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It took Toyota fairly a while to get its first electrical automobile (EV), the confusingly named bZ4X, to market right here, which maybe makes it stunning that the follow-up from the Japanese large is so scorching on the primary automobile’s heels.
However the brand new Toyota C-HR+ small SUV appears like a extremely promising package deal. Bodily, it’s not a lot smaller inside or out than the bZ4X mid-size SUV, but as a result of it ostensibly competes within the class beneath – the C-segment – it needs to be cheaper to purchase. That’s regardless of the very fact the C-HR+ has a much bigger battery pack and longer vary than its sibling.
To seek out out if Toyota has improved its EV choices significantly with the C-HR+, we went over to Paris to drive a few prototype variations of the automobile within the countryside surrounding the French capital – and, as Toyota Australia has not but confirmed the C-HR+’s arrival right here, to determine whether or not we needs to be pushing for its inclusion in our tariffs sooner moderately than later.
How a lot does the Toyota C-HR+ value?
We don’t have a transparent image concerning this level but, as the precise timing for the C-HR+ Australian arrival is unknown.
Toyota has intimated will probably be positively make it to our shores, although, so the perfect steer we can provide is that it’s going to doubtless slot in between the prevailing C-HR hybrid vary ($42,990 to $54,990 earlier than on-roads) and the pricing of the bZ4X ($66,000 to $74,900) – so one thing like $50,000 to $65,000 wouldn’t be out of the query.
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What’s the Toyota C-HR+ like on the within?
Excessive-quality supplies and a pervading sense of solidity are the hallmarks of the Toyota C-HR+’s cabin, though with a black-on-black-on-black atmosphere (or, no less than, numerous hues of fairly darkish charcoal gray) it may appear slightly dour inside.
Like different fashions within the firm’s portfolio, the C-HR+ has a tiered dashboard. This results in a low scuttle, and the sensation that each the 14-inch major infotainment touchscreen and the 7.0-inch digital instrument cluster look slightly bit ‘plonked’ into place as an afterthought.
Additionally, except you decrease the entrance seats proper down, you get the impression you’re perched atop the C-HR+, moderately than properly hunkered down in it.
That stated, every part works nicely and there’s an excellent diploma of conventionality to a lot of the Toyota’s switchgear, which renders the C-HR+’s cabin an unintimidating place to be. The excessive central tunnel with numerous storage and stowage options is a useful contact, too.
Visibility out of the automobile is excellent, actually within the entrance of the automobile, whereas the vista seen via the rear-view mirror is perhaps a contact pinched, however not savagely compromised.
Maybe our major subject with the C-HR+ is the gloominess of the rear-passenger lodging.
Like the unique C-HR of 2017, the whims of the outside designer’s penmanship leads to a swoopy decrease window line on the again doorways of the EV, as they run into the C-pillar. This limits gentle filtering into the again of the cabin, which – coupled with the thematically black inside – means we’d favor being a passenger within the entrance seat of the C-HR+ moderately than having to sit down in its second row for any nice size of time.
Nonetheless, because of the reality its wheelbase is 110mm longer than the C-HR’s platform, and simply 100mm shorter than that discovered on the bZ4X, room at the back of the brand new C-HR+ is nice. Final headroom is restricted for taller folks, however legroom is above common and it’s not a hardship to sit down again there should you’re of common peak… and supplied you’re not afraid of the darkish.
Equally, the boot capability of the C-HR+ is no less than 416 litres in all fashions – not far off the bZ4X’s 452L. Which begins to beg the query: has Toyota pitched the C-HR+ a bit too shut, when it comes to measurement, to its greater stablemate?
| Dimensions | Toyota C-HR+ |
|---|---|
| Size | 4520mm |
| Width | 1870mm |
| Top | 1595mm |
| Wheelbase | 2750mm |
| Cargo capability | 416L (behind rear seats) |
What’s underneath the bonnet?
