2007-2008 vs 2009-2011 battery differences

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Feb 2, 2020 | 08:03 PM

RamAirRckt

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2007-2008 vs 2009-2011 battery differences

When I look for a replacement battery for my 08 GSh, I see that the 2007-08 has a different battery than the 2009-11.

Anyone know what was different?

Feb 3, 2020 | 07:45 AM

Lwerewolf

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Certainly not the battery modules - same amount (40) of 6-cell module dimensions since the 1st gen Prius.

Mar 10, 2020 | 02:55 AM

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Didn't the 2009-11 GS450h have larger boot space than the 2007-08 ones? Maybe the later pack has different dimensions to the earlier ones.

Mar 13, 2020 | 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Lysdexia

Didn't the 2009-11 GS450h have larger boot space than the 2007-08 ones? Maybe the later pack has different dimensions to the earlier ones.

Ye it has, but because of a redesign of battery placement little more into the trunk.

As far I know, the 09 - 11 battery is same, but a software is little tweaked, to imrove life cycle of batteries. Thats why a 09+ models are 0.1 sec slower than previous ones (based on catalogue info).

Mar 27, 2020 | 07:53 PM

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Talked to the guy from Greenbean, he said the mounting is different. Pretty much the same electrically, you can make a 2009-2011 work in a 2007-2008.

Was wondering if they could have pushed it back into the car more to help with some trunk space.