The agreement which has been much debated in recent days is now official: Toyota and Tesla confirmed that soon realize a prototype electric RAV4, with lithium-ion battery pack manufactured by their small house in California. There’s more than the recent advances: Toyota aims to bring this SUV in the U.S. market with zero emissions in 2012.
Tesla intends to produce and deliver a small fleet of Toyota RAV4 experimental electric start road testing the model by the end of 2010. The first mule, notify the two houses, has already been assembled and has for some time struggling with the first road test. For the uninitiated, however, the electric RAV4 is not unprecedented.
Between 1998 and 2003 he produced the Japanese house and then sell or lease well entrust 1485 specimens, all destined to private and fleet customers in California as part of the Zero Emissions Mandate west of the state. For the curious: the NiMH battery pack was clearly stated and guaranteed maximum autonomy of 130 km, although some specimens brushed on the road 170.
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