worries about the honda civic hybrid (or any hybrid)

Is that for the entire IMA control unit, or just the batteries that might
need to be replaced? An earlier poster said that the IMA control unit was
replaced as a unit if there was any difficult in it at all.

For a look at a price factor, what is the retail price for the 12v battery?

 

Just the battery pack; no controllers.

12v battery is a standard lead acid unit, about the size that a large
motorcycle might use.

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It's larger than a motorcycle battery. More like the one in my lawn
tractor. I wondered what the Honda price was for a 35AH Yuasa battery that
probably costs $29.95 at WalMart. None of the online suppliers have a
battery listed for the Civic yet. I can't find it on the Yuasa site
either.

$2805 for Honda batteries that are matched and soldered together into a
neat package, as opposed to the rock-bottom internet supplier at $819 for a
pile of batteries that would require some work. I think other suppliers
are in the $1200-1500 range.

 

In the Civic Hybrid, it's a standard 51R battery you can buy anywhere -
same as in my '99 Integra and regular Civics. Honda is probably going to
sell you a Honda branded, made by Johnson Controls or Exide, or an AC Delco
51R.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

 

Okay. The 41Amp 51R at Autozone is $44.99. A little larger than the 35AH
in the Civic Hybrid. Using the Honda pricing for that battery might put a
better perspective on the Honda pricing of the IMA battery pack, which
could be a commodity item in another 8 years.