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Andrew (PlanoEvo) put over 400k miles on his Prius before it finally gave up the ghost. The battery and entire hybrid system was still fine, it was everything else that wore out. He was still averaging ~60 MPG on his last day driving it. His only maintenance was a oil changes, a water pump belt, and a set of rear drum shoes. That. Is. It.

So far so good with the Volt. Had to get the wall charger replace under warranty, and a coolant leak fixed under warranty. Otherwise, it went from May - Oct without needing a tank of gas and has been great. Quiet, comfortable, and incredibly efficient and cheap to own. for Maintenance, it needs an oil change every-other year and coolant every 5 years. There are reports of guys going over 250k miles with no noticeable battery degradation.

From my research and talking with owners, avoid the Hyundai/Kia hybrids; they seem far less durable. The Nissan Leaf battery seems to lose battery capacity rather quickly so I'd probably avoid one of those too.

One other good thing about most EV/hybrid vehicles are their longer warranties on the battery/hybrid systems (typically 8 years/100k miles).