Toyota Australia has confirmed the 2026 RAV4 PHEV will land in dealerships from late June 2026, at least a month earlier than the company's own Q3 forecast. It is the first plug-in hybrid Toyota has ever sold in Australia, in the model the country has bought more of than any other SUV.

The trims and the prices

Three grades for Australia, all manufacturer's list price before on-road costs. The XSE PHEV 2WD opens at $58,840. The XSE PHEV AWD steps up to $63,340. The GR Sport PHEV AWD tops the range at $66,340. Premium paint adds $675 and is mandatory on the XSE.

The pricing puts the XSE PHEV AWD exactly $8,000 above the petrol-hybrid RAV4 Edge AWD. For that money you get 113 km of WLTP-rated electric-only driving, DC fast charging, and the most powerful RAV4 Australia has ever sold.

The spec that matters

A 22.7 kWh lithium-ion battery powers the front and rear motors. The XSE 2WD makes a combined 200 kW. The two all-wheel-drive grades produce 227 kW from a dual-motor setup with an electrified rear axle. Zero to 100 km/h is quoted at 5.7 seconds for the AWD models, which would make this the quickest RAV4 ever sold in any market.

WLTP electric-only range is 121 km for the 2WD and 113 km for the AWDs. Combined range with the 2.5-litre Atkinson-cycle petrol engine added back in pushes well past 1,000 km on a full tank and a full charge.

The headline charging news is that this is the first RAV4 PHEV anywhere to ship with DC fast charging as standard. Up to 50 kW DC takes the battery from 10 to 80 per cent in about 30 minutes. AC charging runs to 11 kW three-phase, a roughly two-hour full top-up from a properly wired home charger. Toyota also fitted a 1,500 W V2L outlet in the cargo area, the same trick the bZ4X uses to run a camp fridge or charge a power-tool battery from the car.

Where it sits against the competition

BYD's Sealion 6 Premium starts at $42,990 with an 80 km electric range. The new Extended Range variant pushes that past 150 km from $47,990. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV starts at $57,290 with 84 km of WLTP range. The MG HS PHEV is at $52,990.

The RAV4 PHEV is the most expensive of the four. It is also the most powerful, the only one with DC fast charging at this price, and the only one with a Toyota dealer network underneath it. Toyota Australia VP Sean Hanley has publicly forecast that 30 per cent of first-year RAV4 sales will be PHEV. The early arrival is the company's signal that it believes him.

What to watch from late June

How fast the order books fill is the first read. Whether Toyota AU pushes the XSE 2WD aggressively as the volume seller, or quietly leans on the GR Sport AWD as the halo, is the second. We expect the first deliveries by the last week of June, with full national availability through July.

The car the country could not stop buying has finally been given a plug. The price is the catch. The spec sheet is the reason it might not matter.