Why Owners Chose The 2022 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Over the RAV4 Prime

The average car buyer is ignorant of the details of their vehicle.
Priority one is price. Then comes style, color, fuel economy and reliability. Not necessarily in that order.
When I sold cars the level of ignorance of the buying public was only matched by some of my sales colleagues.

I had a Rav4 hybrid. I switched to Prime. I also have a Prius prime. We are averaging about 400 mpge. Now I have a charger in my garage and one at work. I love the prime. I got about 37 mpg with my hybrid. I have these cars to burn less gas. I wish Toyota could make more. Hybrid good Prime excellent.

As an owner of a prime since October 2021, reading the reasons in this article gives me a laughable pause. Convenience?? What?? Only plugged it in five times? What? Whomever was interviewed was shake we say, lower intelligence or completely out of touch. You can plug it in to 110, or 220, easily in your garage. 10 hours to almost 50 miles electric only on 110, and 4 hours to get the same almost 50 mile range electric only, with a 220 plug. Very high horsepower for its class of suv, matter of fact far more than any other. The hybrid is great. The prime is far better. Since I don’t drive 50 miles a day most of the time I’m going months between fill ups. Sorry, but this article was pretty silly and spun just to justify what? I don’t know. Yes, lack of available Primes would be the actual true reason and the only really “on point” thing in the article. They will sell as many of these as they can make. It’s an awesome vehicle. I know. I own one. Best purchase I’ve ever made.

I bought a new Rav4 Prime 7 weeks ago and so far I'm very happy. In regular day to day driving it is always running as an EV only. It's only on road trips where I've had to switch to hybrid mode. Overall after 1700 miles I'm getting about 70 miles per gas. I've filled the tank twice. I've just been using the 120v charger that comes with the car and plug it in about 3 times a week usually overnight. Having a 240v charger installed in a few days but could definitely get by with the 120v without issue.

I paid slightly over msrp for it and with the 7500 tax credit it will actually end up costing me a little less than the regular rav4 hybrid. I'm also getting a rebate on the EV charger and it's installation from the utility company where I live in CT that covers about 70% of its cost.

Having established a foundation of solar panels and Tesla batteries for the house it only made sense to get the rav4 prime and just plug it in regularly at very little cost.

We purchased a RAV4 Prime in May 2031 , after waiting about a year, and we live it! In our first month of driving, we drove on electric- only for the most part,averaging over 90 MOG. We installers a charger in our garage and plug the car in every time we return home, so it is always charged for the next trip. It's easy to charge and we like the cat savings as well as the environmental benefit. The hybrid (gas) engine allows us to take longer trips without having to search for a charging station while on the road. IToyota has done a great job designing this car and we highly recommend it!

A lot easier going through a gas station than taking one second to plug in your car...NOT

This article is inaccurate. Nevermind why the people who commented, reasons were. Simple fact of the matter is R4 Hybrid is 2 MPGs better than that of the Prime. It is also less expensive and can be found easier than the Prime.

I was lucky enough to get a NX 450h+ in February, ordered it in October,in over 4 months put in 40 ltrs of gas ⛽ just love this car

Forgetfulness and laze seems like really strange excuses. Think you are committing to a process when get any form of ev vehicle. Why bother otherwise.

Our 2021 now gets 54 miles to a charge during the warmer months. Way above the sticker 42 miles. Having solar helps my equation as well. Again it's part of a long term strategy. Took time to get my wife to start making energy decisions but she sees what the long term financial gain will be. It helps that we release less CO2 as a family now but that is a tertiary reason why the larger up front investment was made.

Now without getting too political, telling people to get an EV will save them money on gas seems so out of touch. Location, personal finances, cost of electricity makes this blanket statement utterly absurd to me.

Other than not paying for thay crazy mark ups on the prime which I didn't last year thankfully on my prime would be the only reason why I would not choose a prime. The person that mentioned that they really didn't plugged in the vehicle to charge or didn't pay mind to charging it to drive on all battery mode is a complete idiot.. With today's gas prices it's a no-brainer to be on all electric mode every day and not use gas. I'm spending $30 a month in electricity instead of $250 in gas. Now if you live in a apartment complex then it's not worth having a prime then I can see you just you get the regular hybrid but if you have your own home and you can plug in I don't see how a regular hybrid is going to be better than a plug-in hybrid. The RAV4 prime right now is the best plugin hybrid vehicle on the market ight now giving you 42 miled of all EV range in the winter and in the summer I'm getting 55 mi of range. I'm surprised Toyota has not made a plug in hybrid with a larger battery pack to give you a 100 miles of range that'll be perfect and no need to get an all EV.

You have to be a special kind of silly and dumb to say you bought a Prime but only plugged it in 5 times over 36 months. I bought my RAV4 Prime XSE with the Premium Package on 10/22/21. (The Premium Package is important because it means the car has a faster charging unit built-in.) I currently have 6,235 miles on it. Since that day (the dealer didn’t have the tank full when I bought it) I have bought three tanks of gas. One of those fill-ups was the first day. The last time I filled up was 1/10/22. The car is rated to get 42 miles of pure electric before it becomes a standard hybrid, but as the weather has warmed up over the last 6-8 weeks, that number has increased to 50-51 miles of all-electric.

