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Andy Champ[_2_] Andy Champ[_2_] is offline
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On 15/09/2012 17:06, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
So how much for rejuvenating a 10 year olde motah and I presume it won't
be on its first set of batts by that age?..


The Prius set is averaging at 12 years.


Proof, please.

He may well be right - as I see from a quick Google. Prius is tuned for
battery life, which means never fully charging it nor flattening it -
which will not be the case in a full plugin.

Andy