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Toyota will be releasing an electric RAV4 model, which will be a competitor to SUV models sold at a Maryland Honda dealership, although there no model quite like the upcoming RAV4. It will be an electric vehicle with a 100 mile range and based on the RAV4 platform. Toyota has teamed up with Tesla to provide the battery technology that will be used on the new RAV4, and other high quality electric-hybrid models can be purchased from a Honda Troy dealership. The 100 mile range is possible with the latest battery technology that Tesla and Toyota have combined to develop, and similar technology can be found on models sold at a Honda Dealership Los Angeles.
Toyota will be building 35 electric RAV4 models for demonstration purposes in 2011. The current RAV4 is built in Canada and uses Tesla battery technology, with the full model due to be released in 2012. The full engineered RAV4 will have a range of 100 miles in a variety of climates. Toyota worked with Tesla to provide a vehicle that had a large range and a fast development. Working with Tesla has helped Toyota reduce the amount of time required to produce the RAV4. 
The project was approached as a “major-minor” product change by taking a fully engineered RAV4 and the upgrading it with an electric powertrain as well as updating some other features. Tesla developed the battery and some other parts for the electric RAV4 while Toyota was responsible for the rest of the work. The demonstration vehicles that Toyota is producing will be drivable, although they will not be exactly like the final vehicle, and the purpose of this is to allow customers to experience what driving a RAV4 will be like before the launch of the actual vehicle. The demonstration vehicle weighs more than the current RAV4 V6 but it can accelerate nearly as quickly, and is quite similar to the current RAV4.
