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No. We do not remove or disable the original Prius battery. The original battery continues to operate in tandem with the new lithium ion battery while the new battery has electric charge. When the charge is depleted, the Prius battery resumes operating alone as originally designed until the L5 PCM is recharged from an outlet.
