Photos: Repair shop caters to hybrids

Michou Olivera, shown here, and the other Luscious mechanics mostly perform regular maintenance and repairs on hybrids. Few lemons roll in the door, she said. Although Olivera has seen failures with the batteries of the first-generation Toyota Prius, she noted that problems don't usually kick in until the odometer reaches a ripe 70,000 miles.

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Caption by Elsa Wenzel