One guy would probably never buy enough component cells at one time for his rechargeable battery packs to get a low enough cost to help make it practical unless you are adding a zillion NiMh or Li-Ion cells to your Prius to make it a PEHV (Plugin Electric Hybrid Vehicle.)

Look here ----> Get your cordless batts rebuilt here

They claim any brand 12-18 volts, longer run time than stock, and two weeks turn around time at $35 per battery pack. I think some of the batts are $20... it depends on voltage. They use 2000mAH cells.

Might be worth a try as the price is attractive.

This was from an ad in the latest Pop Sci.

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