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The vehicle's name is an abbreviation of "Recreational Active Vehicle with 4-wheel drive", [5] or "Robust Accurate Vehicle with 4-wheel drive", [6] although not all models come equipped with the four-wheel drive system. For the third-generation model, Toyota offered both short- and long-wheelbase versions of the RAV4.
[4] [5] Production ended in September 2014. [6] A total of 2,489 units of the second generation model were sold in California through April 2015. [7] [8] [9] Toyota worked together with Tesla Motors and Panasonic to develop the second generation RAV4 EV, and the electric SUV was released in the United States in September 2012.
Full-time four-wheel drive systems, on the other hand, cannot do without some kind of center differential. [4] The purpose of four-wheel drive is to maintain optimal traction when manually selected. A vehicle has four-wheel drive when the front and rear driveshafts can be locked together to move at the same speed and send the same amount of ...