Toyota has three configurations of powertrain for the C-HR+ household.
| Specs | C-HR+ FWD | C-HR FWD 77kWh | C-HR+ AWD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drivetrain | Single-motor electrical | Single-motor electrical | Twin-motor electrical |
| Battery | 57.7kWh lithium-ion | 77kWh lithium-ion | 77kWh lithium-ion |
| Energy | 123kW | 165kW | 252kW |
| Torque | 269Nm | 269Nm | 269kW (entrance) + 170Nm (rear) |
| Drive sort | Entrance-wheel drive | Entrance-wheel drive | All-wheel drive |
| Weight | 1810-1845kg | 1885-1985kg | 2010-2080kg |
| 0-100km/h (claimed) | 8.4 seconds | 7.3 seconds | 5.2 seconds |
| Claimed vary | 456km | 609km | 546km |
| Max AC cost fee | 11kW | 11kW | 11kW (customary) 22kW (elective) |
| Max DC cost fee | 150kW | 150kW | 150kW |
Two of them are single-motor, front-wheel drive affairs, the primary with a modest output of 123kW of energy and a 54kWh (usable) battery pack. The claimed 0-100km/h time is 8.4 seconds, and it comes with a theoretical most vary of 456km on the 18-inch alloy wheels.
Subsequent up is the vary champion of the household. It’s the second FWD mannequin however the battery is enlarged to 77kWh general, with roughly 72kWh usable. The electrical motor is boosted to 165kW, serving to address the very fact it may be carrying something between 75 and 140kg (relying on trim) greater than its relation with the smaller battery, and the 0-100km/h time improves to 7.3 seconds.
Nonetheless, the eye-catching quantity relating this mannequin is the 609km vary on 18-inch wheels. That’s the primary Toyota EV to transcend the 600km barrier, though be careful for specifying the elective 20s on the long-range C-HR+, as they drop its functionality to 563km.
Lastly, there’s a dual-motor, all-wheel drive C-HR+ variant topping the tree, utilizing the identical 77kWh battery pack as talked about above. This has a sturdy 252kW peak output and an extra 170Nm of torque over the FWD fashions, thanks completely to its additional rear motor, so it may run from 0-100km/h in a claimed 5.2 seconds.
The pay-off, after all, is lowered vary – the AWD C-HR+ maxes out at an official 546km with a single cost of its battery (if on 18-inch wheels), a determine denuded to 505km on the 20s that are extra commonplace to its spec.
Toyota says that with the inclusion of battery pre-conditioning and a standard-fit warmth pump, the C-HR+ has overcome among the vary, charging velocity and electrical effectivity points that plagued the bZ4X instantly after it first launched in Japan and Europe.
The C-HR+’s most charging fee is 150kW on DC energy, and at such speeds a 10-80 per cent battery top-up will now take round half-hour even in unfavourable weather conditions, says Toyota. On AC connections, the usual peak charging fee is 11kW, though the AWD will be optioned as much as 22kW if wanted.
Effectivity is unquestionably higher with this newcomer than the bZ4X, although. We couldn’t get close to the official 12kWh/100km vitality consumption determine when on the wheel of the front-wheel-drive 77kWh mannequin, however an on-test return of 15.1kWh/100km was mighty spectacular for a near-two-tonne EV nonetheless.
How does the Toyota C-HR+ drive?
Averagely, should you’re coming at it from the attitude of the ‘e-TNGA’ chassis underpinnings and in addition the very fact the a number of of the important thing Toyota folks at its launch advised us it had been tuned to have interaction the enthusiastic driver in an EV age; nonetheless, for an electrical SUV, the way in which it conducts itself general is about bang on track.
We drove each the AWD and the long-range FWD, and we most popular the latter. The twin-motor C-HR+ is undeniably fast, needlessly so, when it comes to its straight-line punch, and there appears to be extra weight and heft to its steering. However it’s probably not entertaining to hustle, as its two-tonne-plus mass rapidly involves the fore on difficult roads.
The marginally lighter FWD mannequin, although, has much less involving steering, but it felt no much less succesful via the bends – affected by no considerable extra physique roll, nor being notably traction-limited. It simply felt that contact extra agile and light-on-its-feet.
