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I hope Sri Lanka is not equipped at this for more electric vehicles at present.The Infrastructure for Electricity generation is not sufficient. We saw several power cuts during the drought season. Very few charging stations are not sufficient if they introduce electric three Wheeler too. Inland revenue Commissioner has an advantage to open more Tax files , since the utility bills for increase amounts can monitor on his desktop . The Time plan utilization of Electricity introduced by CEB may be a solution for hiding from the same commissioner. Also we may see three wheel malli is in the Inland revenue net. For so called friends can construct more Hydro power Stations by cutting forest reserves,drying waterfalls to cater the generation of electricity for millions of Electric vehicles in this country. The Government should stop this. It seems that government aim is to replace all existing three wheels with electric three wheels , that is why they say Bangaladesh story. I suggest that Government proposals are short sighted except all Electric buses and additional tax over 2500 cc. For my view , only promoting of Hybrid vehicles (Except all new Nissan X-Trail Hybrid) would bring some solution for this problem.

Government is planning to establish island wide solar-powered charging stations and other renewable energy powered charging stations in its budget proposals. Not sure how far it will work out. Otherwise government won't achieve any benefit by promoting electric cars.

increased it by 2.5 million and reduced it by 1 million

Try Nishantha - 0777799953, his workshop is at Attidiya. He replaced a cell of my friend's prius. AFIR cost was around 20k.

replace the cell..its not a big issue..if u r near to negombo.i can recommend a good mechanic for you..

http://www.customs.gov.lk/public/files/tariff/ExciseDuty Budget 2018 .pdf Official document from customs.

yes - the plan should have been to promote hybrids with engine capacity <1500 CC - Save fuel + not burden the Grid. Well since when did we have a budget/government with proper vision ?

If previous owner did not maintain it properly then these kind of issues could occur. Now there are places where they replace cells. Check with this guy https://www.facebook.com/kaveensautoclinic/ He is knowledgeable in this area. My advice based on person experience (Prius 2n gen using almost 4 years). Do regular services oil and filter changes from a normal good service place Do gear oil changes (CVT, etc) before it reach the actual mileage limit for that (because most of vehicle have run more than in the ODO meter ). Do a scan for hybrid system from a good place/device. Since Sri Lanka is hot, A/C also helping to cool the battery (There are some vent from inside to battery area).

Can you check if this type of solution is applicable in your case? https://imgur.com/gallery/j8Bcp/ If a reliable mechanic does not recommend cell replacement in your case, I'd just wait till I save up 200k and do the battery replacement. From what I know the car will still drive with this issue, but fuel efficiency may be lower.

I purchased this car 10 days ago. Seems the previous owner hid this issue and gave me the car. I got this issue two days after I got the car. Im planning to fix this issue than dumping it on someone else. Only issue is I'm not in a financial position to spend on the new battery pack right now. That's why i'm looking for cheaper options right now.