Battery Pack Replacement

One of the most common thing that puts off Kenyans when they think of owning a hybrid or an electric vehicles is the cost of replacing the hybrid battery. Depending on the make and model of the car, these batteries can cost tens to hundreds of thousand. That’s a big chunk of change no matter how you look at it.

Fortunately, the batteries in hybrid and electric vehicles typically have a very long life span. Toyota has said that the battery packs for its eco-friendly vehicles put in more than 290,000km in testing.

In this report, the Toyota Prius has had less than 0.003 percent battery failures since it was introduced in 2001. Many Ford and Toyota hybrids have reported logging 400,000 km and more without having to replace the battery.

The chances are good that you will have to replace the car (or will just be ready to buy a new car) before you have to replace the battery. This is true for those who buy the vehicle brand new. In Kenya however, we will normally buy these vehicles after they have been in use for about 7 years and we do not know if the previous owner was carrying out maintenance on the hybrid system or not.

Therefore, in the unfortunate event that you by a hybrid vehicle and the battery does fail before you are ready for a new car, we got your back covered since we have a variety of batteries for you to choose from depending on your budget. We have new, reconditioned and used hybrid and electric vehicle batteries for you to chose from.