Extremely disappointed! It seems the electric only rear axle not being mechanically connected is a big liability. Toyota really should be using at least limited slip front differentials

Well, first, I have to say I’m quite happy I didn’t get a plug-in, which was my first intention, but got a regular hybrid black edition 😅 Now what I don’t understand: the vehicle seems to perform far worse with trail mode as opposed to normal mode. But in real life, Trailmode has saved me several times two of them quite noticeable. First one I got stuck on a very steep incline, about 4-5m high which I had to traverse diagonally so that 2 wheels lost contact. Even with rolling back and taking a bit of momentum normal mode wouldn’t get me anywhere. But in trail mode, it started to rumble a bit when I reached the point where I couldn’t get on in normal mode and without any more effort I could just drive up. Second one was on a modest incline, but it was grass on sand and below that was this very slippery mud and it had been raining for 2 to 3 days. Again in normal mode I just got stuck. The incline was rather long so momentum wouldn’t take me anywhere either but putting it in Trailmode and then flooring it got me across even. Even with flooring it speed wasn’t more than like 5 to 10 km/h, but I got up the incline Oh, I forgot to mention I do not run it on the stock tires. They were absolutely useless off-road. I use Michelin cross climate suv which is already a major improvement because they at least have some grip on loose ground and I’m going to go for AT tires soon which will improve matters even more. I found the RAV4 in real life is by far more capable than one would think from looking at your videos…… but I still love your videos, and the work you put in, thank you!

Toyota hybrids are the best hybrids of all makes but at the same time the weakest awd cars. The fwd Toyota hybrids actually are much better in certainty situations like one side of the car get stuck the TC helps to lock the wheel without traction so the other wheel with traction can move the car. I don’t know why it’s not happening easily with the awd versions. The awd Toyota hybrids are great and the system works when you don’t need it and it will fail you when you most need it. 🤷

I would like to watch test Toyota prado! 4Runner and fortuner

Test na uniesionych rolkach odpowiada sytuacji, gdy ruszając na śliskim, musimy pokonać lekką muldę lub krawężnik. Czyli silnik musi być wstanie przekazać dostateczny moment na przyczepne koło -- co bez blokady dyfra lub międzyosiowej (zależnie od układu rolek) często jest praktycznie niemożliwe. Dobrze kombinuję?

I don't like iAWD systems. No matter how you slice it, an e-axle will never send 100% system power to the needed axle. Rivian, Tesla, Hummer EV...none of them will ever put down as much power to a given wheel as a similarly sized single motor and a mechanical coupling.

Saw a video the other day of someone trying to offroad a rav4 plugin hybrid 25 meters across a field. Needless to say they got stuck and then really really stuck.

There are other videos with toyota hybrid awd models on less "aggresive" rollers and they do well.

I was about to order RAV4 Plugin in exchange for my currently used Hyundai Santa FE III, But it looks like this Toyota rear electric motor is not up to the task. Could you please test Mazda CX60 3.3 diesel AWD in near future?

AWD-I IS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE HAHAH

This is already not a great result... But now... Is this a joke? Have they got the mode selection switch on the wrong side?

Czy kupujący samochód z napędem AWD-i ma prawo czuć się rozczarowanym? 🤔

Co za porażka, miałem kupić żonie Yarisa cross po liftingu właśnie z napędem AWD i tutaj widzimy że to jakiś syf i atrapa a nie napęd na cztery koła?

Just seems like the hybrid awd systems are bad. The normal gas awd that Toyota makes is pretty good. And I bet the electric brz4 or whatever its called would be good too. But for some reason the gas and electric don't mix.

Sad to see that toyota intentionally doesn't implement electronic limited slip differential in these vehicles, this is just a marketing 😢. No any additional hardware required, just proper programming. I'd suggest when you change the drive modes and if all are failed, at a final stage use manual braking method to simulate eLSD. It is pretty easy to do in practice, so it would be nice to sea this method in your future videos.

Leave it to Toyota to look at the 2012 CR-V's awful system and think, "how can we make a system that's even more useless?"

Dramatyczne te nowe wymysły 4x4, wolę swoją kugę 4x4

Even some 2WD cars can move with one drive wheel on pavement. A bad showing for Toyota.

Toyota i-AWD being the joke it always has been. :D

Thank you. People should know how rubish these "electric rear drive" cars all about. Pure marketing and 0 real usage

How does this compare to the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV?

Them rear axle motors are too weak and brake based E-LSD isn't aggressive enough... basically too weak!!!

Is it the electric motors that are weak?

That's a pretty poor effort for modern AWD. And now some Suzuki's are rebadged Toyotas.

Its been really good in snow and gravel so I can't complain 😅

For those people that think this is not good, remember, testing on rollers, where the grip is literary 0 is a situation that can never occur in real life. Even pure ice, like on a frozen lake has more grip than on rollers. Even a 2WD vehicle with good tires will move on pure ice. This type of test is an exaggeration that will never happen. All of the vehicles actually do a much better job in real driving conditions than on rollers.

Mam wrażenie że mój 508 RXH lepiej by sobie poradził mimo że ma podobną filozofię napędu: spalinówka przód, elektryk tył

LOL I told you soo 😅Outlander PHEV out performs them all.

It seems that toyota for moving the four wheels was 4wd.

Are hybrids like these the future? Seems like a step backwards.

Omg! The new rav sucks! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Seems like outlander phev has much better result.

Damn Toyota, your AWD freaken sucks. How do you develop such an inferior AWD system?

Looks like hybrids don't go anywhere.. unfortunately

Ale g**no... :)

Honda is the best for me