Well Folks, Be Shocked and Amazed

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 04/02/2015 at 12:51 • Filed to: None

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Toyota made a Rav4 Hybrid

say it with me now. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Details for those who care:

Front wheels driven with 2.5 I4 2AR-FXE Modified Atkinson cycle engine via eCVT* and electric rear motor for AWDi**.

*Planetary gearset that has an electric motor that varies the ratio by driving the sun gear with an electric motor

**Token AWD system that does little to nothing.

LED high and low beams

also Toyota is totally ripping off Land Rover and Infiniti's 360 camera views they are calling a Toyota exclusive.

Paddle shifters and "sport" suspension on the SE

Features the first version of "Toyota safety sense". i.e. a greater collection of horrible fun ruining electronics.

MarquetteLa > HammerheadFistpunch 04/02/2015 at 12:54

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Fully electric RAV4s have been on the market since 1997. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RA…

HammerheadFistpunch > MarquetteLa 04/02/2015 at 12:56

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well...on and off. true story, my uncle drove on of those as a prototype for a year, really liked it.

MarquetteLa > HammerheadFistpunch 04/02/2015 at 12:59

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Yep, the second gen came about as a deal between Toyota and Tesla. That deal expired in August 2014, so I imagine this is the culmination of what Toyota has learned in the meantime.

HammerheadFistpunch > MarquetteLa 04/02/2015 at 13:01

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did Toyota have much to learn with Hybrids?

MarquetteLa > HammerheadFistpunch 04/02/2015 at 13:03

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There's always more to learn.

HammerheadFistpunch > MarquetteLa 04/02/2015 at 13:03

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I guess thats true.

jkm7680 > HammerheadFistpunch 04/02/2015 at 15:29

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Finally not trying to make some strange deal with Tesla or selling more California only bullshit.

I'll want nothing to do with those.