So do batteries last? anyone that has owned a mobile phone in the last while, will say that they don’t. Although my relationship with my current E71 battery is still a long lasting one, I can still get 2 days out if it after almost 2 years. But it looks like the Toyota Priuses 10 year old batteries are still good according to AOL autos so we could be on to something here with the electric cars. With Ford’s 100 mile electric range car looking to launch soon, maybe it could be worth thinking about changing from a oil burner to a electric car, for regular commutes. And before some one says “it won’t go from Cork to Dublin on a charge” well I think that these are going to be second cars not the big car.