Pretty sure that's the battery.

 

Probably needs charging every 15 minutes

 

Probably. It's amazing how quickly batteries have improved. Sony had that dog robot as well Aibo I think.

 

so i was away a few days and had a rav4 rental. i got back today to drive my ioniq 5 back from the airport to home. aaaahhhhhhhh... the rav 4 not only hard archaic and horrible controls, but under any load the noise from the engine was just bad. cruising at highway speeds it was pretty quiet but i could still hear a quiet engine drone. when i got back to my ioniq, the silence was wonderful.

 

Last rental I had was a Camry SE, which has the same engine as the RAV4. It was let's just say, not a great experience. I had my foot to the floor just to make it bearable to drive. I was never more happy to return it. I feel for you man

 

Yeah that NA 4 Cyl is not great

 

i couldn't press the gas hard because i had passengers and the jerky gas/transmission response was so bad i didn't want to subject others to that. so i drove like a loyal consumer reports subscriber.

 

Hybrid is no better in fact I would argue it is worse, somehow Toyota screwed up the electric/ICE engine transition at least that was the case in the 2018 Camry I drove. My 2006 Highlander hybrid is better in this respect even after 260,000 miles. And way faster.

 

I see all those poor people driving their RAV4'S to work in the morning, and I just feel so badly for them 😭

 

At least the PHEV has the full EV mode.

 

What did I do to deserve this?🫣🤣

 

In typical bit fashion, why are we discussing/reviewing an ICE vehicle in the EV forum?🙃

 

So...
You like quiet but come here?

 

He's trying to push you into the X7 😅

 

was just mentioning that it's good to be back in an ev, and also the interior of the rav4 was just awful.

ha, well only my typing is noisy.

sounds like bay's wife has already decided.