Toyota has announced the debut of the 2025 Toyota C-HR+, slated for an official market launch in Europe later this year. The teaser we saw last month featuring the silhouette of a new compact electric vehicle (EV) confirms our suspicions that the divisive crossover will be the brand’s third EV.
Interestingly, despite having the C-HR nomenclature, the 2025 Toyota C-HR+ is a completely separate off-shoot of the nameplate, and not and is in no way related to the petrol-powered C-HR unveiled in 2023.
In addition, mentions of the ‘Beyond Zero’ branding as seen in all of Toyota’s EV launches is seemingly absent from the launch press release, too, despite the model being called the bZ Compact SUV when in concept phase – signalling at an overall move away from the confusing branding for the Japanese carmaker.
Aesthetically on the outside, the 2025 Toyota C-HR+ incorporates many good aspects from the second-generation C-HR, which was also based on the C-HR Prologue from the previous year. It has a less angular and streamlined profiled, a Crown-esque ‘hammerhead’ front end and headlights, hidden door handles on the C-Pillar, and a single taillight strip across the rear.
Moving to the interior, the 2025 Toyota C-HR+ takes some cues from the Toyota bZ4X – which has also been given a facelift update today. The middle of the dashboard houses a massive touchscreen infotainment system with some physical buttons: Namely the volume control, front and rear windshield defoggers, and dual climate control knobs.
Right in front of the driver’s side, the digital cluster is much further up from the steering wheel, and right against the bottom portion of the front windshield. The centre console also sees a rotary gear knob, dual wireless charging pads, and physical buttons for driving modes, parking e-brake, and hazard lights.
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The C-segment sub-compact crossover SUV will be built on Toyota’s latest iteration of the e-TNGA platform, and will have a specially-tuned suspension setup for better handling and driving experience on the road.
The 2025 Toyota C-HR+ will be coming in two drivetrain variants: Front-wheel drive (FWD) and all-wheel drive (AWD). On top of that, there are also two battery pack variants in three different performance specifications.
The FWD variant gets both the 57.7 kWh and 77.0 kWh lithium-ion battery pack sizes. The smaller battery pack size yields 167 hp (123 kW) via its single motor with a 0-100 km/h time of 8.6 seconds, plus a 455 km range (WLTP), and the largest battery pack size is good for 224 hp (165 kW) and faster century sprint time of 7.4 seconds, alongside a driving range of 600 km.
Meanwhile, the AWD variant only gets the 77.0 kWh battery pack for 525 km of range. With two motors, it is also the most powerful of the lot with 343 hp and the fastest with a 5.2-second 0-100 km/h time.
Toyota officially has not published charging information for the 2025 Toyota C-HR+ yet, but Car and Driver reports that Level 2 AC charging of 11 kW and 22 kW, and 150 kW DC fast-charging is supported.
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As for the ICE-based Toyota C-HR, the compact crossover was unveiled back in 2023, largely based on the C-HR Prologue from the year before. The second-generation C-HR is available in three electrified powertrains: Two standard hybrids, and one plug-in hybrid (PHEV).
The standard hybrid versions have access to either a 1.8-litre naturally aspirated inline-four with 140 hp, or a 2.0-litre power plant with 199 hp when the E-Four AWD set-up is used.
Meanwhile, the PHEV model gets a 2.0-litre engine with a more powerful electric motor that brings the horsepower numbers up to 223 hp.
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