![]() ![]() The choice is yours whether to run on battery power or the combined powertrain, which is a useful feature that allows this crossover’s full potential to be realized. ![]() It also exceeded the electric range estimates (albeit barely), with upwards of 75 km covered both times the battery was fully charged. This week-long test returned better numbers than that advertised average, with regular-grade gas burned at a rate of 5.2 L/100 km over the course of roughly 660 km. That makes the RAV4 Prime more efficient than the average commuter car – a dying breed, but still an impressive achievement given the space this crossover offers. While that’s not much compared to what full-fledged electric vehicles (EVs) are capable of, it means the average commute can be completed on nothing but electrons.įor those with longer distances to cover, the combination gas-electric powertrain is impressively efficient, with the same 6.0 L/100 km combined rating as the conventional hybrid model that can’t be plugged in. This PHEV builds on the well-rounded RAV4 that counts as the best-selling passenger vehicle that isn’t a pickup truck in Canada, with an 18.1-kWh lithium-ion battery pack under the back seats that lets it travel a claimed 68 km on a full charge. ![]() And while it’s probably worth the wait for most of you out there, others might be better off picking the conventional hybrid version of this practical and popular compact crossover. Surely the microchip shortage has only made matters worse, with some shoppers reporting lead times of longer than a year – and some even claiming two years – for their RAV4 Prime orders to be fulfilled. Applying a bit of junk science, if the PHEV represented the same 6.8 per cent of the units sold in Canada in 2021, then that works out to just about 4,200 out of 61,933 RAV4s. Toyota Canada won’t say how many it has moved, but south of the border some 27,707 of these plug-ins were sold last year out of a total of 407,739 RAV4s. There’s something oxymoronic – or maybe just ironic – about a rare RAV4, but that’s precisely what this Toyota is.ĭemand has been high and supply short since this plug-in hybrid (PHEV) hit the market, which means you might have a hard time getting your hands on a 2022 Toyota RAV4 Prime of your own.
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