The 2026 RAV4 plug-in hybrid will try to catch up in the software race.
The RAV4 GR plug-in hybrid can drive up to 50 miles on electric power alone.
The 2026 RAV4 marks the debut of Toyota’s new software platform, Arene.
If the world’s biggest automaker can’t get this right, it risks falling behind in the very thing that will soon matter more than combustion engines, which are EVs and the software that underpins them.
The new RAV4 has important cues of how future Toyota EVs might look and feel inside.
Author's summary: Toyota debuts new software platform Arene.