Thanks for the TLDR lol

They're great for in town but 90% of my driving is highway. And idk why I'm getting all the down votes I'm just expressing that I have to spend all this money on a new batterey for a car that I stoll owe thousands of dollars on, like this is a real thing that's happening to me and this is my experience lol

It's a '17 sonota and I was thinking of getting it from there but I ended up finding one for $1100 after shipping on ebay with only 50k miles on it. And the dealer said they can install it for $1.3k. An oem battery is almost $4k. But I didn't expect for it to go out so soon. And most gas cars get the same mpg as my 5 year old hybrid now so it feels like diminishing returns for me. I drive 30k a year with my commute alone so I'd rather have a gas car where the 2 big things that can go out is the engine and trans. Where a hybrid has that plus the battery

My hybrid is 5 years old at 128k miles and I already have to replace the battery at $6,000 amd I still owe $5000. Idk if electric batteries are any better but that's already a huge problem. I'm sticking with fuel efficient gas cars for now

Edit: idk what's up with the downvotes.. but this is my experience. They only warranty 100k miles which is not a lot anymore and I'm faced with having to spend all this money on a car I still owe on. I was really excited to get a hybrid