RAV4 EV, 2007
![Colour photograph of a compact SUV with its hood open parked on a grassy hillside. Signage on the door reads “EV”](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/electric-vehicles-canada_vehicules-electriques/wp-content/uploads/sites/151/2021/11/RAV4-EV-2007.jpg)
“RAV4 EV” by Mike Weston is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Only publicly available for sale or lease between 1997 and 2003, less than 500 of the nickel-metal hydride electric RAV4s were ever built. The project had to be abruptly cancelled due to patent issues over the ownership of the vehicle’s battery systems.