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Cleaner, sub-160g/km CO2 Toyota RAV-4 joins the Optimal Drive family
Toyota RAV-4 - Click above for a full gallery Like other automakers in the European market, Toyota has created a green label to identify its models that produces the least CO2. This usually means a base engine underhood with a few improvements such as low-rolling resistance tires, low-viscosity motor oil, and aerodynamic tweaks. Toyota calls their clean line-up Optimal Drive. In the case of the new Toyota RAV-4, claimed by the company to be the cleanest AWD in the UK, Optimal Drive can be had in both diesel and gasoline flavors. The diesel ... Read more →
Tom Hanks, electric vehicle enthusiast, loves his RAV4 EV Sebastian Blanco
A few years ago, a video of Tom Hanks excitedly talking up his electric Scion xB (aka eBox, which he got first) made the rounds. All Hanks' Hollywood money means that he can drive and be excited ...
eBay find of the day: right-hand drive RAV4 EV Sebastian Blanco
How's this for self-promotion? AutoblogGreen reader Anthony B. sent us this tip about an all-electric Toyota RAV4 EV that's up for sale on eBay - and why not? It's his car. This 1999 RAV4 is a bit ...
eBay find of the Day: Toyota RAV4 EV for $35,000 Sebastian Blanco
Maybe that $32,600 RAV4 EV wasn't such an anomaly. Another of these all-electric SUVs has popped up on eBay and the Buy It Now price is just $35,000. It wasn't that long ago that $60,000+ was pretty ...
Someone snags a RAV4 EV for just $32,600; we're jealous Sebastian Blanco
If you're the envious type, don't worry. The front wheel well of this RAV4 EV was dented anyway. That's gotta take, what, a few hundred bucks off the value? Which RAV4 EV are we talking about? A ...
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Toyota brings refurbished RAV4-EVs to Portland for infrastructure testing 1 year ago on Autoblog Green
If you want to find out how absolutely awesome the RAV4-EV, Toyota's all-electric vehicle that was avaible in the late 1990s and early 2000s, is, all you have to do to is talk to someone who still drives one today. We've heard from a lot of people who swear by these aging rides, and wouldn't trade ...
eBay find of the day: RAV4 EV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green
Another RAV4 EV is up on eBay. The last time one of these rare fully electric cars was put up on the auction block it sold for nearly $70,000. It was a 2002 with less than 50,000 miles on it. This time it's a 2003 model. The 2003 was stripped of a few perks. No heated front seats, and no heated ...
Another Toyota RAV4 EV for sale on eBay, already going for $50,000 1 year ago on Autoblog Green
Looks like fluffytheleopard (seller rating: 0) saw the possibility of big cash when that 2001 Toyota REV4 EV sold for a record $89,200 on eBay the other day. Actually, the record price in that sale turned out to be a bit of a problem for the high bidder, about which we'll have more later today. ...
2001 Toyota Rav4 EV fetches a record $89,200 on eBay! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green
The Toyota Rav4 EV we brought to your attention the other day has sold on eBay with the auction winner making a final bid of $89,200. We have seen the Rav4 EV bring in over $50,000 on eBay before and they've even reached up to almost $70,000 but this may very well be a new record. Perhaps it was ...
Auto clone wars heating up in Europe 2 years ago on Autoblog Green
We've been following the story of the Smart clone (a Chinese-import into Europe) for a while now (it will be built, no, it won't), but a series of articles today by Automotive News' Luca Ciferri puts the Chinese clone attack into a broader perspective. First, let's update the Smart clone story. ...
NYT: normal, affordable electric cars don't exist 2 years ago on Autoblog Green
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Normal_affordable_electric_cars_don_t_exist'; Sunday's New York Times has an article about the complete lack of a normal electric car the average person can afford. There are smaller vehicles you can buy and you can search Ebay for a good conversion or a ...
Honda Civic Hybrid named U.K.'s greenest car again 2 years ago on Autoblog Green
The United Kingdom's Environmental Transport Association (ETA) annual awards have named the Honda Civic Hybrid Britain's greenest car for the second straight year. Finishing ahead of the Vauxhall Corsa 13.CTDi and Toyota Yaris 1.4 Diesel, the Civic won out for its superior combination of engine ...
$1.85 million offer for LA's 74 RAV4 EVs, but are they for sale? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is being urged to sell the 74 electric RAV4s to the public, instead of returning the leased vehicles to Toyota. The DWP officials don't necessarily see themselves as used car salesmen, but an offer of $1.85 million for all the electric vehicles might ...
Toyota RAV4 EV on the block at eBay 3 years ago on Autoblog Green
Say what you want about electric cars, they can go for a pretty penny on eBay. Recently, electric versions of Toyota's RAV4 have sold for $60,000-$70,000 (way up from the original list price of around $40,000, which also got ten grand or so in tax credits). There's another of these electric SUVs ...
Another RAV4 EV sale on eBay, this time for $55,000 3 years ago on Autoblog Green
$15,000 for the batteries? An older battery system seems to be one of the main differences between the most-recent RAV4 EV which sold on eBay for almost $15,000 less than the RAV4 that sold for about $70,000 there about a month ago. As the only somewhat mass-produced, full-size electric ...
Where Toyota's RAV4s are at today, and tomorrow 3 years ago on Autoblog Green
The fate of the General Motors electric vehicle, the EV1, has, literally, been documented all over the place. But the fate of electric vehicles from another major automobile manufacturer has been less publicized. Perhaps that's because, unlike GM's EV1 crushing policy, Toyota has announced it will ...
Toyota RAV4 EV sells for almost $70,000 on eBay 3 years ago on Autoblog Green
It’s sort of a subtext to most green car news that there is a population out there that is willing to pay for the privilege to drive something other than a gasoline engine vehicle. This story puts that subtext firmly on top. One of the few Toyota RAV4 EV available for sale was sold on eBay ...
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