rav4 ev

A Nicer View Than Ever Of Middle Of The Road

Popular Science has named the winners in its Best of What's New awards, the victors coming in the categories of aerospace, automotive, engineering, entertainment, gadgets, green, hardware, health, home, recreation, security and software. The automotive category did not go wanting for lauded ...

Tesla-Hearted Toyota Offers Real Sport And Utility The 2013 Toyota RAV4 EV is the most advanced Alpha prototype electric vehicle we've ever driven. Or maybe it's a poster child for the 21st Century automotive industry where all sorts of new things are being tried, like when old-school automakers ...

Not its first kick at the EV can, Toyota is readying an new all-electic RAV4. With a little help from Tesla, this one should stick. Kanishka Sonnondar takes a look. Woodstock, Ontario has been rolling out RAV4s from a Toyota assembly line since 2008. Occupying 1.8 million sq. ft., the Woodstock ...

Not its first kick at the EV can, Toyota is readying an new all-electic RAV4. With a little help from Tesla, this one should stick. Kanishka Sonnondar takes a look. Woodstock, Ontario has been rolling out RAV4s from a Toyota assembly line since 2008. Occupying 1.8 million square feet, the ...

Recent reports, including ours, have incorrectly stated the 2012 RAV4 EV will only be sold to fleet and car sharing organizations. Though we now know that's not true, we'd like to set the record straight by quoting an official response from Toyota about the inaccurate reports:

In a regulatory filing submitted on Wednesday, Tesla Motors revealed that it has signed a $60 million contract with Toyota to develop electric powertrain components for a battery-powered RAV4. This agreement states that Tesla will develop the battery, power electronics module, electric motor, ...