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Most Priuses still use NiMH (all except the plugin one). In mine, it's around 120lbs, out of about 3200lbs total vehicle weight. Doubling the weight of the battery wouldn't make that much of a difference.

Plugin hybrids and pure electrics need much larger batteries, so it certainly matters there, but for plain hybrids it's not such a big deal.




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