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How Tesla Lost The Race For Affordable EVs To An Unexpected Rival

Another plug-in hybrid has outsold the RAV4 Prime by a staggering 89% for the 1st half of 2022.

1 Plug-In Hybrid Outsold the Toyota RAV4 Prime to Become the Best-Selling Plug-In Hybrid of 2022 (So Far)

Yep, it’s the Stelantis Group Jeep Wrangler 4xe that sold over 19,000 units in the first half of 2022 compared to a little over 10,000 units for Toyota RAV4 Prime. Probably should point out that Toyota has been hampered by parts shortages.

What else is staggering is the gulf of differences between the 2 competitors. The first is price, the Wrangler 4xe starts at $54,765 while the RAV4 Prime starts at $40,300. The Jeep get 21 miles of EV only range from its 17 kWh battery for a MPGe rating of 49. The RAV4 Prime gets 42 miles EV only driving from the 18 kWh battery at 94 MPGe. When the EV cuts out the gas engine gets 20 mpg for the Jeep...

According to CarBuzz, Lexus has trademarked RZ 300e. Reportedly a lower powered version of the RZ 450e and, possibly, cheaper version.

Lexus Plotting Cheaper RZ300e Electric Crossover | CarBuzz

May even come available as both FWD and AWD, but they are guessing the AWD version most definitely with a similar drive train as the Subaru Solterra and Toyota bZ4X AWD. So far it hasn't been filed in the US or Canadian markets that I know of.