2026 Toyota C-HR+ First Look: Is This the Affordable EV America Needs? скачать в хорошем качестве

2026 Toyota C-HR+ First Look: Is This the Affordable EV America Needs?

Toyota’s new small electric SUV may use the company’s e-TNGA electric vehicle (EV) platform, but it shares its name with a long-running combustion-powered model. The Toyota C-HR+ is the production version of the bZ Compact SUV concept revealed in November 2022, and is slightly larger than the similarly named C-HR. The 2026 Toyota C-HR+ represents a radical departure from whatever brand identity still lingers after the demise of the gas-powered penalty box. The resurrected and electrified C-HR should be properly quick with room for a family of four and, unlike its predecessor, the all-important option of all-wheel-drive. The CH-R+ is making its debut in Europe, and Toyota hasn’t yet confirmed details for the U.S. market, so some of the numbers and finer points may change before it arrives at American dealers in the first half of 2026. We do know that the CH-R+ shares most of its powertrain components with the updated 2026 Toyota bZ4x. In Europe, Toyota will offer two batteries with 57.7 or 77.0 kWh gross capacity. Front-wheel-drive models make 165 hp when paired with the small battery or 221 horsepower in combination with the larger pack. The hot ticket, of course, is the two-motor, all-wheel-drive version, which Toyota claims will be good for 338 horsepower and a 0-60 time of less than 5.2 seconds. That model will be offered exclusively with the big battery. The cabin looks like a subtly updated take on the current Toyota bZ4X cockpit. There's a familiar digital instrument cluster plus a larger, standard 14.0-inch touchscreen running Toyota’s ubiquitous Audio Multimedia infotainment system. That screen doesn’t appear that much larger, though, because it now integrates climate controls that, in prior Toyotas, existed as controls separate from the screen. The vehicle Toyota showed us also had dual wireless phone chargers in the tall, conventional center console that would look at home in a combustion-powered car if it weren’t for the rotary gear selector knob. On first glance, the interior materials look and feel nice enough to make us question our price estimate. #2026toyotachr+ #2026toyotachr+electric #2026toyotachr+releasedate