The brand's first all-electric SUV,
the Toyota bZ4X, is about 12 months
away from launching in Australia
but it's
time to
turn
the clock back 25 years,
when Toyota built
the all-electric RAV4
In 1997,
Toyota built
approximately 1,500 all-electric
RAV4
vehicles
support field testing of then-groundbreaking
electric vehicle technology.
Equipped
with a 27kWh NiMH
(nickel metal
hydride) battery, a 50kW electric motor and a single
speed
gearbox,
the RAV4 EV was initially
offered
only
on lease
to fleet
customers
so Toyota eventually closed the financing period. I was able to retrieve the car inside.
Weighing
1560 kg,
just
265 kg heavier
than
the standard gasoline
RAV4
(1295 kg),
the RAV4 EV had a range of
153 km,
a top speed of
126 km/h
and an estimated efficiency of
26.9 kWh/100 km.
His first generation
of less than 500
cars
known to
exist
have become
collector's items
enjoying limited range
and
quiet running even
a quarter century after
they were
first
hit
the road.
It offers.