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A taxi driver in Vancouver had a 2004 Prius and drove it 1 million kilometres with only regular maintenance and no failures. Toyota bought it back from him and
by timbit42 3y ago
A taxi driver in Vancouver had a 2004 Prius and drove it 1 million kilometres with only regular maintenance and no failures. Toyota bought it back from him and took it to Japan to study it.
- imrehg 3y agoThis sounded interesting, so looked it up, some more details in https://www.vanmag.com/city/people/vancouver-taxi-driver-worlds-first-hybrid-cabbie/ https://www.vanmag.com/city/people/vancouver-taxi-driver-wor... It looks like it wasn't the 1+M km version that they bought back, but the chap was an early adopter of Prius in that taxi role, and they bought back (exchanged?) his first one from 2001: > For those working on the next generation Prius 2004 model, Grant’s taxi held invaluable information about wear and tear.They struck a deal: Grant sent his 2001 model back to Japan for testing and had a brand new 2003 model delivered. Still excellent story, and good on him!
- timbit42 3y agoI must have read 1 million miles, which would be 1.6 million kilometres.