Gen 1 Plug-in battery upgrade

Discussion in 'Gen 1 Prius Plug-in 2012-2015' started by southsidedakota, Jun 4, 2026 at 12:02 AM.

  1. southsidedakota

    southsidedakota Junior Member

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    Anyone upgraded their hybrid battery? I'm planning to upgrade it with the Gen V batteries.
     
  2. Rmay635703

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    What is a Gen V battery?

    There are 2012-16 Prius V
    2025+ Hybrid gen 5
    2025+ Prime ( Gen ???)

    There are also sodium batteries going into 1st gen cars, how many I have no idea.

    buying loose wrecker batteries for plug in cars is getting more and more difficult as the demand is high and Gen V Prius are quite rare/low volume sales wise, I was going to dump a $2500 60kwhr ex EV battery into my 1981 Comutacar but sadly I waited post pandemic and they are now all in solar walls and unobtainium
     
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    not that I have read, do they fit? will the bus work properly?
     
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    this is the pip forum, is that correct?
     
  5. PriusCamper

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    As the commenters are already saying, you comment doesn't make any sense and we need more details... Maybe show us a picture of a GenV module next to a Gen1 PIP module because we're all of the opinion is the module are different shape and design and no compatible?
     
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