That model had been developed by Toyota and the exclusive EV brand Tesla through which Toyota provided the base automobile for the project while Tesla supplied electric battery, motor, gearbox and power electronics. Tesla will ship EV drive system machinery through a facility in Palo Alto to Toyota’s Woodstock, Ontario grow, which assembles customary gasoline-engine RAV4s.
Toyota made clear that this new Toyota RAV4 EV is due to go on sale in the United States in mid 2012, and are going to be available for the common public. But rumours suggest the sales will be limited to California only. Even so, the automaker boasts a range of about 100 miles (160km) between charges that is approximately while the same because the Nissan Leaf’s 175km range, which was initially exclusively based on the New European Driving Cycle.
Earlier, the unique RAV4 EV discontinued its US sales in 2003 due to low demand and sold only 1484 units in the united states. Powered by a nickel-metallic hydride power supply pack, the first RAV4 EV model had a range of 80-110 miles. On the basis of that the automaker hopes this unique next-generation RAV4 EV to always be much more successful and fuel efficient than the first effort that ended up being produced between 1998 and 2003.
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