The sixth-generation RAV4 is the first RAV4 sold in Australia as a plug-in hybrid. It carries a 22.7 kWh battery and claims 100 km of electric range on the WLTP cycle. Toyota's warranty covers the traction battery for 5 years with unlimited kilometres, extendable to 10 years with an annual Toyota battery health check — and excludes capacity degradation throughout.
The pack
| Variant | Years | Battery (gross) | Electric range | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAV4 PHEV (6th gen) | 2026 | 22.7 kWh | 100 km | WLTP |
A 22.7 kWh pack for 100 km WLTP is a credible ratio, and WLTP is the honest cycle. Expect 75–85 km of real electric driving in mixed suburban use, less on the highway with the air-conditioning working.
What Toyota's warranty does and doesn't do
Toyota's cover is generous on time and distance and specific about what it is not. The battery is covered against defects. A gradual loss of capacity is not a defect under Toyota's terms, so a RAV4 PHEV that has lost a fifth of its electric range at year six is — on the published terms — working as designed.
The 10-year extension is real but conditional. After year five, it requires an annual traction battery health check at a Toyota dealer, and a missed year ends the extension. On a used car, that means the service history is not just a mechanical question; it is the warranty. Full terms: Toyota battery warranty in Australia.
Why this car will be tested a lot in a few years
The RAV4 Hybrid is the best-selling hybrid in Australia by a distance, and the plug-in will follow it into the used market in volume. Unlike the conventional RAV4 Hybrid — a small pack in a narrow charge window that rarely goes deep — the plug-in's pack does a full cycle most days it is charged. It is a different battery living a different life, and the reconditioning industry that makes a conventional Toyota hybrid battery cheap to fix does not extend to it.
What the assessment covers
State of Health as the pack reports it, cell-group voltage spread, temperature behaviour and any stored or pending high-voltage fault codes. On a young car, the cell spread is the number that tells you whether this particular pack is behaving normally.
What to check before you buy
Toyota dealer battery health check history, which is the 10-year extension
Measured State of Health and cell voltage spread, with no capacity floor to lean on
Charging pattern — daily plug-in is the hardest life for this pack
Whether the car was used commercially, which Toyota's battery cover excludes
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Battery capacity and WLTP range from Toyota Australia. Warranty terms from Toyota Australia's warranty terms and conditions dated September 2026. Verified 15 September 2026.