The Toyota Camry going hybrid-only was already a landmark moment — we called it the most important car in the world when it happened, and the argument holds up. Affordable, clean energy still isn’t a solved problem, and fully electric vehicles remain a work in progress for most buyers. Too many automakers tried to leap straight from gasoline to battery-electric, skipping the hybrid middle ground that could actually move the needle on fuel consumption today. Toyota read the room differently — and now it has gone even further by making the RAV4 a hybrid-only model.
