Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

And we take the Toyota RAV4 Prime off-road. The Toyota RAV4 Prime is seemingly the Swiss Army knife of EVs, and it’s hard to come up with a scenario in which it. California reveals a roadmap for hydrogen infrastructure. Battery recycling needs to be carried forward to be part of an EV ecosystem.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

What’s the most efficient way to drive the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime and use its charge mode, when you’re traveling a long distance and going near posted speed limits? The RAV4 Prime’s owners manual doesn't actually instruct.

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Toyota Re-Charge Charging MPG 155

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The 2022 Hyundai Tucson Plug-In Hybrid doesn't match up to the Toyota RAV4 Prime in electric range or gas mileage, but it does undercut the Toyota in price. First spotted by CarsDirect, the Tucson Plug-In Hybrid will start at $35,975 (including a mandatory $1,225 destination charge) for the base SEL trim level.

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Tucson Plug-in Hyundai Toyota 150

Green Car Reports

JULY 18, 2023

The Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid is being recalled, and it affects charging. Cold-weather charging of the Toyota RAV4. Jeep is sending a lower ratio of electric SUVs to Europe than it previously suggested. And which VW Group brand or vehicle might get the company’s very fast wireless charging?

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Jeep Europe Charging Toyota 105

Green Car Reports

MAY 30, 2020

The Toyota RAV4 Prime starts with the top-selling full-hybrid vehicle in the U.S. market, and adds plug-in hybrid capability for an anticipated 42 miles—3 miles more than previously estimated—of all-electric driving. And then there’s the punchline: With a higher power output from the hybrid system—302.

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Plug-in Miles Toyota Plug 161

Green Car Reports

MAY 23, 2021

The newly-launched 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid is already a good lease deal, significantly undercutting the Toyota RAV4 Prime. This month, the lower-level Wrangled Unlimited Sahara 4xe trim level is available to lease for $249 a month for 36 months, with $3,999 due at signing, according to our partner site CarsDirect.

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Jeep Plug-in Toyota Plug 166

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The newest Toyota RAV4 is also the most-powerful and most-efficient version of the brand's compact crossover. Toyota unveiled the new plug-in hybrid on Wednesday at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The RAV4 Prime uses the same Atkinson-cycle 2.5-liter

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Toyota Los Angeles Plug-in Hybrid 111

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The Toyota RAV4 Prime is a finalist for Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2021. Toyota's dragging its feet as the world moves toward electric cars, but its hybrid game is. The Volvo XC40 Recharge is also a nominee for Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2021. VW's developing an automated charging setup.

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Recharge Volvo Toyota Charging 128

Green Car Reports

JULY 1, 2020

And we have first drive impressions of the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime. Our first drive of the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime. A clean-energy plan presented on Capitol Hill aims to end sales of new internal-combustion cars by 2035. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Clean Cleaning Toyota Energy 137

Green Car Reports

JULY 9, 2020

Toyota confirmed Wednesday that “unforeseen battery supply constraints” may keep its RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid in short supply through at least the end of this year. The automaker had stated last month that it would be targeting 20,000 RAV4 Prime sales per year in the U.S.,

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Supplies Toyota Batteries Battery 133

Green Car Reports

JULY 7, 2020

Official EPA ratings were posted Monday for the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime, and they’re exactly as anticipated by Toyota ahead of the model’s launch. With a full charge and a full tank of gas, the RAV4 Prime can.

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MPG Toyota Miles Re-Charge 126

Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2021

The Toyota RAV4 Prime is a hot commodity. According to sales data, the Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid is still flying off dealer lots. The Mercedes-Benz EQS is fully revealed. GM and LG Chem are reportedly readying a second battery plant. And would you choose the Hyundai Ioniq 5 or the Kia EV6?

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GM Sale Batteries Battery 127

Green Car Reports

JULY 1, 2020

Right about the time I’d passed 30 miles of all-electric driving with the RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid, I knew this experience was going to be different. kwh battery pack, followed by an expected 38 mpg combined after running through the charge, the RAV4. There was plenty of charge left.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid MPG 173

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The Toyota RAV4 plug-in hybrid unveiled Tuesday night ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show is both the most-powerful and most-efficient version of the brand's compact crossover. Called the RAV4 Prime, it uses the same Atkinson-cycle 2.5-liter

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Los Angeles Toyota Miles SUV 137

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2024

Our first match-up is an incredibly tough one, because these are some of the best-selling vehicles in all of North America that aren’t pickup trucks — the Honda CR-V vs the Toyota RAV4. This sixth generation of the Honda CR-V arrived in 2023, making it quite a bit fresher than the fifth-generation of the Toyota RAV4.

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Honda Toyota North America MPG 103

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

Toyota Motor North America recently entered into an agreement with environmental tech nonprofit WattTime to provide certain health and environmental impact data to Toyota and Lexus customers with eligible vehicles to enable them to find ideal charging times to reduce emissions when charging at home.

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Lexus Toyota Emissions Charging 293

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The Toyota RAV4 Prime gets put to the gas-mileage test with its charge mode. Ford ups its investment in electric and electrified models—including for Lincoln. And we take a look at the official and unofficial EV ads of the Super Bowl. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Ford Toyota MPG Green Cars 110

Green Car Reports

JULY 21, 2020

As the Toyota RAV4 Prime arrives on the market in very limited numbers, there’s an alternative that’s already been offered for years: the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid.

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Mitsubishi San Diego Plug-in Toyota 102

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

We tested the Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid off-road, and brought you our impressions on. Which company's electric trucks are ready for delivery? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending September 17, 2021.

