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Suvrat Kothari

The 2026 Toyota C-HR Feels Like A Misstep In A Pivotal Year For EVs

Toyota axed the C-HR from its U.S. lineup in 2022 after sluggish sales, but the car is reborn in a fully electric avatar. The C-HR is now a small electric crossover, joining Toyota’s EV portfolio that spans the refreshed bZ, bZ Woodland, and the three-row Highlander EV, plus their Subaru and Lexus counterparts.

The C-HR is smaller than the bZ, and comes as an all-wheel-drive subcompact electric crossover in a segment that mostly includes front-wheel-drive models like the Nissan Leaf, Chevy Bolt, and the Hyundai Kona Electric. The other AWD option here is the C-HR's badge-engineered twin, the Subaru Uncharted, giving it a niche to itself.

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