Toyota confirms the all-electric compact C-HR is coming to the US

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Toyota confirmed today that the all-electric C-HR, previously only available in Europe, will arrive in the US next year. You might recall the C-HR as the gas-powered compact crossover sold in the US from 2018-2022. But now it has been resurrected as a battery electric vehicle with an estimated driving range of up to 290 miles. No pricing information has been released, but I expect we’ll get more clarity closer to the release date. In the US, the C-HR will only have one battery option with 77 kWh of capacity. Interestingly, that pack only offers 290 miles, while the European version with the same battery purports gets up to 373 miles of range. This is due to Toyota relying on the more generous EU-based WLTP standard. The European spec, which goes by the moniker C-HR Plus, offers an additional choice of a 57.7 kWh ... Read full article.