The 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime model takes the Hybrid and goes a step further, adding a plug and a lot more EV-only range. The 2021 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid is, by all accounts, a well-executed small crossover. It drives better than the gasoline-only model, we think, thanks to better vehicle balance and earlier torque curves.
#Rav4 hybrid driver#
That’s a big jump for not much money.Īs with all RAV4 models, the RAV4 Hybrid has a roomy interior, lots of cargo space, good passenger and driver comfort, and drives well on the road. Adding AWD to that gasoline-only version drops MPG to about 32. Comparatively, the standard gasoline RAV4 without all-wheel drive is rated at 35 mpg highway. The 2021 RAV4 Hybrid is EPA-rated at 38 mpg on the highway. That’s not much of a jump from the equivalent gasoline-only model at $26,050. Total output is 219 horsepower (163 kW) in all.īecause the RAV4 Hybrid has been around a little while and has a clear audience of buyers, Toyota offers it in five trim levels, starting at US$28,500 before delivery.
A third motor rests on the rear axle to add all-wheel drive.
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These twin motors act as a generator during regenerative braking, a starter motor, propulsion in all-electric driving, and as a boost to the axle during hybrid operations. Specifically, the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid runs an Atkinson-cycle 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine mated with two electric motors and a continuously variable transmission (CVT), which form the basis of what Toyota calls its Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD). And in the RAV4 Hybrid, we’ve noted in the past, it works really well. It’s compact, relatively easy to add, and much smarter. This saves weight, costs, and engineering hassle as well as energy losses. The rear axle is thus driven purely by the motor there, without a physical driveshaft connecting the drivetrain up front. The RAV4 Hybrid's AWD system works, quite simply, by putting an electric motor on the rear axle and connecting it electronically to the motors and transmission up front. Toyota didn’t invent the idea of foregoing physical connections for the rear axle in a front-driven architecture converted to AWD, but the company has taken it to mass production. With it, Toyota introduced what has become the architecture upon which most of its all-wheel drive offerings with a hybrid option are built.
The Toyota RAV4 Hybrid was introduced in the previous generation of the crossover and carried over into the current generation without too many changes. The Prime is much more expensive and has only two trim levels.
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