How many Toyota EV's are actually available though?
There's basically only the Prius Prime that was available, and it's at a price point where there are better EV's to get. There's the bZ4X as well but I've never seen one available anywhere. They have a bunch of stuff announced for 2023 though.
Using Toyota as the barometer is only really useful for Toyota. It's not a great reflection of the rest of the market.
> How many Toyota EV’s are actually available though?
Model year 2022 in the US, if you exclude non-plugin hybrids, then Prius Prime (PHEV) and Mirai (FCEV) seem to be the only two; 2023 adds RAV4 Prime (PHEV), and bZ4X (BEV).
Ah yeah I always forget about the RAV4 Prime since it arrived so much later.
Though looking at the price, similar to the Prius Prime, there are so many better EVs, and it's hard finding a dealer with them in stock to begin with.
I personally wouldn't count the Mirai, since it's a weird lame duck. Limited availability (only california and hawaii iirc??) and IMHO nobody sane was buying one unless they got it on the often crazy deals you could find (I think you could get one brand new for <20k, and last years model at 11k at one point)
I’ve looked for a Toyota EV for sale in the near future that I would actually want to buy and could not find one.
Meanwhile, at other automakers:
Chevrolet Bolt, Tesla {S,X}, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 6, VW ID.4, Ford Mach-E. Jaguar, Mercedes, BMW, Lucid all have theoretical contenders. And I’m probably missing a few from other manufacturers.
I'd be willing to bet a lot of money people would jump at the chance to buy Toyota EVs if they actually put effort into making them for the mainstream market.
I got a Toyota CHR with the intention of it being a second car long term and was counting on going electric for the upgrade - but looking at the prices if I go electric I might as well jump up in class - cost of batteries seems to make price jumps between classes a much smaller % than ICE. Basically there are no cheap electric cars, if I'm paying a lot might as well pay for the premium brand.
