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It adopts the C-HR name, but this new EV is built on a different platform and will come with a powerful all-wheel-drive variant.
The 2025 Toyota C-HR+ has been revealed, a new fully electric small SUV that is due to launch in Europe in late 2025.
The C-HR+ will be sold with front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive powertrains, and up to 600 kilometres of claimed driving range.
While the Toyota C-HR+ borrows its name from the existing Toyota small SUV, this new EV is longer, wider and taller, and sits on a longer 2750mm wheelbase.
This new model also indicates a move away from Toyota's ‘bZ’ naming structure for electric vehicles, a brand commenced with the larger bZ4X.
The Toyota C-HR+ adopts Toyota’s e-TNGA platform under the skin, which allows for the fitment of a range of electric powertrains.
European specifications indicate a range starting with front-wheel drive and 123kW, which is fed by a 57.7kWh battery for 455 kilometres of claimed driving range.
A mid-range model sticks with front-wheel drive, but gets a 165kW electric motor and 77kWh battery, which gives a claimed driving range of 600km.
At the top of the range is a performance-oriented model, which has 252kW through two electric motors and all-wheel drive, and a 525km driving range from the same 77kWh battery. The claimed 0-100km/h time for this model is 5.2 seconds.
Claimed charging power for the Toyota C-HR+ is up to 150kW on DC, and either 11kW or 22kW on AC charging, depending on the variant.
There's a large 14-inch touchscreen inside, and a full suite of advanced safety technology on offer.
In comparison, the current 2025 Toyota C-HR in Australia uses two variants of Toyota’s well-known closed-loop petrol hybrid powertrain technology, and the only current fully electric Toyota in the lineup is the larger bZ4X mid-sized SUV.
While the C-HR+ is scheduled to launch in Europe in late 2025 – including right-hand-drive markets like the United Kingdom and Ireland – Toyota Australia has not confirmed or ruled out the C-HR+ for the Australian market.
A spokesperson for the brand told Drive: “Toyota Australia is committed to our multi-pathway approach to decarbonisation, and we are always looking for ways to expand our electrification line up, however, we have nothing to announce today.”
Sam Purcell has been writing about cars, four-wheel driving and camping since 2013, and obsessed with anything that goes brum-brum longer than he can remember. Sam joined the team at CarAdvice/Drive as the off-road Editor in 2018, after cutting his teeth at Unsealed 4X4 and Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures. Off-road writer of the Year, Winner - Sam Purcell
