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What all vehicles can we use battery cells from?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by StephenJ, Aug 24, 2024 at 3:55 PM.

  1. StephenJ

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    The battery is getting weak in our 2009 and I'd like to find a newer vehicle that has a lot of life left to get cells from to install in my 2nd Gen pack. I feel like that would be better than a rebuild full of 15yr old cells.

    I thought a list of cars/years might be helpful.

    Will all Toyota/Lexus hybrid battery packs work as long as it's NiMh and not Li-Ion?
     
    #1 StephenJ, Aug 24, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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    You can use NiMh modules from 2020 AWDe (like mine) and maybe other AWDe Prii through 2023.

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    #2 jdenenberg, Aug 24, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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    Gonna be tough to find . The wait will be an issue . You got to try and find it in your area so you can go put your eyes on it before you plop down your money because sellers will take a dump on you and you'll have no recourse the sellers have gotten wise they understand what they need to do all that stuff so depending upon your market should be sometime lot of salvage yards don't communicate anymore and don't ship stuff around the places so you have to be careful seems like all the dilly-dally and around what have you and what you're going to pay for that buying a new battery before the price increase should have been the thing I guess.
     
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    Yeah, I would have bought a new one, I didn't know the price was increasing, found out when I tried to buy one.
     
    #4 StephenJ, Aug 24, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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    Anyone know about a 2020 Corolla hybrid? Does it have interchangeable cells and enough of them?
     
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    Here is some info I found on a 5yr old post....

    "The Prius C, Gen 2, and Gen 3 modules are interchangeable. The same modules are also used in the Toyota Camry, Cadillac Escalade, Chevy Tahoe, Chevy Silverado, and Nissan Altima."

    Anyone care to add specific year models and some updated info? With the cost of a new battery nearly exceeding the value of the car, id like to start looking for wrecked vehicles that are 2020 or newer. It's getting confusing to keep up with what cars/models have NiMh versus Li-ion.

    Pretty much every manufacturer has a hybrid so there must be some more cars with 20 or more of these same cells.
     
    #6 StephenJ, Aug 24, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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    If you are looking to get the most fresh NIMH battery modules than you have the only option which is Toyota Corolla up to 2022.
     
    #7 Carall, Aug 24, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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    I'm having a hard time getting into about the Corolla pack. Do you happen to know if a 2020-2022 has enough blocks to fill a 2nd Gen Prius pack? I couldn't find specifics but saw somewhere they are only like 200v, so I'm thinking they have less blocks/cells?

    Do you happen to have some good specific information about that?

    Thanks!
     
    #8 StephenJ, Aug 24, 2024 at 11:01 PM
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    yes, it's essentially identical to the Gen 4 Prius NiMH pack. There's plenty of them here in the $750 ish range. Just be sure to verify it's an NiMH battery, not the Lithium

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    #9 TMR-JWAP, Aug 24, 2024 at 11:38 PM
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