Neither C-HR+, nonetheless, gave us a memorable dealing with expertise. However that’s not the purpose of the automobile. As a substitute, it aces its major temporary as a result of it’s supremely quiet and comfy, always and highway speeds.
A slippery physique form, full with a co-efficient of drag measuring simply 0.26, helps the Toyota reduce via the air effortlessly, whereas suppression of highway noise is basically wonderful.
It’s not good on this rating, although, as tyre roar can generally cavitate across the again of the passenger compartment on poorer tarmac surfaces.
Chatting with one of many chief engineers of the automobile on the occasion, the place each automobile was nonetheless labeled as a prototype and thus not fairly the completed article, it was hinted that noise suppression was nonetheless one thing that might be tweaked to make the manufacturing variations even quieter.
So, the C-HR+ is perhaps a forgettable factor to drive in some ways, however because it’s utterly fuss-free and dignified for the overwhelming majority of the time it’s rolling alongside the highway, it ought to fulfill EV prospects no finish.
What do you get?
Australian specs for the Toyota C-HR+ will not be but confirmed, though in different markets the automobile is bought because the Mid (FWD, smallest battery), Mid+ (FWD however with the massive energy pack) and Excessive (AWD dual-motor with the bigger battery) specs, with extra gear loaded in as you stroll up these powertrain ranges.
The checklist beneath is under no circumstances exhaustive, however we’d count on the fundamental automobile to return with all of the objects talked about, plus extra moreover.
Choices and/or customary equipment on the higher-grade automobiles embody 20-inch wheels, twin wi-fi smartphone charging pads within the entrance, and a nine-speaker, 800-Watt JBL Premium Audio setup with a 9.0-inch subwoofer included.
2026 Toyota C-HR+ gear highlights:
- 14-inch infotainment display screen
- 7-inch driver’s digital cluster
- 64-colour ambient inside lighting
- 18-inch alloy wheels
- Wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity
- Voice management
- Six-speaker audio system
- Twin-zone local weather management
- Heated entrance seats and steering wheel
- Warmth pump
- Eco-friendly inside supplies
- Secure exit help
- Blind spot monitor
- Adaptive high-beam system
- Parking help brake
- Autonomous emergency braking
Is the Toyota C-HR+ protected?
The Toyota C-HR+, replete with loads of superior driver help programs and sitting on the structurally powerful e-TNGA platform, should be able to selecting up a full five-star ANCAP or Euro NCAP ranking, though it has been examined by neither physique on the time of writing.
Each the C-HR and the bZ4X have five-star scores, though the smaller City Cruiser EV – additionally not confirmed for Australia but – solely has a four-star ranking from Euro NCAP.
How a lot does the Toyota C-HR+ value to run?
Judging by the aftersales help the corporate presents for the bZ4X, the C-HR+ should be coated by the usual five-year, unlimited-distance guarantee, which will be prolonged to seven years for the powertrain, so long as the automobile is serviced yearly inside the Toyota community.
Moreover, Toyota presents the industry-standard eight-year efficiency assure on the battery pack itself, asserting that it’s going to nonetheless have no less than 70 per cent of its preliminary capability after that interval. There’s a guaranty on the battery for 5 years, which will be prolonged to 10 years supplied the automobile has its annual battery verify.
Toyota’s service interval for EVs is generally each 12 months or 15,000km, so we’d count on the C-HR+ to fall into these parameters when it’s finally confirmed on the market right here.
CarExpert’s Tackle the Toyota C-HR+
If we’ve acquired any issues concerning the new Toyota C-HR+, they revolve round the truth that, bodily talking, it’s about on a par with the bigger bZ4X.
But that displays badly on the older Toyota EV, and never this newcomer – in any case, should you walked right into a Toyota dealership and have been supplied two ostensibly related electrical SUVs, however one among them was cheaper and but may go additional on a single cost, which one would you go for?
That’s why we’re anticipating the C-HR+ to be a giant hit right here. It doesn’t do something dramatic, as a result of that’s not the purpose of a small electrical SUV within the first place.
As a substitute, it guarantees to fit seamlessly and quietly into your life, after which simply perform admirably as an A-to-B type of transport from thereon in.
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