- Toyota C-HR+ is a battery electrical automobile comparable in measurement to the C-HR hybrid
- C-HR+ shares its platform and far of its inside with the bZ4X
- A smaller City Cruiser EV arrives for Europe late this yr
Toyota launched two new electrical autos and up to date its two present EVs on Tuesday. A model showcase in Brussels highlighted Toyota’s push for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2035.
The 2 new fashions embody a totally electrical model of the C-HR small crossover and an all-new mannequin for the B-segment referred to as the City Cruiser. The corporate additionally rolled out updates for the Toyota bZ4X and associated Lexus RZ which have been on sale in North America because the 2023 mannequin yr.
It stays to be seen which fashions and what updates will migrate to the North American market. It appears seemingly the C-HR+ will mark a brand new entry level for the model’s grudging however rising EV lineup in North America, whereas the smaller City Cruiser’s extra compact measurement matches with what’s most well-liked in Europe. All its decrease physique cladding and its boxy proportions may attraction to the SUV-crazed North American portfolio as nicely.
These two fashions, together with the bZ4X, signify the primary wave of an EV product push that may lead to six new EVs launched for Europe by the top of 2026. Toyota teased the second wave in a silhouetted slide of the following three EVs.
Toyota City Cruiser
Primarily based on previous ideas, the forthcoming fashions embody a pickup truck, presumed to be an Hilux EV; a bigger crossover, fairly presumably 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 home Toyota’s solid-state battery cells anticipated in 2027.
Toyota touted the additional improvement of its multi-pathway method to electrification that features hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery electrical, and hydrogen fuel-cell applied sciences, in addition to huge steps in its micromobility ideas.
2025 Toyota C-HR+
Toyota C-HR+ builds off the bZ4X
Although the C-HR was discontinued in 2022 within the U.S., the small crossover that might be mistaken for a hatchback has been a success in Europe. Since its 2016 launch, the 2 generations of the C-HR have accounted for greater than 1 million gross sales, and the present hybrid and plug-in hybrid C-HR variants might be joined by the C-HR+ full battery electrical mannequin.
“Below the pores and skin the structure is completely totally different,” Yoshihiro Nakata, president and CEO of Toyota Motor Europe, stated to the gang in Brussels.
It shares solely a reputation with the C-HR, as a substitute sharing the model’s e-TNGA platform with the Toyota bZ4X. Its inside additionally appears practically similar to the inside of the up to date bZ4X. On the skin, with its curved coupe-like roofline and delicate cladding working alongside the decrease entrance bumper and over the rounded wheel arches and pronounced rockers, it appears extra like a Lexus. The working lights hook like lengthy staples throughout the broad face, which is bookend by vertical slots topped with fog lights. Beneath the built-in roof spoiler, a full mild bar spans the ducktail rear, and the poofed fenders add to its muscular, low-set look. The one C-HR aspect about it’s recessed rear door handles hidden up within the rear window body.
At 178 inches lengthy, it’s about six inches shorter than the bZ4X, and the raked tailgate cuts into cargo area behind the rear seats, limiting it to about 14.7 cubic ft. Thick sides additionally scale back its potential. The rear seats have respectable headroom, however because the 108.3-inch wheelbase is about 4 inches shorter than the bZ4X’s, the legroom is expectedly smaller than the tight 35.3 inches of the bZ4X. From that time ahead, nevertheless, it may simply be mistaken for the bZ4X.
The small-diameter steering wheel extends to an instrument cluster recessed close to the bottom of the windshield. Happily, modifications to the bZ4X apply right here as nicely, so whenever you tilt or telescope the steering wheel it doesn’t transfer the small cluster. Brighter iconography and a brand new design make it look bigger than what’s within the present bZ4X, however Toyota reps advised us it was the identical measurement. Outward imaginative and prescient remained a precedence, so each it and the usual 14.0-inch touchscreen sit below the cowl, leaving the driving force’s line of sight unimpeded. The touchscreen interface seems to be the unit designed in North America and utilized in most newer mid-level Toyota and practically all Lexus fashions. It incorporates the HVAC controls however there are local weather dials and a quantity knob for the multimedia system. Toyota says the C-HR+ can have two wi-fi smartphone chargers and rear USB ports. A floating console holds a round shifter and sparse drive mode buttons, lending the inside a clear, uncluttered look.
2025 Toyota C-HR+
2025 Toyota C-HR+
2025 Toyota C-HR+
Two battery pack sizes for the C-HR+
The C-HR+ comes with both a 57.7-kwh (gross) battery pack with a front-wheel-drive single-motor setup (123 kw), or a 77-kwh (gross) battery pack with front-wheel (165 kw) or dual-motor (252 kw) all-wheel drive. Toyota wouldn’t disclose the supply of the battery pack cells.
Toyota says the motors on this second-gen BEV system are designed for extra direct energy supply, and the AWD model might be able to an estimated 0-62 mph time of 5.2 seconds. Toyota guarantees higher physique rigidity and agility over the opposite C-HRs.
“It’s essentially the most emotional, dynamic crossover we’ve got ever delivered to the European market,” Nakata crowed.
Toyota estimated a variety of 373 miles on the beneficiant European WLPT cycle. It comes with a warmth pump for the local weather management, heated entrance seats, and heated steering wheel. It may be preconditioned to optimize charging energy, and the navigation system has EV routing and charging stations. An 11-kw onboard charger comes customary, whereas a 22-kw onboard charger is non-obligatory, and guarantees to chop DC-fast charging occasions which have a max price of 150 kw.
Toyota ensures 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 practically 100,000 miles (160,000 kilometers), whereas the high-voltage battery is roofed for 10 years or 621,371 miles (1 million kilometers).
The CH-R+ goes on sale in choose European markets late in 2025, with a full rollout in 2026. Although the gasoline mannequin was discontinued within the U.S. in 2022, the C-HR+ may launch in North America in 2026 as both a 2026 or 2027 mannequin yr.
Toyota City Cruiser
Toyota City Cruiser
Toyota City Cruiser
Toyota City Cruiser
Toyota plans City Cruiser for Europe, for now
The City Cruiser evolves out of the City SUV Idea Toyota confirmed late in 2023. It’s a B-segment (subcompact) automobile with squat proportions and sufficient rubberized cladding to make Subaru blush. It appears extra American than the extra European C-HR+. With a 106.3-inch wheelbase, the inside is just barely smaller than the cabin of the C-HR+, nevertheless it’s boxier and taller. Toyota says it’s barely bigger than the Yaris Cross hybrid, so it’s Corolla Cross sized for American audiences.
It may be had with a 49-kwh lithium ion phosphate battery pack and front-wheel drive rated at 106 kw (142 hp), or a 61-kwh pack with a single entrance motor rated at 128 kw (172 hp) or a dual-motor all-wheel-drive setup rated at 135 kw (181 hp). The WLTP vary peaks at about 250 miles for the bigger pack and front-wheel drive.
The roomy inside optimizes area with a thinner floating console, boxy vents that mimic the outside design, a flat-bottomed steering wheel, and a ten.3-inch digital instrument cluster beside a ten.1-inch touchscreen built-in below one pane of glass. It appears extra cohesive than the recessed cluster of the C-HR+ and bZ4X.
Toyota plans to launch the City Cruiser for Europe by the top of 2025.
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