Toyota confirms the all-electric compact C-HR is coming to the US

Toyota confirmed contiguous that the all-electric C-HR, antecedently lone disposable successful Europe, volition get successful the US adjacent year.

You mightiness callback the C-HR arsenic the gas-powered compact crossover sold successful the US from 2018-2022. But present it has been resurrected arsenic a artillery electrical conveyance with an estimated driving scope of up to 290 miles. No pricing accusation has been released, but I expect we’ll get much clarity person to the merchandise date.

In the US, the C-HR volition lone person 1 artillery enactment with 77 kWh of capacity. Interestingly, that battalion lone offers 290 miles, portion the European mentation with the aforesaid artillery purports gets up to 373 miles of range. This is owed to Toyota relying connected the much generous EU-based WLTP standard. The European spec, which goes by the moniker C-HR Plus, offers an further prime of a 57.7 kWh artillery with astir 283 miles of range.

Toyota says it besides plans connected releasing a assortment of powertrain options for the C-HR, including hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen substance compartment (only disposable successful California and Hawaii).

The C-HR isn’t a blistery hatch by immoderate agelong of the imagination, but it has capable mustard nether its hood to enactment a grin connected your face. The compact EV volition enactment retired 338 horsepower and an estimated 0-60 mph clip of 5 seconds.

Much similar the precocious refreshed bZ SUV, the Toyota C-HR volition travel with a factory-installed North American Charging Standard port, truthful it tin entree thousands of Tesla Supercharger stations without needing an adapter. When plugged successful astatine a DC fast-charging station, the EV’s artillery volition summation 10-80 percent successful “around 30 minutes nether perfect conditions,” Toyota says. It besides has Plug and Charge capability, meaning drivers tin plug into a third-party charging presumption without needing to download an app oregon participate outgo information.

There’s tons much to like, including ample cargo abstraction (25.4 cubic feet), 4 levels of regenerative braking including paddle shifters, 18- and 20-inch instrumentality options, and a 14-inch halfway touchscreen that supports wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

The lone remaining question is the price. The archetypal gas-engine mentation started astatine $22,000, portion the hybrid exemplary sells for astir $41,000. So I would expect the BEV mentation to footwear things disconnected determination northbound of $45,000, fixed the existent authorities of artillery costs.