Hooking it up to charge or unhooking it takes maybe 10 seconds. My two boys (18 and 12) like to plug the car in because the charger port is on the passenger side and they think it’s cool. 99% of my charging is done at home. I haven’t had the funds to upgrade the home charger, so I am using the Level 1 charger that came with the car and plugs into a standard electrical outlet.

I had two RAV4 Hybrids before the current Prime. (The first got totaled by a hit and run driver.) Both cars were excellent. The Prime handles no differently than either of those cars. It has more sound insulation than a standard RAV4 Hybrid, and it has been incredibly sure-footed in Oregon rain, snow, and ice.

By my fast back of a napkin calculation, I have used 20% of the gasoline I would have used in a standard hybrid. And the effects on my electric bill have been negligible.

How someone cannot love this car and see its huge advantages is beyond me.

First, let me say...we are a Toyota family. A RAV4, Camry and three Corolla's for the kids. I really wanted to purchase a RAV4 Prime to replace my 1999 RAV4. Unfortunately, Toyota only released 5000 vehicles the first year it was released in the USA. No one had the vehicle and if they did...not at a price I'd pay. I also considered waiting for the Toyota bz4x (EV). Unfortunately, Toyota was too obsessed with hydrogen vehicles to release a serious EV... frustrating. This June, I took delivery of my 2022 Tesla Model Y LR.

RAV4 Prime and RAV4 hybrid work exactly same with optional charging available on Prime. It is not like Phone/iPad that yiu need to keep charging. It charges with regenerative breaking just like Hybrid. But, if you want to boost EV range, you can optionally charge it.

Moreover, in Ontario, $5000 rebate on Prime makes it price about same as RAV4 Hybrid.

So, I would say either by Gas RVA4 or Prime.

I have had my Rav 4 xlt and hybrid for a year now.We love it,and at the high gas prices (as of 6/16/22) it cost about 10 cents a mile to drive.Just check what a plug in would cost you,a lot more.As soon as I knew Biden was becoming president it made me know for sure gas price was going up,and I needed to

It is mostly the rarity/delay. The price definitely steered the decision though. I got a decked out 2022 XSE in the colors I wanted with a wait of a couple weeks vs. 10k more and "indeterminate number of MOUNTHS" for a Prime, oh and also "you'll take whatever add-ons the factory felt like adding and like it." A shame because plug or not, the Prime's bigger battery pack and motors make it the 2nd fastest car Toyota makes, which, unknown to the wifey, was the real reason I wanted it.

I love my RAV4 Prime. Took two months on wait list in Colorado to get a 2022 Prime. Paid MSRP and getting $13K in rebates. We wired 110 charging station in garage so usually plug in every night. Gets about 50 miles per charge so only fill with gas on long trips. Decision between hybrid or prime was a no brainer for us.

I currently drive a 2017 Ford C-Max Energi PHEV. I ordered a Rav4 Prime 18 months ago. After over a year of zero updates, I was told this year there is still no ETA. Took my deposit back and ordered a Hyundai Ionic5 EV instead. I probably won't see it for another year or more either, but at least Hyundai is keeping me up to date.

I have 2021 RAV4 Prime XSE with PP. love the fact that I get 50 miles per full charge and is enough for my daily drive needs. Charging to full battery is less than $2 so much cheaper than current gas prices. Paid MSRP plus $900. Worth it!

The prime front seat was too small, my back was not touching the seat back, leather was too ridged.
The width at the knees was too narrow , I have more room in my 2011 RAV4, the dealership had 2 for sale at 45,000+ I didn't buy one

My 2018 Chevy Volt was totaled in March when I was run off the road by a truck that didn't see me. The 2022 Toyota RAV4 Prime XSE Premium was the closest new vehicle to match my Volt mileage wise as a plug-in hybrid. Depending on outside temps when charging, I get 38 to 50 miles of pure electric which gets me to work without using fuel. The Volt gave me 43 to 60 if temps were right. It takes about 12 hours to fully charge on a 110v line, about 4.5 hours on a 220v line. I averaged about 80mpg with the Volt, I average now about 72mpg with the RAV4 and I have way more room and don't hit my head getting it like I did the Volt. I had to get it at the worst time to buy a car. The dealer wanted $5,000 over MSRP and $799 doc fee.. they took off $2,000 so I eneded up paying $3,000 over MSRP and a doc fee $200 more than any other dealer, but I needed a car and this is the one I wanted. It took me a month to get. I should get back $7,500 with the rebate the Prime version provides so that will ease some pain. The RAV4 Prime provides the highest EV miles of 42 than any other plug-in hybrid now that the Volt is no longer in production and it provides far greater space and comfort! I don't like having a car payment again, but I love my Toyota RAV4 Prime XSE Premium and with fuel prices what they are, I'm happy with about 72 mpg.

Just when you thought the ridiculousness couldn't be any higher,
One Toyota in Oakland, CA told me they "will only be adding people to our waitlist who have purchased a vehicle from One Toyota previously."

Yep, they honestly said, in order to put a deposit down and wait, I must buy another car from them first.

The last thing I want to do is plug in my car every other day when I get home from work.

I want a RAV4 Prime but I wish they would not sell them at all until they have the manufacturing capacity to sell them at the volume that meets demand at the MSRP. Shame on Toyota for this tease.