This is what I found. Part Detail The high voltage lithium battery is listed as $8722.56. Check out the prices of the other PHV components. Looks very expensive. [edit] some examples of prices. Charger - $9971.72 Converter - $6201.67 Battery voltage sensor - $4865.54 each. Has 2. Thats a new regular Prius just in those components.
Well I guess this is just the 2010 test cars. But this is still pretty interesting as to what things cost.
I really hope this car doesn't cost more than $30K for the base model. I need the car for the HOV sticker, but anything more than $35K will make me look else where.
How about other vehicles eligible for the white sticker now? (Eligible Vehicles - Single Occupant Carpool Lane Use Stickers) Notable choices include the Honda Civic GX (natural gas vehicle) or the Nissan Leaf. For CA per Find Nissan LEAF Incentives | Nissan USA, there should be a $5000 CA tax rebate and a $7500 Federal tax credit. Go Bruins!
I'd be pretty certain the prototype and it's related parts are far more expensive than the production. When there's only 150 floating around the US, I'd bet parts are pricey too.
Denso supposedly simplified the Lithium BMU. Those low volume costs are interesting to know. Development of Lithium-ion Battery Monitoring Unit by DENSO | Japan Technology Information
So your saying Toyota can get a battery for not quite $3500 if they list it for $8722? And that's for all 3 modules? Not bad. Of course if you add all the parts the PHV adds $13,850 to the cost of a normal Prius. Price will definitely hit $38,500.
For a base PHV? I bet you it won't come close to that. I think $30k, maybe $32k at the most for a base PHV. Federal tax credit will reduce by some extent. I still think it's a huge price premium to pay for ~14 miles on EV, though.
It appears these parts were produced in Dec 2009 and they are no longer in production. Perhaps the production version will have the redesigned lower cost PHV related parts, with different part numbers.
Well I don't think from Toyota's history, you'll be able to get a "base" PHV. Or even a Prius v for that matter. Usually they accessorize the basic car with "extras" so they can hide the true hybrid, or in this case plug in hybrid, upgrade. They did this with the Camry Hybrid and Highlander Hybrid. They even did this with Prius to some extent introducing a lot of 1sts that you couldn't find on other cars at the time, like keyless entry, push button start. The only one they might relax the accessorizing is with the Prius c. But even this might be a list of 1sts.
Don't forget to subtract the cost of the NiMH battery from the base prius which is what, around 3500?
Toyota's rearranged their pressroom site... Prius Battery Change is No Big Deal - Newsroom : Our Point of View Post / <b style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">Toyota</b> Unfortunately, the Internet Wayback machine is down so one has to go by the Google cache.
