

Front and rear parking assist with automatic braking is an additional safety option. Blind-spot monitor with rear cross-traffic alert and rear cross-traffic braking are standard on the higher trims. Toyota Safety Sense (TSS 2.0), standard on all RAV4 models, includes pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, full-speed range dynamic radar cruise control, lane departure alert with Steering assist, automatic high beam, and lane tracing assist. Practicality Some high-tech and premium features available on the Hybrid include digital rear-view mirror, heated steering wheel, Qi-wireless phone charger, kick-type power liftgate, bird’s-eye view camera, smart key, perforated heated and ventilated front seats, adaptive front headlight system, parking assist with automatic braking and a head-up display.

Likewise, the Hybrid’s e-AWD improves over the previous system, now with the independent rear motor operating proactively to enhance traction even before front wheel slippage is detected. The models have a NRCan-estimated combined fuel consumption of 6.0 L/100 km, a nearly 20 per cent improvement over the previous Hybrid.

Performance RAV4 Hybrid models feature Toyota Hybrid Synergy, which combines a 2.5L Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine, electric motor/generators, a continuously variable transmission and other features. And the XSE gets the vertical lights that debuted on the XSE Prime in 2021. Toyota says the SE trim is “designed for customers looking for sporty performance and sporty style but at a lower price.” It includes mono-tone paint, fabric trimmed seats and a seven-inch touchscreen with six speakers as well as standard heated leather steering wheel, heated front seats and rain-sensing windshield wipers with a de-icer function. For 2022, the RAV4 Hybrid crossover is getting updated, including a new SE Hybrid trim as well as some exterior and interior revisions across all trims.
