Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 11, 2010

Toyota titillates with its plug-in Prius test program (600 vehicles worldwide over the next few years) as well as an all-electric 50-mile range "small, urban commuter BEV" and a plug-in hybrid concept small car. They say the car will go on sale in 2012. No word on when. Audi , too, continues to tantalize with its E-tron.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Toyota announced its all-new, all-electric compact SUV, the 2023 bZ4X—wait, what?! This is the first of several “bZ” vehicles between now and 2025, when Toyota will offer 70 electrified vehicles, 15 of them being full battery electric. Toyota finally jumps into the electric pool. The last–limited–EVs.

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EV Match

JANUARY 18, 2022

Last month, we wrote about exciting EV standouts in November’s LA Auto Show. As we look at the latest news related to electric vehicles, we are encouraged to read about recent and forecasted global EV trends and milestones that support a more accelerated transition to electric mobility—and we love to see it.

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Green Cars News

JULY 16, 2010

After furthering their partnership earlier this week (see article), Toyota and Tesla Motors are now planning an electric version of the RAV4. The aim is to bring the electric vehicle to market in the US in 2012 with prototypes to combine the traditional Toyota RAV4 model with a Tesla electric powertrain.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Toyota is to reveal a new electric version of its RAV4 model at the Los Angeles Auto Show next week. Japanese car maker will take the wraps off the RAV4 EV concept for the first time in the US, which it plans to retail in the country by 2012. Using a powertrain developed by Tesla [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 6, 2012

Toyota has high ambitions for its new RAV4 EV (pictured) – believing it is the key to meeting California’s new ZEV standards for the 2012-2014 mandate.

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Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2011

It’s the latest electrically powered car inToyota’s fleet – and now the Japanese manufacturer has announced the release date of the RAV4 EV. The vehicle will reach the market in 2012 and will be sold to the general public as well as fleet users, despite reports to the contrary. Toyota believes there will be “robust” [.].

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