Toyota electric cars Discover the electric Toyota range and compare new and leasing deals

Electric Toyota cars have been thin on the ground so far, with the company preferring to wait for battery technology to improve before it commits to lots of Toyota electric models. That said, the oddly-named bZ4X electric SUV and the van-based Proace models are good EV choices, with high levels of quality, if not quite the range of some rivals. 

Toyota electric range: current models

Toyota bZ4X

The electric Toyota bZ4X isn’t the most thrilling electric car around, but it is a really easy one to live with. There’s the typical Toyota build quality, decent space (even if the boot is quite small), and the front-wheel drive 204hp version should put 300 miles between charges. The four-wheel drive version is surprisingly good off-road, but it loses quite a bit of range. 

Toyota Proace Verso Electric

You can choose from a 50kWh battery (really short ranged — 143 miles officially) or a 75kWh unit that provides a more reasonable 213 miles, but either way you only get a 136hp motor and 100kW fast charging, so don’t expect to get anywhere fast. There’s enormous space inside, and a huge boot (up to 977 litres) but this is really a car for minicab operators more than it is for private buyers. 

Toyota Proace City Verso Electric

As with the bigger Proace Verso Electric, this City version is van-based. That makes it hugely practical — a big boot and up to seven seats, with three individual kid-friendly seats in the middle row, and massive sliding side doors too — but it’s short-ranged, only capable of 213 miles on the official test, and it’ll be more like 160-180 miles in real-world conditions.