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2021 Rav4 Prime

Nice power bump and decent full electric range but the overall size of the RAV4, compared to its predecessors, might turn some people away. It is, of course, marketed as a crossover and not the once "small SUV" for today's market too, but I'd prefer they keep it smaller than the Highlander. I do know quite a few people who've liked their RAV's in the past and they have, historically, sold very well in the states.
 
Wow, 300 horsepower in a RAV4? Dang!

The battery is outstanding...39 miles covers the majority of people's daily commutes. It sounds like this will replace the Chevy Volt pretty nicely!

The battery warranty is pretty nice too: "10 years or 150,000 miles, up from eight years or 100,000 miles for 2019 models."
 
Kaido said:
Wow, 300 horsepower in a RAV4? Dang!

The battery is outstanding...39 miles covers the majority of people's daily commutes. It sounds like this will replace the Chevy Volt pretty nicely!

The battery warranty is pretty nice too: "10 years or 150,000 miles, up from eight years or 100,000 miles for 2019 models."
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Personally I still don't think it's enough. WIth the Volt having 50+ miles of electric range, 39 miles is much better than the rank and file of other Plug-Ins, but if you take the 32 mile round trip of the average US Commute, I think it still needs to be better than 39. The Honda Clarity Plug-In is the closest thing we've got to the Volt, but unfortunately its limited availability keeps it out of the hands of a lot of buyers.
 
EXCellR8 said:
Nice power bump and decent full electric range but the overall size of the RAV4, compared to its predecessors, might turn some people away. It is, of course, marketed as a crossover and not the once "small SUV" for today's market too, but I'd prefer they keep it smaller than the Highlander. I do know quite a few people who've liked their RAV's in the past and they have, historically, sold very well in the states.
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Highlander is hugenormous, so no issue with keeping it smaller than that.
 
Looks nice, the power is great, but still an SUV. Doubt it would have the handling and maneuverability to go along with the raw power. Bet it will be expensive also.
 
Looks good but how much is it going to cost? If I'm spending around $40k do I want to go partial EV or full EV? In my area partial still makes some sense because there is no DC fast charging other than the Tesla's but Tesla does have my state fairly well covered. I'm still thinking a used Volt will be my next car but I'd love to be able to skip that.
 
They are talking mid30's for the price-apparently it will only come with fairly loaded versions of the hybrid.

Was shopping for a new car recently-test drove the Rav4 hybrid (not plugin). Nice vehicle-and the electric four wheel drive is a definite bonus. But Toyota is selling so many of them that price discounts were pretty slim.

Also test drove the Clarity. Really liked it but the approximately seven gallon gas tank was a killer for me. With my usual driving that meant I would be filling it up every 2-3 days.
 
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