The 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime is a plug-in hybrid variant of the popular RAV4 compact crossover.

The RAV4 Prime is the most fuel-efficient RAV4 ever, rated at 90 MPGe.

With 302 horsepower and a sport-tuned suspension, Toyota is marketing the RAV4 Prime as a performance model.

When we heard that Toyota TM, was finally coming out with a plug-in hybrid variant of the wildly popular RAV4, we can’t say we were expecting to see a performance model. However, that’s exactly what we’re getting in the form of the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime, which borrows its “Prime” nomenclature from the plug-in hybrid Prius Prime. The RAV4 Prime is the most efficient, most powerful and quickest RAV4 ever, and that’s just the beginning of what makes it appealing.

By the numbers

When we talk about any electrified vehicle, we always need to talk about how fast and how far it can go. The RAV4 Prime is a plug-in hybrid, meaning it can run on electric power alone or as a hybrid of both an electric motor and a gas motor. Toyota is estimating 39 miles of all-electric range and an impressive 90 combined MPGe rating. That means it can travel 90 miles on the same amount of energy produced by burning a gallon of gas. If it does hit that 39-mile range, it will have the longest all-electric range of any PHEV SUV on the U.S. market.