do not be afraid of hybrids! - Toyota Estima, 2.4 L, 2001
This is not the first time I've heard a question about service, so I'll tell you clearly.
1. For any hybrid, the service is, like ordinary cars, in the replacement of consumables: fuels and lubricants, etc. (filters, brake linings, etc.)
2. As for the electrical equipment, you only need to follow! for 12 V battery. In the sense of checking the density, the electrolyte level (again, like with ordinary cars). The battery supplying the electric motors is not serviceable! When diagnosing, you can check the condition of one battery in this battery and, if it is out of order, replace it. And that's all. TOYOTA battery warranty 8 years. The battery itself is made by PHILIPS, as well as many other electrics in this car.
3. Since the engine is the same as on the Camry, then the consumables for the engine, respectively.
so many inventors of alternative and cheap energy sources sank into the water immediately after they lit up
There is one big bummer for EV makers: NiMH batteries are not being sold for use in EVs. The reason is simple - Texaco Corporation bought a patent for nickel-metal hydride batteries from General Motors and now the merged Texaco / Chevron does not give licenses for the production of large-size battery cells until the end of 2014 (and who after that will say that there is no conspiracy of oil corporations against electric vehicles) ...
An exception is provided by Toyota Prius and Estima, since Toyota managed to acquire a license before the sale of the patent.
Allianceem
1 With our frosts, a used hybrid will run out of batteries in a couple of winters, well if 8 years have not passed by this time. So how much will one such hybrid battery cost? How many are there?
I'd rather drive a Benzus with this money.
I am not against new technologies, but they should not be to my detriment. The hybrid must be taken new. Then you can take full advantage of the benefits.
I have been driving on the canal of 2000 with my own battery for more than two years, for all the time I have changed two elements of the BBB (each for 1,500 rubles) for that consumption of 6, 7 liters at an aggressive pace) I was
also afraid of hybrids before, but I thought for a long time, and never regretted , now I think the Prius is newer or take istima))
I agree, that's why more and more business-class hybrids are buying moneybags, who don't care about saving
and the new one, in its essence, does not pay for itself, it is difficult to find a compromise here ...
1 With our frosts, a used hybrid will run out of batteries in a couple of winters, well if 8 years have not passed by this time. So how much will one such hybrid battery cost? How many are there?
I'd rather drive a Benzus with this money.
I am not against new technologies, but they should not be to my detriment. The hybrid must be taken new. Then you can take full advantage of the benefits.