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Tax Credit Tax Green Cars Range 112

Green Car Reports

JULY 21, 2020

As the Toyota RAV4 Prime arrives on the market in very limited numbers, there’s an alternative that’s already been offered for years: the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid.

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Mitsubishi San Diego Plug-in Toyota 80

Green Car Reports

JUNE 1, 2020

The RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid has a price tag. The Tesla Model 3 is outselling some longtime chart-topping nameplates in California. Audi starts an EV-focused team that sounds a lot like Ford’s Team Edison. And could the Kia Stinger go all-electric? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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California Price Kia Audi 116

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The RAV4 Prime is on the Best Car To Buy 2021 shortlist. And Toyota could make up on a lot of lost ground in the electric-car arena with some fast-moving solid-state. Geely teases its potential Tesla Model S rival, with Volvo engineering and already in prototype form.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 20, 2024

The 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ plug-in hybrid arrives on the scene with 37 miles of electric range from the Toyota RAV4 Prime’s powertrain, in a more eye-catching and softer-to-the-touch package. One of the most important vehicles in the Lexus lineup, the RX, finally plugs in.

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Lexus Future Plug-in Toyota 144

Current EV

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

For years, the RAV4 2-row crossover has been a top-selling model each month in the USA. It has consistently been one of Toyota’s bestselling vehicles, often by a huge margin. In 2019, the RAV4 wasn’t just the world’s best-selling SUV; it was also the 4th best-selling passenger car overall, selling 535,000 units in North America alone.

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Miles PHEV Toyota Range 52

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 2, 2021

There will be future Prime plug-in hybrids from Toyota. Just don’t necessarily expect them to raise the bar for the genre quite like the RAV4 Prime.

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Plug-in Toyota Future Plug 169

Green Car Reports

JULY 7, 2020

We look at how the Toyota RAV4 Prime compares to plug-in hybrid rivals. Toyota recalls Prius models over hybrid-system concerns. Toyota has expanded a large recall of Prius and Prius V models, ranging from the 2013 through 2017 model years, to address a defect that could. And Jay Leno gets to drive a Canoo.

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Prius Escape PHEV Toyota 84

Green Car Reports

JULY 9, 2020

Supplies are already pinched for the RAV4 Prime. London’s black cab tries on plug-in delivery-van duty. And another plug-in hybrid Audi is U.S.-bound. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Audi has confirmed that the A7 plug-in hybrid fastback is arriving to U.S. showrooms this fall.

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London Audi Plug-in Plug 84

Green Car Reports

JUNE 4, 2021

Toyota in April revealed bZ4X SUV Concept, which leads the way to the first Toyota battery-electric vehicle in years for the U.S. About the size of the very much in-demand Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid, the bZ4X will be one of seven electric vehicles to arrive as part of the bZ (Beyond Zero) electric-vehicle.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 2, 2022

It appears that sales of Toyota’s plug-in models in recent months were enough to trigger the automaker’s phaseout period for the federal EV tax credit this past quarter—leaving buyers less than nine months to buy a vehicle like the BZ4X electric car or RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid and be able to claim the full $7,500 amount.

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Tax Credit Plug-in Tax Toyota 164

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Toyota introduced its new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) RAV4 performance model with an estimated 302-horsepower, advanced all-wheel drive, sport-tuned suspension and exclusive design features. The RAV4 Prime also has a manufacturer-estimated 90 combined MPGe.

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Plug-in Miles Hybrid SUV 220

InsideEVs

JULY 10, 2023

The Toyota RAV4 Prime is the group's best selling plug-in model.

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Plug-in Toyota Plug Sale 98

Green Energy Consumers

JUNE 1, 2022

If you are looking to purchase an electric vehicle from Toyota, like the Toyota Prius Prime or the Toyota RAV4 Prime, you should know that the federal tax credit will soon start phasing out. Here’s what this means if you’re in the market!

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Tax Credit Tax Toyota Prius 83

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2019

In the US, Toyota announced it will extend its hybrid battery warranty from 8 years / 100,000 miles to 10 years from date of first use/150,000 miles, whichever comes first. This extension is valid for all new model year 2020 Toyota hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell electric vehicles.

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2020 Plug-in Toyota Hybrid 191

Green Car Reports

JULY 22, 2023

Why are Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid owners being advised not to plug in? Which SUV costs less to lease as a plug-in hybrid than in standard gasoline form? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 21, 2023.

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F-150 Plug-in Price Green Cars 106

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Other standouts in Consumer Reports’ Best Cars of 2024 list include the Toyota Rav4 Prime, whose plug-in hybrid powertrain boasts 42 miles of electric-only driving range. As per CR, the Rav4 Prime plug-in hybrid offers a smoother and faster ride than the standard, combustion-only Rav4.

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Tesla Cars Plug-in Plug 127

Green Car Reports

JUNE 14, 2021

Lexus rolled out a 36-mile plug-in hybrid that’s a luxurious cousin of the Toyota RAV4 Prime. The Tesla Model S arrived with an aircraft-style yoke, even though safety officials continue to send mixed signals. Maserati’s first EV will be a performance coupe. California isn’t planning enough chargers.

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Lexus Plug-in California Plug 178

EV Adoption

JANUARY 8, 2022

Among electric vehicles from automakers that report specific sales numbers for their EV models, the Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV was tops in the US in 2021 with 27,3707 units sold. Perhaps at the top of the list of trends from our Scoreboard is how well the two PHEVs from Toyota sold. 4 (16,742) BEVs. 4 by 10,398 units.

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Sale PHEV Tesla Mazda 52