Monitor your battery level and activate charging remotely from your phone.
Create a charging schedule based on either a start time or your departure time. Base your schedule on departure time and charging will start automatically to reach the desired state of charge ahead of your journey.
View analytics for each trip to see where hard braking or hard acceleration are affecting your vehicle's economy.
Careful use of the accelerator, including driving at lower speeds and accelerating gently, will increase your range. Heavy-footed driving will drain the battery at an accelerated rate. Electrified◊ vehicles feature strong torque, making it easy to drive with the flow of traffic while also going easy on the accelerator. Your driving range will be slightly reduced in wet and windy weather.
Selecting Eco mode will help you drive more smoothly. Use your car’s energy-recovering braking function to help maximise range. To do this, select your car’s maximum regenerative setting. This will send extra power back to the vehicle’s batteries under deceleration, increasing its overall driving range.
Extreme heater and air conditioning usage will put a significant drain on battery power. In winter, dial down the climate control and use the heated seats and steering wheel to maintain a comfortable temperature more efficiently. In summer, driving with the windows down is more efficient than setting the air conditioning to full chill. In both cases, heating or cooling your car while it’s still charging, ahead of a journey, will increase your electric driving range.
All Toyota Hybrids feature pioneering self-charging§ technology. Combining the power of a highly-efficient petrol engine and one or more electric motors, Toyota self-charging§ Hybrids can charge themselves while you drive, slow down or brake. You can drive short distances in electric-only EV mode and need never plug in or worry about battery range – the petrol engine takes over when the battery is empty.
Charging your Toyota Battery Electric vehicle is safe, convenient and simple. Charge at home using a domestic socket and the charging cable provided, or more quickly via a Toyota HomeCharge. You can also use rapid charging at a variety of public charging points.◊◊
Charge at home using a domestic socket or via a wallbox. A car like the RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid can be fully charged using a standard household socket (10 A) in 7.5 hours***, preferably overnight when electricity costs are lower. A Toyota HomeCharge wallbox ensures quick and safe charging at home, allowing the RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid to be fully charged in 5 hours***. You can control and monitor the charging process remotely using the MyToyota app. You’ll also need to refill the fuel tank regularly.
* Emissions may be associated with other aspects of the car’s life cycle (including its manufacture), from the production of electricity and from day-to-day usage, such as from the tyres and brakes.
§ In a self-charging Hybrid a combustion engine and one or more electric motors work together in one advanced powertrain. The motor boosts performance while also working as a generator to turn surplus energy into electrical charge, reducing fuel consumption.
◊ An electrified car is one propelled by one or more electric motors to some extent. Some electrified cars, including Hybrids and Plug-in Hybrids, also have a petrol engine. Others, like the Toyota bZ4X, are entirely electric.
** Emissions will be associated with other aspects of the car’s life cycle (including its manufacture), from the production of hydrogen fuel and from day-to-day usage, such as from the tyres and brakes.
§§ Depending on country availability and your energy contract.
◊◊ In order to ensure effective charging and preserve battery health over the life of the vehicle, DC Fast Charging power of the Toyota Battery Electric car may be reduced temporarily (for roughly 24 hours) after two sessions per day (equivalent of two times 10% to 80% state of charge).
*** The stated charging times may vary, depending on the local charging conditions (e.g. type and condition of the charging station, battery temperature or ambient temperature). These figures are provided solely for comparison purposes.
