Rav4 EV video

[JeremyW]

Looks like they're going with just the J1772 instead of the tesla connector.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBohDk61TY0&feature=relmfu

240V charge time of 12 hours... ~3.8kw on board charger? Ouch.

295 ft-lb's of torque though! :shock:

Jeremy

 

[DaveEV]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBohDk61TY0&feature=relmfu

240V charge time of 12 hours... ~3.8kw on board charger? Ouch.

28 hours for 120V/L1 - that sounds low compared to 12 hours for L2 as that would imply about 31 kWh usable battery. They will probably get 6.6 kW L2 for production cutting charge times down to 6 hours or so.

Also said ~4000 cells which matches up with my earlier estimate of ~40 kWh battery.

295 ft-lb's of torque though! :shock:

Pretty good, similar to Tesla Roadster motor. Though 0-60 of 9 seconds implies that they're limiting maximum power significantly, though. It should jump off the line pretty quick but then quickly reduce rate of acceleration after that.