Where to buy new OEM traction battery in/around NYC?

Aloha! was getting low-mid 40’s before, mid-high 40’s after. Most of my driving with this car is rideshare.

After fiddling with a few reconditioned battery blocks, got a new battery from New Prius Batteries. $1600, a Saturday morning install and zero issues since.

PEH

 

When you buy a new or reconditioned battery, it's only going to be the battery cells. They will be going into the existing frame from the car.

Once you (SAFELY!) disconnect all connections from the battery to the car, and remove 6 (I think) large bolts, the whole battery/ecu/fan comes out as one piece. Heavy! You will need a bench or some sawhorses available to work on it, as each battery module is fastened by a 2 small screws that come in from the bottom of the tray. So 56 screws! Tray will have to be flipped over to reach those screws.

These were super helpful to me before I got started:

 

This is not the case when buying a new OEM replacement pack from Toyota. The new cells are already mounted in the new assembly. Some parts do need to be removed from the old battery and reinstalled in the new pack. I did this with my '01 Prius, so not sure what all needs to be moved for newer generations, but for me it wasn't that difficult.

My advice is take pictures before disassembling anything, and when putting back together, make sure electrical connections are torqued properly. Wouldn't hurt to be close to an auto parts store in case bolts or clips are lost or stripped. Also don't drop off the old pack to get the core refund until the new pack is fully assembled. (The new Toyota battery assembly I purchased was from a part dept. over a hundred miles away and I missed taking off a nylon wire guide. Thankfully the core was still at the parts dept. so the friendly staff mailed the wire guide back to me.)