Resale value of an OEM HV battery

Start at $1500 (New they are $1950 retail and $1650 wholesale) and see what reactions you get. Work down from there. I am presuming you're not in a hurry.

 

Back in the early 2000's a hybrid battery pack was worth a fortune... These days not so much... Pricing is all over the map on these and it all depends on finding someone who needs one and offering the best quality/price. If you have lots of spreadsheet data on the pack that helps with a more informed buyer.

My friend who does $20K a month in selling rebuilds has $30K in testing equipment and does great with 2 year warranties buys packs by the truck load for anywhere between $50 to $300 each.

And I've also bought roughly 8 Honda & Prius pack from my local wrecker for $50 each. Most of them were in good shape, but not for long.

Also recently sold my original 1/4 million mile Prius pack that has never had a bad module, was just reconditioned and I had extensive spread sheet data on it and gambled on giving a one year warranty because I have spare loaner packs I could swap it with. My price for that after installation and I got to keep old pack was a very generous $680.

A couple years ago my buddy in our local vintage hybrid group bought a 2013 pack for his 2006 Prius from a wrecker for $800 and it was the best pack I ever worked on but as of a few weeks ago it was the worst pack in our group in terms of capacity and also needed 5 replacement modules.

If I were in your situation I'd realize the greatest value of your spare pack is as a side hustle for income as a service to help others rather than a product that you sell off once and are done with it.

As in invest in a few hundred to a thousand dollars in basic equipment to do module testing and reconditioning and build spread sheets of it and hold onto it as a backup while being on the look out for friend or nearby person in need who just got traumatized from getting a repair estimate from $3k to $5k at a Toyota stealership. When you offer to repair for less than a $1K after they have the trauma of that dealership price in their head, they're very grateful and generous with how much they're willing to spend.

Then swap the pack out and rebuild the bad one and keep the routine going so you always have a spare pack and always able to quickly solve a bad pack in your car or in others.

 

$500 if your lucky. No one is going to believe your story unless you have paperwork even then its 4 years old.

I just bought all new cells for $1600. People come on here all the time saying you can buy a brand new OEM toyota pack for that but not around here.

I would swap it into your other Prius so its gets charged up and doesn't die on you. Keep it. With a spare good pack you can keep your Prius running for years and years.

 

1714.48 + tax.

Battery - 2004-2009 Toyota Prius (G9510-47031) | Tracy Toyota Parts

 

i vote $500., but it's whatever the market will bear

 

Put the newer battery in the Prius you kept and sell the older one.

The OEM replacement batteries have many more stickers plastered all over them than the original. If you pull out the big black plastic storage tray you can see the difference between an original and replacement battery.

 

I'll cut you in on 50% if you can help me resell my healthy junk yard packs I get for $50 for $500.

 

+1. We do this for customers quite often if they have an older Prius with a new battery that their selling and a newer Prius with an original battery that they want to keep for a long time.

Assuming that the battery you have is exactly what you think it is there should be another 7-9 years of dependable life left in it. There's a lot of value in a battery that will last that long. In my opinion you should start at $1,000 and don't take less than $800. If you showed up at my shop with that battery I would pull the cover and check the S/N's on the modules to confirm the age of the pack and give you $800 for it. Then it would get cleaned up and installed in another Prius with a 3 year warranty for about $1200.

The key to getting the most money will be finding an educated buyer. If they don't know what their looking at then they probably won't be willing to pay you what it's worth. Having any kind of documentation to show when/where it was purchased will help a lot. If you know what dealership put it in you may be able to call and get a copy of the repair invoice. You can also look up the cars service history thru Toyota Owners website. Obviously the service history doesn't prove what that battery is but it's a start.

 

Local pickup only so Ed's statement still holds true for his situation (and many others). Plus they'll stick on the required $1350 core charge till you come back with the old one. So it's really over $3,000 + taxes upfront costs.

They also sneak this in: " $80 Charge to re-package battery. Fee will be taken out of core charge"

 

I can sell those at $500 all day long down here in So Cal. How many you got?

 

I have several, but they've all already had replacement modules, so they're of lesser value and am not willing to warranty that far away from me... Usually use them as loaner packs...