Toyota extends battery warranty on all new hybrid and electric vehicles

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Toyota is the uncontested leader in hybrid vehicles and now it has the longest warranty to back up its hybrid know-how. On Thursday, Toyota announced it would extend its hybrid battery warranty from 8 years/100,000 miles to 10 years/150,000 miles on all 2020 hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fuel-cell vehicles. Unlike Hyundai’s...

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[TransAmDan]

Interesting. That is my main concern about owning an electric car. You hear things like the battery won't hold charge after 5years and the cost of the battery if £5k plus or possibly more than the car is worth. Great that battery replacement is covered by warranty.
Mind you just re-read the post that's hybrid, not totally electric.

 

[AmericanThunder]

As I’ve said before. Electric cars are not the future.
Too many compromises, and whilst I happily took the plunge on my company car it’s not my money. If it was my money I would definitely not be investing £30k+ on a vehicle with an uncertain future especially not knowing the battery life and subsequent re-sale value. Perhaps if money is not a concern....