatic modules which contain I believe six cells you can buy finding new unmolested ones is probably pretty expensive when you rack up 28 of them you'll be sitting at $2,800 or similar. There are round cell conversions that over the last few decades no one has ever gotten much performance out of but they seem to be back with a vengeance and of course the people selling them all say this is the new breed of blah blah blah like always The last time I purchased a Toyota factory battery through the Toyota Network of dealers I purchased it online they put a hold on my credit card for 3 grand I picked up my battery out of a big funky looking shipping case look like something a gun would go in or something refrigerated would go in and I brought my older trade-in battery with me picked up the new battery left the old one they called me several hours later said my trade-in was good and whacked off whatever it was I wound up paying $14.87 that out of the three grand. The battery prices do fluctuate oh well it happens If you're going to go with a refurb find a local private guy in your area he'll advertise on Facebook marketplace or whatever That's going to cost you about $5.99 That's reasonable spending $1,500 with green bean or green tech is just to me kind of silly You can do that with a private guy for 600 My guy does me real good and builds a real good battery shockingly enough some people do give a crap I've got to his batteries coming up on the 3-year mark and everything's been great and running and working fine No I'm not out putting my battery through the paces and hill climbing and running pikes peak every other afternoon either as one probably shouldn't be.

 

My opinion is to use more modern modules from other cars.
Modules for high-voltage batteries are interchangeable and are used on both Gen2 and Gen3, on Prius V, Lexus CT200 and many others. Brand new cars get into accidents and when they are dismantled for spare parts, a battery from such a car is an excellent option.

 

Do the dealers quotes include the $1,350. Core charge?

 

Wow

 

There have been reports of price fluctuations in the past, and scarcity.
Most of us are just repeating what we have read here.
On the aftermarket, it’s a crapshoot. You can google for threads on each company.
Some have success, some limited, and some failures.

 

I suspect they are shot, but it sounds like your battery guy would know better than me.
Have you considered nexpowers new sodium battery?
I’m not promoting it, and there have been some problems in the past, but there are some good threads here., just beware the hype.
People also buy new modules somewhere to mix with any good ones left in your battery

 

Yes, due diligence is required, modules have serial numbers with date codes I think

 

Professor Joe rebuilds top notch high quality packs with the highest quality most expensive testing gear and has been doing this work for close to 15 years. Very reputable: Hybrid Car Battery Distributor | Contact Us | 2nd Life Battery

 

You don't call the dealers. They will treat you like a walk in customer which means no discount. You find the proper part number and google that number. From the results you pick a Toyota online dealer. I just searched for G9510-76013 for my 2012 v and came up with $1956 at one dealer and many under $2200. These assemblies require you to move your battery ecu, contactors and fan.


Independents like Hometown Hybrids will turnkey install for $2695. I used them years ago on the v. They sent a guy three hours away with a complete assy, ecus and all and changed it in 30 minutes. Their gen2 oem battery is less and they will ship if needed.

 

Closest to newest OEM under $2K would be Professor Joe's Gen4 Prius modules for $1799 with 4 year warranty. Those modules are usually way less than ten years old: Prius Battery Deal: $1799 Refurbished OEM Cells

 

The reality is Toyota sells to the dealers around 50% msrp. The online dealers discount at varying rates but I have seen 35% on occasion plus Toyota Corp has nationwide parts sales that add.

As a good example a dealer in Canada is selling one for $1722 US.


I also see $2805 but Hometown Hybrids is less.

 

If you have no money and plenty of time then you're going to play so there's always that The battery guy who's into this stuff my guy can process likes 56 modules at one time so it kind of goes pretty quick you know You can get through and sort through that many that fast Guess it makes the going pretty good more or less when you're sitting at home with a hobby charger it's quite a bit different but if you have nothing but time in an outlet or receptacle of the case maybe then have added I guess My generally don't have that kind of time like watching the grass grow or paint dry or something.

 

And this is a worldwide problem battery shortage is everywhere so if you use a battery in your car right now you're kind of screwed just the way it is batteries are at an all-time high. So right now if you're driving a Corolla without a battery and all that nonsense you might be in better shape than someone driving a Prius oh well they just built the battery plant in Liberty North Carolina right up the road from me I don't know when it goes online and which batteries they're building solid state is supposed to be like 2 years out.