- It’s unknown if the Toyota C-HR+ electrical crossover will come to North America
- It leads the cost of six new EVs for Toyota, together with the City Cruiser in Europe
- Toyota additionally showcased updates to the Toyota bZ4X and Lexus RZ electrical crossovers
Toyota is responding to requires EVs with six full battery electrical automobiles launching by the tip of 2026, in European markets, anyway.
At a model overview in Brussels, Belgium, final week, Toyota dropped the sheath on the spearhead of that EV assault, the brand new C-HR+ small crossover.
The C-HR+ arrives as a totally electrical model that shares solely a reputation with the gas-powered C-HR bought as a hybrid and plug-in hybrid, and whose reputation in Europe helped gasoline multiple million models globally within the two generations because it launched in 2016. With its curved roofline and tucked hatch, it appears to be like extra like a Lexus, but it shares a lot beneath the sleek pores and skin with the refreshed Toyota bZ4X.
The up to date bZ4X and associated Lexus RZ fashions have been additionally proven, as was the City Cruiser small crossover that strikes from idea to actuality and slots into the B-segment (subcompact) in Europe. A silhouette of the three unannounced forthcoming EVs included a pickup truck, presumed to be an Hilux EV, which is bought because the midsize Tacoma within the States; a bigger crossover, fairly probably the Land Cruiser EV that has been showcased in idea type since 2023; and a smaller crossover that will have been previewed by the Sport Crossover Idea in 2023. Any of the three may very well be the vessel for Toyota’s much-anticipated solid-state battery EV due in 2027.
Toyota City Cruiser
As soon as criticized for its gradual, exploratory strategy to launching electrical automobiles, particularly in North America, the world’s largest automaker continues its multi-pathway strategy to electrification with hybrids, plug-in hybrids, battery electrical automobiles, and even fuel-cell automobiles because it goals for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2035. The latest EVs are a core a part of that technique. Underpinning its EV technique is a assure that the battery will retain at the very least 70% of capability within the first decade of the EV’s life, and the guarantee covers eight years or almost 100,000 miles (160,000 kilometers), whereas the high-voltage battery is roofed for 10 years or 621,371 miles (1 million kilometers).
Count on extra data later this spring on what components of this product launch will come to North America, however right here’s what we all know in regards to the fashions launching in Europe this 12 months that will migrate this manner ultimately.
2025 Toyota C-HR+
Toyota C-HR+ electrical crossover
The C-segment entry builds off of the refreshed Toyota bZ4X however ditches the overly styled black gloss plastic panels for a sleeker, smoother, extra refined take that appears extra like a Lexus. It embraces the curved coupe-like roofline that’s standard in Europe however restricted in practicality, trimming rear cargo area to about 14.7 cubic toes. Just like the fuel mannequin, the rear door handles conceal within the window frames, not on the sleek door sides.
Despite the fact that it shares a reputation with the C-HR that’s bought as a hybrid and plug-in hybrid in Europe, it’s constructed off the e-TNGA platform shared with the bZ4X. It measures about 178 inches lengthy, which is about six inches shorter than the bZ4X.
The inside may very well be similar to the brand new bZ4X’s, with an ordinary 14.0-inch touchscreen mounted on the sprint and with an interface and infotainment system developed in North America. The small-diameter steering wheel bursts with management buttons, but the steering column isn’t linked to the recessed instrument cluster that sits almost on the base of the windshield. Bigger iconography and brighter shows promise higher visibility.
Outward imaginative and prescient remained a precedence, so each screens sit beneath the cowl, leaving the motive force’s line of sight unimpeded.
The C-HR+ goes on sale with both a 57.7-kwh or 77-kwh battery pack, and a alternative of single-motor front-wheel drive rated at about 164 hp or dual-motor all-wheel drive rated at about 338 hp. Toyota says the motors on this second-gen BEV system are designed for extra direct energy supply, prompting Yoshihiro Nakata, president and CEO of Toyota Motor Europe, to crow that it’s the, “Most emotional, dynamic crossover we have now ever dropped at the European market.”
Count on a 0-62 mph of 5.2 seconds, and a spread of 373 miles on the beneficiant European WLPT cycle. A 22-kw onboard charger might be elective, and battery pre-conditioning guarantees faster DC fast-charge instances.
It goes on sale in choose European markets late in 2025, with a full rollout in 2026. Despite the fact that the fuel mannequin was discontinued within the U.S. in 2022, the C-HR+ is anticipated to launch in North America in 2026 as both a 2026 or 2027 mannequin 12 months.
2026 Toyota bZ4X
2026 Toyota bZ4X
2025 Toyota C-HR+
2025 Toyota C-HR+
Refreshed Toyota bZ4X casts a wider web
The midsize crossover will get modest upgrades for the 2026 mannequin 12 months. A smaller 57.7-kwh battery pack might be supplied alongside a 73.1-kwh (gross capability) pack that has barely extra capability than the 71.4-kwh pack at present bought in Europe and in single-motor variations in North America.
The brand new 57.7-kwh pack comes with front-wheel drive solely and a single motor rated at 164 hp. Fashions with the 73.1-kwh pack include both front-wheel or all-wheel drive, however the motors now use silicon-carbide semiconductors that increase energy output to 221 hp from 201 hp within the single entrance motor or 338 hp from 214 hp for the dual-motor variations. Suspension tweaks promise to decrease noise and vibration ranges. Twin-motor fashions can now tow as much as 3,300 kilos, which doubles that of present fashions.
The bZ4X has an obtainable 22-kw onboard charger to chop Stage 2 cost instances considerably, and battery pre-conditioning comes commonplace and will quicken the tempo of DC fast-charging in chilly climate.
Slight tweaks to the outside enhance aerodynamics, however an even bigger change arrives inside within the type of an ordinary 14.0-inch touchscreen.
2026 Lexus RZ F Sport
2026 Lexus RZ
2026 Lexus RZ
2026 Lexus RZ
New Lexus RZ F-Sport and its 8-speed “guide”
The associated Lexus RZ will get extra vital upgrades than the bZ4X. Each RZ now comes with water cooling and a 77-kwh lithium-ion battery pack as a substitute of the present 71.4-kwh pack. A bigger 221-hp entrance motor (from 201-hp) with extra effectivity within the inverter, in addition to a bigger obtainable rear motor (as much as 221 hp, from 107 hp) present larger acceleration and extra evenly balanced torque distribution.
The RZ 350e comes with a 221-hp single motor and entrance wheel drive; the RZ 500e has twin motors and all-wheel drive with an output of 375 hp; then there’s the 402-hp dual-motor RZ 550e F Sport.
Obtainable on mid-grade fashions and better, a brand new steer-by-wire system guarantees extra direct responses and fewer vibration by means of the steering yoke. It lacks a mechanical connection to the entrance axle and turns as much as 200 levels earlier than locking. Unique to the F Sport is an “Interactive Guide Drive” with paddle shifters to pretend shifts. Engine sounds with a rev limiter and visible cues point out when a driver ought to “shift,” and there’s a meter within the recessed instrument cluster that to gauge the shifts of a pretend 8-speed automated.
All-wheel-drive variations can now tow twice as a lot as earlier than at 3,300 kilos.
Charging instances quicken on the street or at dwelling as a result of an obtainable 22-kw AC onboard charger as a substitute of the usual 6.6-kw charger. Battery pre-conditioning guarantees to spice up DC fast-charging in chilly climate.
All three fashions launch later this 12 months in choose European markets, with full European rollout early in 2026.
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