{"id":33574,"date":"2022-10-13T09:03:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T13:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33574"},"modified":"2022-10-13T09:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T13:03:54","slug":"1137441_toyota-crown-prime-phev-range-performance-rav4-prime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33574","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Crown Prime PHEV: Might range, performance top RAV4 Prime?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Toyota Crown Prime plug-in hybrid could be in the works to complement the Prius Prime and RAV4 Prime, according to a recent Motor Trend<\/em><\/a> report.<\/p>\n

The Crown<\/a> returns to the United States for the first time since the 1970s as a replacement for the Toyota Avalon, and with an all-hybrid powertrain lineup. But Toyota is also considering a plug-in hybrid powertrain, according to the report, which cites none other than CEO Akio Toyoda.<\/p>\n

The Crown goes on sale in the U.S. later this year with two hybrid systems. The standard setup combines a 2.5-liter inline-4 engine with the latest version of Toyota’s planetary-gear-based hybrid system to power the front wheels, adding a third motor to power the rear wheels for all-wheel drive.<\/p>\n

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2023 Toyota Crown<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

An optional system gets the Hybrid Max badging that debuted on the Tundra pickup truck, but it appears to be a Toyota version of the Lexus Direct4 performance-hybrid system. It pairs a 2.4-liter turbo-4 engine with a 6-speed automatic transmission and motors front and rear for a combined 323 hp.<\/p>\n

As for the potential Prime plug-in hybrid system, one possibility is to borrow the system from the 2023 Lexus RX 450h+<\/a> plug-in hybrid. But Motor Trend<\/em> notes that this system may not produce more power than the existing Hybrid Max system, which might not make sense depending on how the Crown Prime is positioned.<\/p>\n

The RAV4 Prime<\/a>, with 42 electric miles, was at debut also the quickest Toyota with four doors, and it even offers some off-road capability. But Toyota last year suggested to Green Car Reports<\/em> that bigger, heavier PHEVs might not get as much range<\/a>\u2014and that we shouldn’t expect them to be performance leaders either.<\/p>\n

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2023 Toyota Crown<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The automaker also previously hinted that a Highlander Prime<\/a> might be the next plug-in hybrid model to debut. Regardless of the model cadence, plug-in hybrids do seem to be an important part of Toyota’s future plans.<\/p>\n

Toyota plans to emphasize plug-in hybrids increasingly more toward the end of the decade, with about 85% of vehicles free of tailpipe emissions, and CEO Akio Toyoda last week called the national target of 50% EVs by 2030 “difficult<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Toyota has said the solid-state battery tech<\/a> it has been developing will debut by 2025 in a hybrid, not the EVs most other automakers seem to be reserving the tech for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Toyota Crown Prime plug-in hybrid could be in the works to complement the Prius Prime and RAV4 Prime, according to a recent Motor Trend report. The Crown returns to the United States for the first time since the 1970s as a replacement for the Toyota Avalon, and with an all-hybrid powertrain lineup. But Toyota […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}