QOTD: Will An All-Electric Toyota Highlander Work?
Looks like the 2027 Toyota Highlander is going all-electric.
Will the jump to EV work? After all, finding EV charging can still be difficult.
I find it a bit surprising Toyota didn't continue to offer hybridization here.
Maybe you feel differently.
You know what to do. Sound off below.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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Buy what suits your needs. For me only a full sized V8 pickup works. Don’t care about MPG.
Big Oil- For my applications only the above vehicle would work, I need something for towing, in addition to payload and space. When you have 3 adult boys and you go hunting or snowboarding and have to carry all that gear etc a smaller truck or EV wouldn’t work. Nothing against EV’s or small trucks.