No wonder Toyota Canada says that they had sold 9,591 RAV4 Hybrids so far in 2019, fully 22 per cent of all its RAV4 sales being electrified. The electrified RAV4 proves an even more impressive bargain when you consider that Hybrid is actually more powerful - 219 horses versus 203-hp - than the gas car. Do the math and that’s but a three-year payback period, an amazing bargain for any kind of electrification. Meanwhile, Natural Resources Canada says you’ll spend $1,693 fueling the gas-powered version but only $1,224 for the hybrid. That’s a paltry $1,400, which, considering all the hardware needed to convert from gas to hybrid propulsion, is a pittance. A 2.5-litre LE AWD RAV4 will set you back some $30,690, for instance, while the Hybrid version of the same LE AWD package costs $32,090. In terms of smallest increase in price over its conventional gas-powered, or the shortest amount of time needed to payback the premium paid for hybridization, it’s tough to beat Toyota’s RAV4. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. One thing’s for sure, this electrified Corolla, like other Toyota hybrids, will last a lot longer than that. Said gas-powered LE costs $21,790 and the Hybrid would require a four-and-a-half year payback if you opted for it over the mid-priced conventional version. If that seems like a long time, it might help being reminded that the Hybrid is actually closer to the LE CVT in trim bits. Compare that with the aforementioned Corolla L - 7.1 L/100 km and $1,846 annual fuel costs - and you have a payback period of around six years. What one gets from that four grand is a combination of 1.8-litre Atkinson-cycle four and an electric motor that’s good for 121-hp, a combined 4.5L/100 km in highway and urban cycles all of which will cost you, according to Transport Canada, $1,170 a year in fuel. As for a value comparison, conventional Corollas start at $18,990, but that’s hardly a fair contrast since base gas versions - powered by a 132 horsepower, 1.8-litre four - come with a manual transmission.Ĭomparing apples to apples, the Hybrid is a $4,000 uptick from the Corolla L CVT. At $24,790, the new Corolla Hybrid is the simple grafting of the Prius powertrain to compact Corolla, lending a mainstream look to a futuristic technology. It’s hard to go wrong with a Corolla, the world’s best selling car of all time, and it’s equally hard to find serious fault with Toyota hybrids, so the combination of the two would seem pretty hard to beat.
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