2012 Toyota RAV4

2012 Toyota RAV4: Toyota raised the curtain on its battery-powered RAV4, and the two cars make for nice comparison. As with the Fit, the RAV's battery is a monolithic slab beneath the floorpan, but, because of the Toyota's ueber-ample inherent ground clearance, its chassis doesn't need any messy elevating (enough of a gap remains to even keep its "truck" classification).

(Toyota quotes a considerable drag coefficient reduction from 0.35 to a car-like 0.30.) Speaking of aero, an amusing item is its slipperier-than-standard side mirrors sourced from the Korean-market Camry. The Fit and RAV4 EV's great-minds-think-alike comparability continues with their repurposed motors; in the RAV4's case, it's the Tesla Model S' mighty unit, "detuned" to a mere 154 hp (down from 362).

 2012 Toyota RAV4

 2012 Toyota RAV4

 2012 Toyota RAV4